Benny
Suarez
 
Nickname: Ugly Betty
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 20, 1994 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2022    2024   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 20 CO GE   10 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 9
2016 21 CO GE $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
2017 22 CO GE $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
2018 23 CO GE $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 10 9
2019 24 CO GE $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
2020 25 VA FF $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
2021 26 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
2022 27 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
2023 28 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
2024 29 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
2025 30 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
2026 31 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10
2027 32 VA FF $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
2028 33 VA FF $ 300,000 10 6 7 7 4 4 4 9 10 9
2029 34 VA FF $ 5,490,000 10 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   10 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,490,000 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 20 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2016 21 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2017 22 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2018 23 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2019 24 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2020 25 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2021 26 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2022 27 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2023 28 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2024 29 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2025 30 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2026 31 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2027 32 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2028 33 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2029 34 VA FF $ 5,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2015 20 A   9 10 .474 30 30 0 0 0 196.3 173 72 13 70 90 3.30 .236 .303 .345 .648  
2016 21 CO GE 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 40.7 27 5 1 15 15 1.11 .189 .266 .266 .532 4.7
    AAA   5 2 .714 34 4 0 0 0 48.0 44 15 1 26 28 2.81 .260 .359 .320 .679  
2017 22 CO GE 9 10 .474 50 19 1 1 0 164.0 159 69 8 71 90 3.79 .257 .331 .328 .659 6.1
2018 23 CO GE 12 6 .667 28 28 3 0 0 176.7 184 88 11 95 95 4.48 .268 .356 .370 .726 7.1
2019 24 CO GE 9 10 .474 31 31 2 1 0 214.3 217 84 5 88 106 3.53 .264 .334 .329 .663 10.9
2020 25 CO GE 7 10 .412 23 23 3 0 0 158.3 159 57 4 59 74 3.24 .261 .326 .321 .648 11.9
  VA FF 5 4 .556 12 12 1 0 0 84.7 60 31 2 44 53 3.30 .199 .302 .245 .547 4.5
  TOT   12 14 .462 35 35 4 0 0 243.0 219 88 6 103 127 3.26 .240 .318 .296 .614 16.4
2021 26 VA FF 16 12 .571 35 35 8 2 0 256.3 204 72 3 99 174 2.53 .219 .297 .288 .585 20.5
2022 27 VA FF 19 5 .792 35 35 7 1 0 254.3 211 78 4 126 164 2.76 .229 .323 .283 .606 18.0
2023 28 VA FF 20 6 .769 35 35 9 0 0 258.7 200 79 3 111 165 2.75 .212 .298 .266 .563 19.5
2024 29 VA FF 16 15 .516 36 36 5 2 0 255.3 216 92 7 99 168 3.24 .225 .301 .302 .603 13.4
2025 30 VA FF 15 9 .625 35 35 6 1 0 252.7 203 74 7 97 156 2.64 .222 .296 .291 .587 19.1
2026 31 VA FF 3 0 1.000 8 8 2 1 0 54.0 40 16 1 30 31 2.67 .205 .310 .287 .597 4.5
2027 32 VA FF 12 6 .667 26 26 0 0 0 158.7 145 65 5 63 90 3.69 .247 .322 .314 .636 8.6
2028 33 VA FF 14 9 .609 35 35 1 0 0 217.3 238 110 13 97 122 4.56 .282 .355 .384 .739 8.0
2029 34 VA FF 14 7 .667 32 32 0 0 0 185.0 203 92 11 80 95 4.48 .282 .353 .377 .730 7.9
14 Years Sim 174 110 .613 426 395 49 9 0 2730.9 2466 1012 85 1174 1598 3.34 .242 .321 .314 .635 164.7
1 Years AAA 5 2 .714 34 4 0 0 0 48.0 44 15 1 26 28 2.81 .260 .359 .320 .679  
1 Years A 9 10 .474 30 30 0 0 0 196.3 173 72 13 70 90 3.30 .236 .303 .345 .648  
2 Years Minors 14 12 .538 64 34 0 0 0 244.3 217 87 14 96 118 3.20 .241 .314 .340 .654  
