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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	SDP		LAD	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	SDP		LAD	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	SDP	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
8	8	Apr 17	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 20	SDP		SFG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	SDP		SFG	W,13-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	SDP		CHC	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
15	15	Apr 25	SDP		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
17	17	Apr 27	SDP		PIT	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20 (1)	May 1	SDP		STL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	21	May 2	SDP		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
21	22	May 5 (1)	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	5	1	1	7	1	C
22	24 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	25	May 7	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	26	May 8	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	27	May 9	SDP	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	29 (1)	May 11	SDP		MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
27	30	May 12	SDP		MON	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	31	May 13	SDP		MON	L,0-15	GS	30	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	32	May 14	SDP		PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	33	May 15	SDP		PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	34	May 16	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	35	May 18	SDP		NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
33	36	May 19	SDP		NYM	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	37	May 20	SDP		NYM	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	38	May 22	SDP	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	39	May 23	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	40	May 24	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	41	May 25	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
39	42	May 26	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-11	CG	48	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
40	44 (1)	May 28	SDP	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	45	May 30	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	46	May 31	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 1	SDP		ATL	L,11-16	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	48	Jun 2	SDP		ATL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	49	Jun 3	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	C
46	50	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
47	51	Jun 5	SDP		HOU	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
48	52	Jun 6	SDP		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	53	Jun 8	SDP		LAD	W,12-6	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	54	Jun 9	SDP		LAD	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	55	Jun 10	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	GF	8	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	56	Jun 12	SDP		SFG	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	57	Jun 13	SDP		SFG	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	111 (53)	Aug 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	112	Aug 11	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
56	113	Aug 12	SDP	@	HOU	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
57	114	Aug 14	SDP		MON	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
58	115	Aug 15	SDP		MON	L,3-5	CG	72	17.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
59	116	Aug 16	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
60	117	Aug 17	SDP		PHI	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	118	Aug 18	SDP		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	119	Aug 19	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH C
63	120	Aug 20	SDP		NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	121	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	122	Aug 22	SDP		NYM	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	123	Aug 24	SDP	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	124	Aug 25	SDP	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	126 (1)	Aug 27	SDP	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	127	Aug 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	128	Aug 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	4	0	1	5	0	C
71	129	Aug 31	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	130	Sep 1 (1)	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	131	Sep 1 (2)	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	132	Sep 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	133	Sep 3	SDP		SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	134	Sep 4	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	135	Sep 5	SDP		HOU	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	137 (1)	Sep 7	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	138	Sep 8	SDP		ATL	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
80	139	Sep 9	SDP		ATL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
81	140	Sep 10	SDP		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
82	141	Sep 11	SDP		LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	142	Sep 12	SDP		LAD	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
84	143	Sep 14	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
85	144	Sep 15	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
86	146 (1)	Sep 17	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	147	Sep 18	SDP	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
88	148	Sep 19	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
89	149	Sep 20	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
90	150	Sep 21	SDP		CIN	L,1-10	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	151	Sep 22 (1)	SDP		CIN	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
92	152	Sep 22 (2)	SDP		CIN	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	153	Sep 23	SDP		CIN	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	154	Sep 24	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	155	Sep 25	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
96	157 (1)	Sep 28	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	158	Sep 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	160 (1)	Oct 1	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							98gm		799.2	538	51	12	601	6