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Benjamin
Brugal		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 9, 1996 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 19 TEX AL   29 31 32 32 22 20 21 50 50 50
2016 20 TEX AL   52 40 40 40 27 25 26 71 71 71
2017 21 CHN NL   52 72 72 72 50 48 49 96 96 96
2018 22 CHN NL $ 300,000 52 71 71 71 55 53 54 96 96 96
2019 23 ATL NL $ 300,000 52 72 72 72 55 53 54 96 96 96
2020 24 ATL NL $ 300,000 52 81 81 81 61 59 60 95 95 95
2021 25 ATL NL $ 7,321,429 52 77 77 77 74 71 73 94 94 94
2022 26 ATL NL $ 7,321,429 52 76 76 76 74 71 73 94 94 94
2023 27 ATL NL $ 7,321,429 57 73 73 73 74 71 73 94 94 94
2024 28 ATL NL $ 9,500,000 57 72 72 72 74 71 73 94 94 94
2025 29 ATL NL $ 9,500,000 57 70 70 70 72 70 71 94 94 94
2026 30 STL NL $ 9,500,000 57 67 67 67 70 68 69 94 94 94
2027 31 STL NL $ 13,000,000 57 68 68 68 68 66 67 95 95 95
OOTP6 Min Ratings   29 31 32 32 22 20 21 50 50 50
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000 57 81 81 81 74 71 73 96 96 96
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 19 TEX AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2016 20 TEX AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2017 21 CHN NL     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2018 22 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2019 23 ATL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2020 24 ATL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2021 25 ATL NL $ 7,321,429   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2022 26 ATL NL $ 7,321,429   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2023 27 ATL NL $ 7,321,429   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2024 28 ATL NL $ 9,500,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2025 29 ATL NL $ 9,500,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2026 30 STL NL $ 9,500,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
2027 31 STL NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 32 32 32 16 16 16 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
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 19 A   5 5 .500 45 0 0 0 27 47.7 45 26 5 36 39 4.91 .245 .368 .413 .781  
2016 20 AA   6 3 .667 14 14 0 0 0 80.3 85 31 3 34 70 3.47 .272 .344 .365 .709  
    A   6 1 .857 10 10 0 0 0 56.3 60 34 6 28 39 5.43 .271 .353 .412 .765  
2017 21 AAA   5 8 .385 23 23 0 0 0 129.3 138 46 5 78 102 3.20 .276 .374 .354 .728  
    AA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 38.3 24 4 0 20 35 0.94 .179 .286 .246 .532  
2018 22 CHN NL 9 8 .529 24 24 1 1 0 142.3 94 29 7 49 155 1.83 .186 .258 .255 .513 17.3
2019 23 ATL NL 10 13 .435 36 36 0 0 0 203.0 193 69 6 74 231 3.06 .248 .317 .299 .616 14.3
2020 24 ATL NL 13 7 .650 35 35 0 0 0 209.0 188 54 5 71 190 2.33 .242 .306 .292 .598 18.5
2021 25 ATL NL 15 8 .652 36 36 0 0 0 220.0 182 65 5 68 208 2.66 .224 .285 .287 .572 20.9
2022 26 ATL NL 14 7 .667 35 35 1 1 0 213.7 172 63 2 61 200 2.65 .220 .281 .259 .539 21.3
2023 27 ATL NL 16 9 .640 36 36 1 1 0 220.7 206 71 5 57 203 2.90 .247 .300 .310 .610 18.8
2024 28 ATL NL 15 10 .600 36 35 1 0 0 218.0 203 70 5 54 195 2.89 .245 .297 .291 .588 18.6
2025 29 ATL NL 13 15 .464 37 37 0 0 0 223.3 229 91 12 66 194 3.67 .267 .323 .339 .662 12.3
2026 30 ATL NL 6 6 .500 21 21 0 0 0 129.7 113 37 2 32 113 2.57 .233 .285 .276 .561 12.4
  STL NL 2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 32.3 34 15 0 9 27 4.18 .270 .326 .302 .628 1.5
  TOT   8 8 .500 27 27 0 0 0 162.0 147 52 2 41 140 2.89 .240 .294 .281 .575 13.9
2027 31 STL NL 9 13 .409 36 36 0 0 0 207.7 226 94 7 58 187 4.07 .274 .320 .339 .659 11.0
10 Years Sim 122 98 .555 338 337 4 3 0 2019.6 1840 658 56 599 1903 2.93 .242 .300 .298 .598 166.9
1 Years AAA 5 8 .385 23 23 0 0 0 129.3 138 46 5 78 102 3.20 .276 .374 .354 .728  
2 Years AA 9 4 .692 20 20 0 0 0 118.7 109 35 3 54 105 2.65 .244 .326 .330 .656  
