Ben Candelaria

Benjamin Junior (Herna) Candelaria
Born: January 29, 1975
Philadelphia, PA US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: CF, LF, P, RF
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 167
Draft: Round 20 (1992 June Amateur Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
School: Lorenzo Coballes Gandia HS (Hatillo, PR)
Career: 1992-2004

Ben (Herna) Candelaria compiled a career batting average of .273 with 102 home runs and 568 RBI in his 1867-game career with the Blue Jays, Medicine Hat Blue Jays, St. Catharines Blue Jays, Hagerstown Suns, Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs, Jacksonville Suns, St. Paul Saints, Portland Sea Dogs, Calgary Cannons, Veracruz Rojos, Bridgeport Bluefish and Atlantic City Surf. He began playing during the 1992 season and last took the field during the 2004 campaign.

Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Hagerstown Suns	St. Catharines Blue Jays	Dunedin Blue Jays	Knoxville Smokies	Syracuse SkyChiefs
Jacksonville Suns	St. Paul Saints	Portland Sea Dogs	Calgary Cannons	Veracruz Rojos	Bridgeport Bluefish
Atlantic City Surf

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
Totals				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1992	R	GULF	Blue Jays	29	85	77	10	12	2	1	0	3	4	3	6	16	.156	.214	.208	.422	16	0	0	1	1	0
1993	R	PION	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	62	247	208	24	55	7	1	5	34	3	3	27	49	.264	.351	.380	.731	79	3	3	5	4	1
1994	A	SALL3	Hagerstown Suns	3	13	13	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.462	.692	6	0	0	0	0	0
1994	Short Season A	NYPL	St. Catharines Blue Jays	71	290	250	36	66	15	1	2	37	8	4	35	55	.264	.355	.356	.711	89	6	1	3	1	1
1995	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	125	532	471	66	122	21	5	5	49	11	4	53	98	.259	.331	.357	.688	168	11	0	3	5	1
1996	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	55	184	162	16	45	11	2	3	14	3	3	18	40	.278	.357	.426	.783	69	7	2	2	0	0
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	39	138	125	13	25	5	0	1	6	1	4	12	25	.200	.270	.264	.534	33	1	0	1	0	0
1997	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	120	529	472	81	139	32	5	15	67	4	3	42	89	.294	.354	.479	.833	226	9	5	4	6	2
1998	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	69	279	251	28	62	13	2	7	32	2	0	23	68	.247	.312	.398	.710	100	5	2	0	3	2
1998	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	36	168	156	33	52	8	3	10	31	0	3	9	31	.333	.371	.615	.987	96	2	1	1	1	0
1999	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	120	505	464	65	125	31	3	18	77	6	7	35	93	.269	.319	.466	.784	216	13	1	0	5	3
2000	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	20	77	66	8	17	3	0	2	15	0	0	7	16	.258	.329	.394	.723	26	0	1	1	2	1
2000	Ind	NORL	St. Paul Saints	60	255	223	31	66	12	0	6	35	8	2	27	24	.296	.382	.430	.812	96	5	4	1	0	3
2001	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	61	172	163	23	52	17	1	5	29	0	0	7	19	.319	.343	.528	.871	86	3	0	0	2	3
2001	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	29	114	95	11	29	6	1	2	15	0	1	16	13	.305	.407	.453	.860	43	4	1	1	1	1
2002	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	11	27	25	3	6	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	4	.240	.259	.440	.699	11	0	0	0	1	0
2002	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	29	110	103	9	30	9	0	0	13	2	2	7	19	.291	.336	.379	.715	39	1	0	0	0	1
2002	AAA	MEX	Veracruz Rojos	37	154	143	8	37	9	0	1	15	0	1	8	26	.259	.307	.343	.650	49	2	2	1	0	1
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	47	172	157	25	47	5	4	8	29	2	3	13	26	.299	.349	.535	.884	84	2	0	0	2	3
2003	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	70	275	259	28	64	11	1	3	25	2	1	13	42	.247	.285	.332	.617	86	4	1	1	1	1
2004	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	29	117	109	13	26	6	1	2	10	0	0	6	14	.239	.284	.367	.651	40	2	1	1	0	1
2004	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	36	142	125	23	45	14	2	5	23	1	1	16	18	.360	.430	.624	1.054	78	1	0	0	1	3
Totals				1158	4585	4117	556	1125	239	33	102	568	57	45	381	789	.273	.336	.422	.757	1736	81	25	26	36	28

