Benito Santiago

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 9, 1965 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 14, 1986 (Age 21-189d, 15,259th in major league history)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 11, 2005 (Age 40-033d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Joe Longo, Joe Rosario • Previously: Manny Sanguillen, Joe Maenza, Greg Genske, Lonnie Cooper, Scott Boras

Full Name: Benito Santiago

Nicknames: Benny

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger
NLCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

6951

1830

217

.263

755

RBI

920

OBP

.307

SLG

.415

OPS

.722

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-14 / in Starts: 14-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1995	NLDS g1	Oct 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	1.333	1.733	6	.35	0.141	5.47	1.42%	1.05	C
2	1995	NLDS g2	Oct 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.833	1.278	6	1.03	0.038	14.91	0.31%	-0.09	C
3	1995	NLDS g3	Oct 6	CIN		LAD	W,10-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.462	.667	1.128	6	.54	0.037	4.87	0.18%	0.45	C
4	1995	NLCS g1	Oct 10	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.471	.583	1.054	5	1.41	-0.073	36.90	-1.06%	-0.47	C
5	1995	NLCS g2	Oct 11	CIN		ATL	L,2-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.429	.500	.929	6	1.75	-0.135	44.94	-1.88%	-0.75	C
6	1995	NLCS g3	Oct 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.400	.421	.821	6	.88	-0.070	18.23	-0.82%	-0.99	C
7	1995	NLCS g4	Oct 14	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.393	.409	.802	6	.83	-0.041	9.26	-0.27%	-0.23	C
2002 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	2002	NLDS g1	Oct 2	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	5	.46	0.070	7.18	0.68%	2.19	C
9	2002	NLDS g2	Oct 3	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	5	.39	-0.018	5.88	-0.13%	-0.18	C
10	2002	NLDS g3	Oct 5	SFG		ATL	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	.74	-0.105	15.45	-1.23%	-1.30	C
11	2002	NLDS g4	Oct 6	SFG		ATL	W,8-3	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.412	.745	5	.64	0.083	12.41	0.90%	1.88	C
12	2002	NLDS g5	Oct 7	SFG	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.333	.606	5	.78	-0.061	32.50	-1.63%	-0.78	C
13	2002	NLCS g1	Oct 9	SFG	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.333	.500	.833	5	.63	0.168	16.36	2.84%	2.37	C
14	2002	NLCS g2	Oct 10	SFG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.290	.433	.724	5	.65	-0.065	16.65	-1.07%	-1.04	C
15	2002	NLCS g3	Oct 12	SFG		STL	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.306	.429	.734	5	2.54	0.066	52.88	0.64%	0.86	C
16	2002	NLCS g4	Oct 13	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.500	.825	5	1.82	0.280	58.34	4.69%	1.06	C
17	2002	NLCS g5	Oct 14	SFG		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.463	.782	5	2.06	-0.138	49.45	-1.84%	-0.68	C
18	2002	WS g1	Oct 19	SFG	@	ANA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.444	.757	5	.82	-0.046	42.99	-1.56%	-0.52	C
19	2002	WS g2	Oct 20	SFG	@	ANA	L,10-11	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.302	.420	.722	5	1.62	-0.106	83.50	-3.02%	-0.90	C
20	2002	WS g3	Oct 22	SFG		ANA	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.281	.389	.670	5	1.01	-0.026	63.36	-1.13%	-0.54	C
21	2002	WS g4	Oct 23	SFG		ANA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.241	.279	.379	.658	5	2.38	-0.174	145.26	-6.57%	-2.17	C
22	2002	WS g5	Oct 24	SFG		ANA	W,16-4	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.288	.377	.665	5	.56	0.076	46.57	3.48%	1.57	C
23	2002	WS g6	Oct 26	SFG	@	ANA	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.286	.359	.645	5	1.03	-0.121	92.47	-6.25%	-1.14	C
24	2002	WS g7	Oct 27	SFG	@	ANA	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.311	.373	.684	5	.71	0.058	118.34	5.40%	0.55	C
2003 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	2003	NLDS g1	Sep 30	SFG		FLA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.73	-0.091	11.42	-0.80%	-1.26	C
26	2003	NLDS g2	Oct 1	SFG		FLA	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	6	1.28	-0.066	20.58	-0.55%	-0.82	C
27	2003	NLDS g3	Oct 3	SFG	@	FLA	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	7	1.49	0.050	31.18	0.70%	0.13	C
28	2003	NLDS g4	Oct 4	SFG	@	FLA	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	3.88	-0.093	87.18	-1.15%	-0.30	PH
									115	100	7	25	2	0	3	19	12	1	21	0	1	2		6	0	0	.250	.325	.360	.685

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