2 Years A 11 6 .647 55 10 0 0 27 104.0 105 60 11 64 78 5.19 .259 .360 .412 .773  
5 Years Minors 25 18 .581 98 53 0 0 27 352.0 352 141 19 196 285 3.61 .261 .354 .363 .718  
Season Average 12 9 .571 33 33 0 0 0 202.0 184 65 5 59 190 2.93 .242 .300 .298 .598  
Career Highs 16 15 .667 37 37 1 1 0 223.3 229 94 12 74 231 4.07 .274 .323 .339 .662  
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   953 336 24 317 1019   .241 .298 .291 .589
vs LH   887 322 32 282 884   .242 .296 .305 .601
Home 62 50 .554 169 169 0 0 0 1016.0 910 320 31 310 974 2.83 .238 .295 .295 .589
Away 60 48 .556 169 168 4 3 0 1003.6 930 338 25 289 929 3.03 .246 .299 .301 .600
Mar/Apr 17 17 .500 57 57 0 0 0 344.3 315 123 11 113 305 3.22 .241 .302 .309 .610
May 21 16 .568 60 60 1 1 0 360.6 310 103 10 104 354 2.57 .232 .287 .288 .575
June 22 16 .579 57 56 1 1 0 349.6 306 102 10 92 336 2.63 .234 .284 .289 .573
July 22 12 .647 57 57 0 0 0 337.6 329 111 6 102 324 2.96 .255 .309 .302 .611
August 18 19 .486 49 49 1 1 0 289.6 285 120 9 79 252 3.73 .256 .305 .316 .622
Sep/Oct 22 18 .550 58 58 1 0 0 337.6 295 99 10 109 332 2.64 .234 .296 .285 .581
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2018 22 CHN NL 24 41 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 16 .049 .133 .098 .231 -0.5 0.0
2019 23 ATL NL 36 63 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 .063 .063 .095 .159 -2.9 0.0
2020 24 ATL NL 35 70 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 33 .057 .070 .086 .156 -3.3 0.0
2021 25 ATL NL 36 71 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 36 .056 .082 .085 .167 -3.7 0.0
2022 26 ATL NL 35 69 3 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 30 .087 .125 .145 .270 -1.4 0.0
2023 27 ATL NL 36 69 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 44 .043 .108 .087 .195 -2.2 0.0
2024 28 ATL NL 35 70 3 5 3 1 0 4 0 0 7 29 .071 .156 .143 .299 -0.1 0.0
2025 29 ATL NL 37 72 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 38 .028 .078 .042 .120 -3.6 0.0
2026 30 ATL NL 21 39 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .026 .073 .051 .124 -2.1 0.0
  STL NL 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   27 49 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .041 .078 .061 .140 -2.3 0.0
2027 31 STL NL 36 66 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 30 .061 .088 .136 .225 -1.5 0.0
10 Years Sim 337 640 27 36 20 2 1 24 1 0 28 310 .056 .098 .098 .197 -21.6 0.0
162 Game Average 307 12 17 9 0 0 11 0 0 13 149 .056 .098 .098 .197 -10.4  
Career Highs 37 72 4 6 4 1 1 4 1 0 7 44 .087 .156 .145 .299 -0.1  
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   459 19 25 14 1 1 17 1 0 16 235 .054 .090 .096 .186 -19.0
vs LH   181 8 11 6 1 0 7 0 0 12 75 .061 .119 .105 .224 -4.9
Home 169 285 12 15 8 1 1 11 1 0 12 137 .053 .094 .098 .192 -10.9
Away 168 355 15 21 12 1 0 13 0 0 16 173 .059 .102 .099 .201 -12.9
RISP   150 0 8 6 0 0 17 0 0 8 78 .053 .106 .093 .200 -5.6
Close/Late   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Mar/Apr 57 112 5 9 4 1 0 7 0 0 5 59 .080 .119 .134 .253 -2.3
May 60 103 6 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 52 .039 .092 .068 .160 -4.5
June 56 107 7 7 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 52 .065 .130 .121 .252 -2.1
July 57 113 5 6 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 54 .053 .085 .097 .183 -5.2
August 48 97 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 45 .052 .071 .103 .174 -4.3
Sep/Oct 58 108 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 48 .046 .088 .065 .153 -5.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2018 22 CHN NL P 24 24 142.3 10 15 0 1 1.000 1.58    
2019 23 ATL NL P 36 36 203.0 6 21 0 2 1.000 1.20    
2020 24 ATL NL P 35 35 209.0 8 17 2 0 .926 1.08    
2021 25 ATL NL P 36 36 220.0 15 34 2 5 .961 2.00    
2022 26 ATL NL P 35 35 213.7 6 20 1 0 .963 1.10    