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1992	R	GULF	Blue Jays	OF	28	17	2	1	0	.950	.679
1993	R	PION	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	OF	36	43	3	2	2	.958	1.278
1994	Short Season A	NYPL	St. Catharines Blue Jays	OF	68	112	9	8	2	.938	1.779
1994	A	SALL3	Hagerstown Suns	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
1995	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	OF	121	189	10	6	0	.971	1.645
1995	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	RF	121						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	OF	38	47	3	2	0	.962	1.316
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	OF	36	41	7	1	1	.980	1.333
1996	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	LF	26						.000
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	RF	20						.000
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	LF	15						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	RF	13						.000
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	CF	1						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	CF	1						.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	RF	90						.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	LF	9						.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	CF	3						.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	OF	102	174	13	5	1	.974	1.833
1998	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	LF	65						.000
1998	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	OF	65	79	8	3	2	.967	1.338
1998	AA	SOUL	Knoxville Smokies	OF	36	58	3	4	0	.938	1.694
1998	AAA	IL	Syracuse SkyChiefs	RF	1						.000
1999	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	LF	63						.000
1999	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	RF	55						.000
1999	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	OF	118	180	10	7	1	.964	1.610
2000	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	LF	8						.000
2000	Ind	NORL	St. Paul Saints	OF	60	108	6	7	0	.942	1.900
2000	Ind	NORL	St. Paul Saints	RF	60						.000
2000	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	OF	19	26	1	2	0	.931	1.421
2000	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	RF	11						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	OF	44	68	2	1	0	.986	1.591
2001	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	LF	42						.000
2001	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	RF	4						.000
2001	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	OF	26	41	5	2	0	.958	1.769
2001	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	LF	22						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	CF	1						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	RF	1						.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	OF	8	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.125
2002	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	LF	6						.000
2002	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	RF	6						.000
2002	AAA	MEX	Veracruz Rojos	CF	4						.000
2002	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	CF	4						.000
2002	AAA	MEX	Veracruz Rojos	OF	37	86	7	1	0	.989	2.514
2002	AAA	MEX	Veracruz Rojos	RF	36						.000
2002	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	OF	21	32	0	1	0	.970	1.524
2002	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	CF	2						.000
2002	AA	EL	Portland Sea Dogs	LF	11						.000
2002	AAA	MEX	Veracruz Rojos	LF	1						.000
2003	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	OF	69	137	3	2	0	.986	2.029
2003	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	RF	69						.000
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	LF	5						.000
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	OF	44	81	1	0	0	1.000	1.864
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	RF	40						.000
2003	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2004	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	OF	7	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.143
2004	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	LF	4						.000
2004	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	RF	4						.000
2004	Ind	ATLL	Atlantic City Surf	RF	3						.000
2004	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	OF	28	42	1	0	0	1.000	1.536
2004	Ind	ATLL	Bridgeport Bluefish	LF	25						.000
Totals					1867	1580	94	55	9	.968	.897

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1992	R	Gulf Coast League	Blue Jays	TOR
1993	R	Pioneer League	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	TOR
1994	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	St. Catharines Blue Jays	TOR
1994	A	South Atlantic League	Hagerstown Suns	TOR
1995	Advanced A	Florida State League	Dunedin Blue Jays	TOR
1996	Advanced A	Florida State League	Dunedin Blue Jays	TOR
1996	AA	Southern League	Knoxville Smokies	TOR
1997	AA	Southern League	Knoxville Smokies	TOR
1998	AA	Southern League	Knoxville Smokies	TOR
1998	AAA	International League	Syracuse SkyChiefs	TOR
1999	AA	Southern League	Jacksonville Suns	DET
2000	Ind	Northern League Central	St. Paul Saints
2000	AA	Eastern League	Portland Sea Dogs	FLO
2001	AA	Eastern League	Portland Sea Dogs	FLO
2001	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Calgary Cannons	FLO	April 5, 2001	September 1, 2001
2002	AA	Eastern League	Portland Sea Dogs	FLO
2002	AAA	Mexican League	Veracruz Rojos
2002	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Calgary Cannons	FLO	April 4, 2002	April 22, 2002
2003	Ind	Atlantic League	Bridgeport Bluefish
2003	Ind	Atlantic League	Atlantic City Surf
2004	Ind	Atlantic League	Bridgeport Bluefish		May 6, 2004	August 7, 2004
2004	Ind	Atlantic League	Atlantic City Surf		August 12, 2004	September 19, 2004

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