Andrew Benintendi

Andrew Benintendi is the sort of player I find easy to root for. He dominated college baseball at Arkansas, sweeping the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy in 2015, then proved that hype could translate to a durable big-league career. What strikes me is his quiet adaptability: bouncing from Boston to Kansas City to the Yankees and now the White Sox, he keeps producing without the spotlight chasing him. At a listed 178 centimeters, he's never been physically imposing, which makes his consistency more about craft than raw tools. I admire outfielders who win with feel and discipline rather than spectacle, and he fits that mold.

Name (English)

Andrew Benintendi

Name (Japanese)

アンドリュー・ベニンテンディ

Reading

あんどりゅー・べにんてんでぃ

Born

July 6, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Madeira, Ohio, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Madeira High School

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Dick Howser Trophy
• 2015 Golden Spikes Award
• 2015 Baseball America College Player of the Year Award
• 2015 Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andrewbenintendi16/
• Xhttps://x.com/asben16
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Benintendi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19956121

Tags

• Ohio
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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