José Santiago

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: November 5, 1974 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 70th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Carlos Escobar Lopez HS (Loiza, Puerto Rico).

High School: Carlos Escobar Lopez HS (Loiza, Puerto Rico)

Debut: June 7, 1997 (Age 22-214d, 17,079th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 9, 2005 (Age 30-277d)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Jose Rafael Santiago

Pronunciation: \SAWN-tea-ah-go\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

4.36

229

299.0

153

WHIP

1.441

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1994	19	KCR-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	2.37	10	1	7	0	0	2	19.0	17	7	5	1	7	0	10	1	1	2	84			1.263	8.1	0.5	3.3	4.7	1.43	ROY GULF
1995	20	KCR-min	A-	2	4	.333	3.14	22	0	10	0	0	1	48.2	60	26	17	1	20	4	32	5	0	3	227			1.644	11.1	0.2	3.7	5.9	1.60	SPO NORW
1996	21	KCR-min	A	7	6	.538	2.57	54	0	46	0	0	19	77.0	78	34	22	4	21	3	55	5	1	3	331			1.286	9.1	0.5	2.5	6.4	2.62	LNS MIDW
1997	22	KCR-min	AA,A,A+	4	2	.667	3.50	35	0	18	0	0	6	43.2	45	22	17	1	15	2	21	3	0	0	195			1.374	9.3	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.40	WCH,LNS,WMT TL,MIDW,CARL
1997	22	KCR	AL	0	0		1.93	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	7	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	24	259	4.61	1.929	13.5	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50
1998	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	3.94	56	0	43	0	0	23	80.0	89	45	35	9	32	9	35	2	0	2	356			1.513	10.0	1.0	3.6	3.9	1.09	WCH,OMA TL,PCL
1998	23	KCR	AL	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	61	1.14	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1999	24	KCR-min	AA,Rk,AAA	0	1	.000	1.72	8	5	1	0	0	0	15.2	12	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	55			0.766	6.9	0.0	0.0	2.3		WCH,ROY,OMA TL,GULF,PCL
1999	24	KCR	AL	3	4	.429	3.42	34	0	15	0	0	2	47.1	46	23	18	7	14	2	15	2	1	2	203	146	5.44	1.268	8.7	1.3	2.7	2.9	1.07
2000	25	KCR-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.18	11	0	7	0	0	4	17.0	19	7	6	2	3	1	14	0	0	1	71			1.294	10.1	1.1	1.6	7.4	4.67	OMA PCL
2000	25	KCR	AL	8	6	.571	3.91	45	0	20	0	0	2	69.0	70	33	30	7	26	3	44	3	0	0	302	130	4.44	1.391	9.1	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.69
2001	26	TOT	MLB	4	6	.400	4.61	73	0	11	0	0	0	91.2	106	47	47	5	22	2	43	3	0	1	397	96	3.64	1.396	10.4	0.5	2.2	4.2	1.95
2001	26	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	6.75	20	0	6	0	0	0	29.1	40	22	22	2	9	1	15	1	0	1	136	72	3.94	1.670	12.3	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.67
2001	26	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	3.61	53	0	5	0	0	0	62.1	66	25	25	3	13	1	28	2	0	0	261	118	3.50	1.267	9.5	0.4	1.9	4.0	2.15
2002	27	PHI-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.29	22	0	20	0	0	7	28.0	28	6	4	0	7	1	21	1	0	1	117			1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	SWB IL
2002	27	PHI	NL	1	3	.250	6.70	42	0	7	0	0	0	47.0	56	35	35	7	15	1	30	3	0	1	214	58	4.77	1.511	10.7	1.3	2.9	5.7	2.00
2003	28	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.43	25	4	5	0	0	2	66.2	79	25	18	1	22	1	33	2	0	0	291			1.515	10.7	0.1	3.0	4.5	1.50	BFL IL
2003	28	CLE	AL	1	3	.250	2.84	25	0	4	0	0	0	31.2	37	11	10	2	14	3	15	0	0	0	138	156	4.23	1.611	10.5	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.07

2004	29	CHW-min	AAA	9	9	.500	4.34	57	1	25	0	0	7	87.0	89	51	42	6	35	7	47	5	1	2	390			1.425	9.2	0.6	3.6	4.9	1.34	CHR IL
2005	30	NYM-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.26	29	17	1	0	0	0	122.2	138	62	58	10	40	1	61	7	0	2	532			1.451	10.1	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.53	NFK IL
2005	30	NYM	NL	0	0		3.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	27	138	3.55	2.118	15.9	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
2007	32	NYM-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.64	32	17	3	0	0	0	119.2	155	79	75	14	39	0	52	2	0	3	536			1.621	11.7	1.1	2.9	3.9	1.33	NOR PCL
2008	33	NYM-min	AAA	5	2	.714	5.38	43	2	12	0	0	1	87.0	116	57	52	17	15	1	45	6	0	1	384			1.506	12.0	1.8	1.6	4.7	3.00	NOR PCL
8 Yrs				17	22	.436	4.36	229	0	63	0	0	4	299.0	336	155	145	28	95	12	153	13	1	4	1314	106	4.34	1.441	10.1	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.61
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.436	4.36	68	0	19	0	0	1	89	100	46	43	8	28	4	45	4	0	1	390	106	4.34	1.441	10.1	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.61

KCR (5 yrs)				13	12	.520	4.31	105	0	46	0	0	4	152.1	167	82	73	16	51	7	77	7	1	3	674	116	4.61	1.431	9.9	0.9	3.0	4.5	1.51
PHI (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.94	95	0	12	0	0	0	109.1	122	60	60	10	28	2	58	5	0	1	475	83	4.05	1.372	10.0	0.8	2.3	4.8	2.07
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		3.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	27	138	3.55	2.118	15.9	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
CLE (1 yr)				1	3	.250	2.84	25	0	4	0	0	0	31.2	37	11	10	2	14	3	15	0	0	0	138	156	4.23	1.611	10.5	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.07

AL (6 yrs)				14	15	.483	4.06	130	0	50	0	0	4	184.0	204	93	83	18	65	10	92	7	1	3	812	121	4.55	1.462	10.0	0.9	3.2	4.5	1.42
NL (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.85	99	0	13	0	0	0	115.0	132	62	62	10	30	2	61	6	0	1	502	85	4.02	1.409	10.3	0.8	2.3	4.8	2.03

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