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.

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		CHW	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	KCR		CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 10	KCR		CLE	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 11	KCR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,15-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	15 (1)	Apr 23	KCR		MIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	16	Apr 24	KCR		MIN	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 27	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	19	Apr 28	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	21 (1)	Apr 30	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	23	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	24	May 3	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
21	25	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	27 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	28	May 8	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	29	May 9	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	30	May 10	KCR		TOR	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
26	32 (1)	May 12	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	GS	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
27	33	May 14	KCR		OAK	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
28	34	May 15	KCR		OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	36 (1)	May 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	37	May 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	38	May 20	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	40 (1)	May 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	51	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	41	May 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	42	May 25	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	43	May 26	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	45 (1)	May 28	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	46	May 29	KCR		MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
38	47	May 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	48	May 31	KCR	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	52 (2)	Jun 4	KCR		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	53	Jun 5	KCR		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
43	55 (1)	Jun 8	KCR		MON	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	56	Jun 10 (1)	KCR		MON	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	58 (1)	Jun 11	KCR		NYM	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	60 (1)	Jun 13	KCR		NYM	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
47	61	Jun 15	KCR	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	62	Jun 16	KCR	@	ATL	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	64 (1)	Jun 18	KCR	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							49gm		416.0	228	18	1	247	3