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.

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	FLA	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	FLA	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	FLA	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	FLA	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	FLA	@	SDP	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	FLA	@	SDP	W,8-5	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	FLA		HOU	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	FLA		HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	9	Apr 14	FLA		HOU	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 15	FLA		SFG	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 16	FLA		SFG	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
12	12	Apr 17	FLA		SFG	L,8-9	GS	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	15 (2)	Apr 20	FLA	@	COL	L,6-16	CG	46	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	16	Apr 22	FLA	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	17	Apr 23	FLA	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	4	0	11	0	C
16	18	Apr 24	FLA	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 25	FLA		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	20	Apr 26	FLA		ATL	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
19	21	Apr 27	FLA		COL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
20	22	Apr 28	FLA		COL	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
21	23	Apr 29	FLA		CIN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	24	Apr 30	FLA		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 1	FLA		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	27 (1)	May 4	FLA	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	32 (4)	May 9	FLA		PIT	L,5-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	33	May 10	FLA		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	34	May 11	FLA		PIT	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	36 (1)	May 14	FLA	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	37	May 15	FLA	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
30	38	May 16	FLA	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	39	May 17	FLA	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	40	May 18	FLA	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	41	May 20	FLA		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
34	42	May 21	FLA		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	43	May 22	FLA		STL	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	44	May 23	FLA		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
37	46 (1)	May 25	FLA		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	47	May 27	FLA	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	48	May 28	FLA	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	50 (1)	May 30	FLA	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	C
41	51	May 31	FLA	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	52	Jun 1	FLA	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	53	Jun 3	FLA		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	54	Jun 4	FLA		SDP	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR C
45	55	Jun 5	FLA		SDP	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	56	Jun 6	FLA		LAD	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	57	Jun 7	FLA		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	58	Jun 8	FLA		LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	60 (1)	Jun 10	FLA	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	61	Jun 11	FLA	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	62	Jun 12	FLA	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	63	Jun 13	FLA	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	64	Jun 14	FLA	@	STL	W,7-0	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
54	65	Jun 15	FLA	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	66	Jun 16	FLA		NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	67	Jun 17	FLA		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	68	Jun 18	FLA		NYM	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	69	Jun 19	FLA		NYM	L,1-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
59	70	Jun 21	FLA		CHC	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	71	Jun 23	FLA		CHC	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
61	72	Jun 24	FLA	@	MON	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	73	Jun 25	FLA	@	MON	L,3-7	GF	8	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
63	74	Jun 26	FLA	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
64	75	Jun 27	FLA	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	76	Jun 28	FLA	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
66	77	Jun 29	FLA	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	79 (1)	Jul 1	FLA		ATL	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
68	80	Jul 2	FLA		ATL	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	81	Jul 3	FLA		ATL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	83 (1)	Jul 5	FLA		CIN	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	84	Jul 6	FLA		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
72	85	Jul 7	FLA		COL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	C
73	86	Jul 8	FLA		COL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	87	Jul 9	FLA		COL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
75	89 (1)	Jul 14	FLA	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
76	90	Jul 15	FLA	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
77	91	Jul 16	FLA	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	92	Jul 17	FLA	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	94 (1)	Jul 19	FLA	@	CIN	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	96 (1)	Jul 22	FLA	@	COL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	97	Jul 23	FLA	@	COL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
82	98	Jul 24	FLA	@	COL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	99	Jul 25	FLA		PHI	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	101 (1)	Jul 27	FLA		PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
85	102	Jul 29	FLA		MON	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
86	103	Jul 30	FLA		MON	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
87	104	Jul 31	FLA		MON	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	105	Aug 1	FLA	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
89	106	Aug 2	FLA	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
90	107	Aug 3	FLA	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
91	108	Aug 4	FLA	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
92	109	Aug 5	FLA	@	NYM	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	110	Aug 6	FLA	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
94	112 (1)	Aug 8	FLA		STL	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	113	Aug 9	FLA		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
96	114	Aug 10	FLA		STL	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
97	115	Aug 11	FLA		STL	L,6-8	CG	31	7.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
							97gm		786.2	511	66	5	582	6