Season Average 12 7 .632 30 28 3 0 0 195.1 176 72 6 83 114 3.34 .242 .321 .314 .635  
Career Highs 20 15 1.000 50 36 9 2 0 258.7 238 110 13 126 174 4.56 .282 .356 .384 .739  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1444 588 42 693 1024   .234 .311 .301 .612
vs LH   1022 424 43 481 574   .254 .334 .335 .669
Home 90 57 .612 219 206 25 4 0 1464.0 1276 515 47 598 815 3.17 .236 .312 .310 .622
Away 84 53 .613 207 189 24 5 0 1267.0 1190 497 38 576 783 3.53 .249 .329 .320 .649
Mar/Apr 23 18 .561 57 57 8 2 0 405.6 349 136 11 177 224 3.02 .230 .310 .297 .607
May 33 19 .635 70 70 14 3 0 490.0 441 187 17 209 298 3.43 .244 .322 .320 .642
June 31 19 .620 69 69 8 3 0 463.0 446 177 12 186 281 3.44 .253 .325 .320 .644
July 24 19 .558 68 62 5 0 0 418.3 379 147 15 181 241 3.16 .244 .323 .327 .650
August 33 15 .688 82 68 10 0 0 502.6 428 168 13 207 311 3.01 .230 .307 .291 .598
Sep/Oct 30 20 .600 80 69 7 2 0 451.3 423 197 17 214 243 3.93 .250 .334 .334 .668
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
2016 21 CO GE 5 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 1.4 0.1
2017 22 CO GE 50 40 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 13 .100 .143 .125 .268 -0.9 0.0
2018 23 CO GE 28 58 5 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .138 .167 .190 .356 1.0 0.0
2019 24 CO GE 31 69 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 24 .101 .139 .130 .269 -0.8 0.0
2020 25 CO GE 23 48 5 11 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 16 .229 .245 .292 .537 2.8 0.0
  VA FF 12 30 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .067 .097 .100 .197 -1.0 0.0
  TOT   35 78 5 13 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 27 .167 .188 .218 .405 1.8 0.0
2021 26 VA FF 35 82 7 8 3 0 0 3 1 0 4 27 .098 .140 .134 .274 -0.4 0.0
2022 27 VA FF 35 84 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 29 .095 .156 .107 .263 -0.5 0.0
2023 28 VA FF 35 94 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 40 .074 .110 .074 .184 -2.7 0.0
2024 29 VA FF 36 82 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .073 .095 .085 .181 -2.9 0.0
2025 30 VA FF 35 79 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 .063 .098 .063 .161 -3.6 0.0
2026 31 VA FF 8 19 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.3 0.0
2027 32 VA FF 26 42 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .071 .133 .095 .229 -0.5 0.0
2028 33 VA FF 35 71 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 25 .056 .095 .085 .179 -2.4 0.0
2029 34 VA FF 32 63 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 20 .079 .147 .079 .226 -1.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 426 872 50 83 18 1 0 25 1 2 36 305 .095 .135 .118 .253 -11.9 0.1
162 Game Average 331 19 31 6 0 0 9 0 0 13 115 .095 .135 .118 .253 -4.5  
Career Highs 50 94 7 13 4 1 0 4 1 1 6 40 .273 .333 .364 .697 1.8  
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   685 38 65 15 0 0 21 1 2 28 242 .095 .135 .117 .252 -14.7
vs LH   187 12 18 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 63 .096 .133 .123 .256 -3.3
Home 219 440 29 41 10 0 0 10 1 1 16 163 .093 .129 .116 .244 -10.3
Away 207 432 21 42 8 1 0 15 0 1 20 142 .097 .141 .120 .261 -7.7
RISP   208 0 12 4 0 0 24 0 0 8 80 .058 .096 .077 .173 -9.2
Close/Late   30 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .067 .125 .100 .225 -0.8
Mar/Apr 57 125 6 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 45 .088 .136 .112 .248 -3.1
May 69 173 13 22 6 0 0 7 0 0 4 57 .127 .151 .162 .313 -0.8
June 69 141 9 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 7 55 .064 .114 .078 .192 -5.4
July 68 130 8 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 51 .108 .141 .131 .272 -1.7
August 82 156 5 11 2 0 0 3 1 1 10 52 .071 .127 .083 .210 -4.7
Sep/Oct 80 147 9 16 4 0 0 4 0 1 5 45 .109 .137 .136 .273 -2.3
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    
2016 21 CO GE P 5 5 40.7 1 12 2 1 .867 2.88    
2017 22 CO GE P 50 19 164.0 6 26 5 0 .865 1.76    
2018 23 CO GE P 28 28 176.7 10 30 5 2 .889 2.04    
2019 24 CO GE P 31 31 214.3 9 43 3 3 .945 2.18    
2020 25 CO GE P 23 23 158.3 9 28 3 2 .925 2.10    
