Carlos Benítez
Full name: Carlos Benítez Pérez
Also known as: Carlos Benitez · Carlos Benítez
- Position
- Infielder
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Born
- 1987-01-11 · Yara
- Debut
- 2006
Carlos Benítez is a Cuban infielder, born on 11 January 1987 in Yara. His full name is recorded as Carlos Benítez Pérez. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 20 seasons in the Cuban Elite League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 2005 and 2023. Most of that was with Granma, 19 seasons of it, with the remainder for Agricultores, Las Tunas and Villa Clara. He appears in 10 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .299, with 1,279 hits, 129 home runs and 760 runs batted in. His 760 runs batted in are the 82nd highest total among the 4,114 players holding career records in this database. His 129 home runs are the 98th highest total among the 2,484 players holding career records in this database. His highest recorded season average was .379, in 2022 (161 AB). His most home runs in a season was 15, in 2010-11.
Career summary
- Seasons 20 (2005–2023)
- Leagues Cuban Elite League, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- TeamsAgricultores, Granma, Las Tunas, Villa Clara
- AVG / OBP / SLG
.300 / .417 / .444
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005-06 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 48 | 124 | 103 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | .262 | .377 | .388 | .765 |
| 2006-07 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 80 | 327 | 261 | 39 | 64 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 97 | .245 | .378 | .372 | .750 |
| 2007-08 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 72 | 245 | 195 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 72 | .246 | .384 | .369 | .753 |
| 2008-09 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 49 | 121 | 99 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | .202 | .325 | .414 | .739 |
| 2009-10 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 35 | 104 | 91 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | .297 | .385 | .516 | .901 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13 | 58 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .234 | .368 | .383 | .751 |
| 2010-11 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 85 | 347 | 288 | 53 | 98 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 157 | .340 | .433 | .545 | .978 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .341 | .133 | .474 |
| 2011-12 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 91 | 357 | 296 | 50 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 129 | .264 | .372 | .436 | .808 |
| 2012-13 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 81 | 325 | 265 | 41 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 124 | .291 | .402 | .468 | .870 |
| 2013-14 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 45 | 185 | 149 | 22 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 70 | .322 | .449 | .470 | .919 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 2014-15 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 74 | 258 | 206 | 33 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 64 | .243 | .382 | .311 | .693 |
| 2015-16 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 78 | 311 | 260 | 32 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 105 | .273 | .365 | .404 | .769 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 49 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .270 | .429 | .459 | .888 |
| 2016-17 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 83 | 322 | 269 | 40 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 127 | .312 | .414 | .472 | .886 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 51 | 45 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .400 | .471 | .444 | .915 |
| 2017-18 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 83 | 346 | 270 | 46 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 136 | .352 | .474 | .504 | .978 |
| 2018-19 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .406 | .574 | .563 | 1.137 |
| 2018-19 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 41 | 180 | 145 | 23 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 71 | .359 | .467 | .490 | .957 |
| 2019-20 · Postseason | Las Tunas | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .417 | .588 | .583 | 1.171 |
| 2019-20 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 36 | 129 | 107 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .271 | .372 | .336 | .708 |
| 2020-21 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 17 | 76 | 54 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .352 | .513 | .444 | .957 |
| 2020-21 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 64 | 269 | 219 | 40 | 76 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 113 | .347 | .446 | .516 | .962 |
| 2021-22 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 16 | 71 | 46 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .283 | .465 | .370 | .835 |
| 2021-22 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 65 | 269 | 208 | 31 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 102 | .346 | .472 | .490 | .962 |
| 2022 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 161 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | .379 | .502 | .565 | — |
| 2022-23 | Agricultores | Cuban Elite League | — | — | 76 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | .237 | .318 | .237 | — |
| 2023 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 39 | 149 | 121 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 54 | .322 | .436 | .446 | .882 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 4205 | 636 | 1261 | 207 | 6 | 129 | 755 | 12 | 18 | 830 | 565 | 68 | 113 | 38 | 70 | — | .300 | .417 | .444 | .861 |
| Career total | — | Cuban Elite League | — | — | 76 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | .237 | .318 | .237 | .555 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 236.0 | 72 | 88 | 5 | 19 | .970 | 165 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 644.2 | 184 | 263 | 18 | 58 | .961 | 465 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 531.1 | 148 | 240 | 9 | 58 | .977 | 397 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 254.2 | 84 | 96 | 2 | 24 | .989 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 192.0 | 38 | 88 | 7 | 21 | .947 | 133 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 118.0 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .941 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 695.0 | 88 | 189 | 16 | 25 | .945 | 293 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 91.0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 681.1 | 85 | 207 | 12 | 38 | .961 | 304 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 644.0 | 63 | 187 | 9 | 23 | .965 | 259 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 363.2 | 110 | 143 | 8 | 48 | .969 | 261 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 515.2 | 153 | 179 | 7 | 42 | .979 | 339 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 630.1 | 199 | 218 | 12 | 61 | .972 | 429 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 96.0 | 32 | 35 | 1 | 10 | .985 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 637.0 | 176 | 245 | 7 | 77 | .984 | 428 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 99.2 | 31 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 655.1 | 170 | 291 | 4 | 63 | .991 | 465 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 58.0 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 305.1 | 70 | 122 | 5 | 33 | .975 | 197 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 · Postseason | Las Tunas | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 34.0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 266.0 | 76 | 88 | 5 | 31 | .970 | 169 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 127.2 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 482.0 | 138 | 200 | 5 | 68 | .985 | 343 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 293.1 | 74 | 112 | 4 | 37 | .979 | 190 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 167.0 | 54 | 52 | 5 | 16 | .955 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 9578.1 | 2351 | 3510 | 154 | 884 | .974 | 6015 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
International appearances
- 2017 — World Baseball Classic (Cuba 2–4)
Frequently asked questions
When was Carlos Benítez born?
Carlos Benítez was born on 1987-01-11 in Yara.
Which teams did Carlos Benítez play for?
Carlos Benítez appears for Agricultores, Granma, Las Tunas, Villa Clara across 20 recorded seasons.
What are Carlos Benítez's career statistics?
In 20 recorded seasons Carlos Benítez batted .300 with 1261 hits, 129 home runs and 755 runs batted in.
What position did Carlos Benítez play?
Carlos Benítez is recorded as IF.
Sources and licences
- Season leaders computed from the season lines held in this database, using a qualification of 3.1 plate appearances or one inning per scheduled game. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Roster details from Federación Cubana de Béisbol and INDER tournament bulletins and JIT squad announcements. Factual roster data only. (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- (retrieved 2026-08-29)
