Ben
Franks
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 8, 1995 in Usa
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 17 IL GE     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2014 18 IL GE     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2015 19 IL GE     3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 6 6 6
2016 20 IL GE     3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2017 21 IL GE     3 3 3 3 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
2018 22 IL GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 2 2 4 4 4
2019 23 IL GE     3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 2 2 4 4 4
2020 24 IL GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2021 25 IL GE     2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 2 2 4 4 4
2022 26 WI GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2023 27 WI GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2024 28 WI GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2025 29 WI GE     3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
2026 30 WI GE     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
2027 31 WI GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
2028 32 WI GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2029 33 WI GE     4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2013 17 A   138 524 76 144 27 10 15 57 27 12 66 68 .275 .356 .450 .806 84.4  
2014 18 A   135 524 92 130 41 10 11 62 35 6 56 71 .248 .321 .427 .748 75.4  
2015 19 A   137 556 76 145 35 11 13 65 25 12 53 56 .261 .325 .433 .759 77.6  
2016 20 A   138 535 63 130 37 10 14 89 30 10 43 54 .243 .299 .428 .727 69.6  
2017 21 A   136 578 86 133 44 5 19 71 25 15 52 82 .230 .294 .422 .716 71.4  
2018 22 A   119 407 78 113 32 9 15 81 29 6 39 55 .278 .341 .511 .852 70.8  
2019 23 A   112 364 77 106 32 4 20 83 16 9 44 43 .291 .368 .566 .934 71.2  
2020 24 A   138 547 78 139 55 10 15 77 15 8 61 56 .254 .329 .473 .802 82.8  
2021 25 A   131 518 81 119 40 8 17 78 19 2 41 64 .230 .286 .436 .723 67.0  
2022 26 A   127 436 71 112 46 6 13 49 13 7 38 58 .257 .316 .479 .796 63.5  
2023 27 AA   60 266 36 69 16 7 9 34 9 5 12 39 .259 .291 .474 .765 35.4  
    A   78 314 58 76 25 8 10 40 9 8 32 33 .242 .312 .468 .780 44.3  
2024 28 AA   137 511 70 122 45 5 18 64 20 7 38 73 .239 .291 .452 .743 67.5  
2025 29 AA   136 563 67 136 39 7 18 65 21 7 41 74 .242 .293 .432 .725 71.8  
2026 30 AA   135 510 77 122 33 11 23 94 12 10 51 56 .239 .308 .482 .791 74.9  
2027 31 WI GE 43 28 10 7 2 0 0 2 8 5 2 3 .250 .323 .321 .644 2.9 0.3
2028 32 WI GE 61 56 15 13 4 2 2 6 3 2 3 11 .232 .297 .482 .779 9.1 1.3
    AAA   20 76 9 18 6 1 6 16 1 0 6 8 .237 .293 .579 .872 13.2  
2029 33 AAA   136 527 68 137 31 9 11 69 32 7 49 66 .260 .323 .416 .738 73.3  
2 Years Sim 104 84 25 20 6 2 2 8 11 7 5 14 .238 .305 .429 .734 12.0 1.6
2 Years AAA 156 603 77 155 37 10 17 85 33 7 55 74 .257 .325 .436 .761 86.4  
4 Years AA 468 1850 250 449 133 30 68 257 62 29 142 242 .243 .301 .457 .758 249.5  
11 Years A 1389 5303 836 1347 414 91 162 752 243 95 525 640 .254 .324 .458 .782 778.1  
17 Years Minors 2013 7756 1163 1951 584 131 247 1094 338 131 722 956 .252 .318 .456 .775 1114.0  
162 Game Average 130 38 31 9 3 3 12 17 10 7 21 .238 .305 .429 .734 18.7  
Career Highs 61 56 15 13 4 2 2 6 8 5 3 11 .250 .323 .482 .779 9.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   60 21 14 5 1 1 6 9 4 2 9 .233 .277 .400 .677 6.2
vs LH   24 4 6 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 .250 .367 .500 .867 3.4
Home 50 39 10 12 4 2 1 5 4 4 3 8 .308 .364 .590 .953 6.8
Away 54 45 15 8 2 0 1 3 7 3 2 6 .178 .255 .289 .544 2.8
RISP   19 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 .158 .143 .211 .353 0.2
Pinch Hitting   8 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 .375 .400 .625 1.025 1.6
Close/Late   17 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .118 .158 .176 .334 -0.2
Mar/Apr 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.2
May 10 8 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.9
June 15 5 7 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 .600 .500 1.200 1.700 2.5
July 22 19 7 7 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 .368 .400 .789 1.189 4.6
August 28 41 3 6 4 0 0 4 3 4 4 10 .146 .250 .244 .494 1.1
Sep/Oct 18 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2027 31 WI GE CF 9 5 45.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 1 18.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 1 9.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 8 0 8.7 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.39 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2028 32 WI GE LF 19 4 67.7 19 2 1 0 .955 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 3 3 26.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 2 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 12 1 20.7 25 2 0 3 1.000 11.76 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 4 2 18.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 23 5 86.0 21 3 1 0 .960 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 12 8 71.7 17 0 2 0 .895 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 20 1 29.3 35 2 0 4 1.000 11.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 8 2 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 6 3 27.0 3 15 0 3 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   72 19 244.0 82 21 3 7 .972 3.80 0 0 .000 0 0.9
Career Highs   46 12 156.3 53 15 2 5 .972 3.92 0 0 .000 0  
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 70th overall pick, by Illinois in 2013
Injured on 5/13/2018 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/2/2018 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/19/2019 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 5/5/2021 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Released by Illinois on 4/2/2022
Signed as a free agent by Wisconsin on 4/11/2022 to a minor league deal
Injured on 6/1/2026 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 5/24/2027, off Darryl Leekong (ID)