  VA FF P 12 12 84.7 5 15 2 1 .909 2.13    
  TOT   P 35 35 243.0 14 43 5 3 .919 2.11    
2021 26 VA FF P 35 35 256.3 11 31 2 1 .955 1.47    
2022 27 VA FF P 35 35 254.3 12 49 3 5 .953 2.16    
2023 28 VA FF P 35 35 258.7 17 46 5 5 .926 2.19    
2024 29 VA FF P 36 36 255.3 11 40 4 1 .927 1.80    
2025 30 VA FF P 35 35 252.7 10 51 4 7 .938 2.17    
2026 31 VA FF P 8 8 54.0 1 8 1 1 .900 1.50    
2027 32 VA FF P 26 26 158.7 9 39 2 7 .960 2.72    
2028 33 VA FF P 35 35 217.3 20 42 1 5 .984 2.57    
2029 34 VA FF P 32 32 185.0 9 28 4 2 .902 1.80    
Career Totals   426 395 2730.9 140 488 46 43 .932 2.07    
Career Highs   50 36 258.7 20 51 5 7 .984 2.88    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2017 22 CO GE 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
2018 23 CO GE 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 0 2 4 3.86 .320 .370 .320 .690
2021 26 VA FF 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 10 5 0 7 13 3.46 .208 .309 .229 .538
2022 27 VA FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 8 3 0 0 1 27.00 .667 .667 .750 1.417
2023 28 VA FF 3 1 .750 6 6 2 0 0 45.0 30 9 0 14 29 1.80 .189 .254 .252 .506
2024 29 VA FF 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 11 5 0 9 7 3.14 .216 .333 .294 .627
2025 30 VA FF 3 1 .750 5 5 1 1 0 38.0 26 8 1 16 19 1.89 .197 .284 .258 .541
2028 33 VA FF 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 18 11 2 10 7 8.74 .400 .509 .556 1.065
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 7 .500 20 19 3 1 0 130.7 112 45 4 58 81 3.10 .235 .318 .307 .625
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 23 CO GE 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2021 26 VA FF 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2023 28 VA FF 6 18 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111
2024 29 VA FF 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
2025 30 VA FF 5 12 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .417 .417 .750 1.167
2028 33 VA FF 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 18 46 3 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .174 .174 .261 .435
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2021-1-2.53
2022-10-2.76
2023-7-2.75
2025-4-2.64
Wins
2021-7-16
2022-1-19
2023-3-20
2024-10-16
2025-9-15
CAR-41-174
Losses
2024-9-15
Winning Pct
2018-5-.667
2022-2-.792
2023-2-.769
2027-9-.667
CAR-47-.613
Games Started
2021-8-35
2022-8-35
2023-10-35
2024-6-36
2025-9-35
CAR-49-395
Complete Games
2018-6-3
2019-10-2
2020-5-3
2021-1-8
2022-3-7
2023-1-9
2024-1-5
2025-2-6
CAR-47-49
Shutouts
2017-8-1
2021-4-2
2024-2-2
2025-10-1
2026-9-1
Innings Pitched
2021-2-256.3
2022-2-254.3
2023-3-258.7
2024-2-255.3
2025-4-252.7
CAR-41-2731.0
Hits Allowed
2028-6-238
CAR-48-2466
Strikeouts
2021-5-174
2022-3-164
2023-7-165
2024-4-168
2025-4-156
Walks Allowed
2018-2-95
2019-2-88
2021-7-99
2022-1-126
2023-2-111
2024-5-99
2025-2-97
2028-1-97
CAR-6-1174
Hits per 9IP
2021-6-7.2
2022-10-7.5
2023-5-7.0
2024-10-7.6
2025-5-7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
2022-10-5.8
2024-5-5.9
2025-10-5.6
OAVG
2021-6-.219
2023-4-.212
2024-10-.225
2025-6-.222
OOBP
2025-9-.296
OSLG
2019-6-.329
2021-2-.288
2022-4-.283
2023-2-.266
2024-2-.302
2025-2-.291
CAR-22-.314
OOPS
2021-4-.585
2023-4-.563
2024-6-.603
2025-4-.587
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 125    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  1. Chale Crespa (995)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 22nd overall pick, by Colorado in 2015
Had first career hit (double) on 8/17/2016, off James Glasper (WA)
Earned first career win on 8/22/2016
Traded from Colorado to Virginia on 7/31/2020 (Going to VA: P Benny Suarez. Going to CO: P Christopher Steelman)
Injured on 9/7/2021 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Pitched NO-HITTER against Maine on 5/26/2022, striking out 8
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/2024, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2026, going 3-0, 1.89
Injured on 5/12/2026 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 5/2/2027 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week