2023 27 ATL NL P 36 36 220.7 15 42 3 4 .950 2.32    
2024 28 ATL NL P 35 35 218.0 9 18 2 2 .931 1.11    
2025 29 ATL NL P 37 37 223.3 5 20 3 1 .893 1.01    
2026 30 ATL NL P 21 21 129.7 8 10 1 1 .947 1.25    
  STL NL P 6 6 32.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.11    
  TOT   P 27 27 162.0 10 12 1 1 .957 1.22    
2027 31 STL NL P 36 36 207.7 6 17 1 1 .958 1.00    
Career Totals   337 337 2019.6 90 216 15 17 .953 1.36    
Career Highs   37 37 223.3 15 42 3 5 1.000 2.32    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2026 30 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 10 2 0 5 5 2.00 .278 .366 .306 .671
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 10 2 0 5 5 2.00 .278 .366 .306 .671
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2026 30 STL NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2020-2-2.33
2021-6-2.66
2022-6-2.65
2024-9-2.89
CAR-10-2.93
 Wins
2021-10-15
2023-10-16
 Losses
2025-7-15
 Games Started
2019-4-36
2021-1-36
2022-8-35
2023-1-36
2024-9-35
2025-4-37
2027-3-36
 Shutouts
2018-9-1
2022-9-1
2023-9-1
 Hits Allowed
2027-6-226
Hits per 9IP
2021-9-7.4
2022-7-7.2
CAR-45-8.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2019-10-10.2
 WHiP
2022-6-1.09
CAR-46-1.21
 OAVG
2021-9-.224
2022-8-.220
CAR-50-.242
 OOBP
2022-7-.281
CAR-47-.300
 OSLG
2019-3-.299
2020-5-.292
2021-2-.287
2022-1-.259
2023-9-.310
2024-3-.291
2025-10-.339
2027-8-.339
CAR-4-.298
OOPS
2020-8-.598
2021-3-.572
2022-3-.539
2024-8-.588
CAR-4-.598
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 39)
 
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  4. Wade Miller (897)
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  6. Casey Fossum (896)
  7. Alberto Sanches (894)
  8. Ricardo Hernandez (893)
  9. Jerry Blevins (892)
  10. Juan Cruz (890)
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  1. Anibal Sanchez (989)
  2. Matt Chico (989)
  3. David Yasuhiko (988)
  4. Phil Dumatrait (988)
  5. Joel Pineiro (985)
  6. Dustin McGowan (985)
  7. Alberto Arguelles (985)
  8. Casey Weathers (984)
  9. Edowa-Do Motoyuki (984)
  10. Benicio Leanos (984)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 50th overall pick, by Texas in 2015
Injured on 6/22/2016 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Texas to San Diego on 6/4/2017 (Going to SDN: P Benjamin Brugal, P Allen Clements, LF Benjamin Yoshinaka. Going to TEX: 2B George Sainz)
Traded from San Diego to Chicago (N) on 7/14/2017 (Going to CHN: P Benjamin Brugal, P Alberto Sanches, P Allen Clements, LF Gorkys Hernandez, CF Bart Bargo. Going to SDN: RF Jeffrey Fiorentino)
Earned first career win on 4/20/2018
Had first career hit (double) on 6/26/2018, off Adalberto Chavez (ARI)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2018, going 3-1, 0.81
Injured on 7/15/2018 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2018, going 1-0, 0.59
Traded from Chicago (N) to Atlanta on 2/28/2019 (Going to CHN: 2B Adam Davis, LF Freddy Servia, P Jason Hirsh, C Robert Mickey. Going to ATL: P Benjamin Brugal, CF William Susdorf, C Pablo Sandoval, P Carl Hedin, P Thomas Hintz)
2/3/2021: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/3/2022: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/3/2023: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,321,429 through salary arbitration
6/4/2023: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $9,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Atlanta to St. Louis on 7/24/2026 (Going to STL: P Benjamin Brugal, P Thomas Clifton. Going to ATL: P Lawrence Valentino, P John Desilva)
8/1/2026: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $13,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 8/2/2026 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/2027, off James Hoey (ATL)
 
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