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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SDP		SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	SDP		SFG	L,9-11	CG	53	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	SDP	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
8	8	Apr 16	SDP		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	SDP		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	11 (1)	Apr 19	SDP		LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	SDP		LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
12	13	Apr 21	SDP		LAD	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	C
13	14	Apr 22	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	15	Apr 23	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
15	16	Apr 24	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	7	3	0	10	2	C
16	17	Apr 26	SDP	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	5	2	0	7	0	C
18	19	Apr 28	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	20	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	21	Apr 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	23	May 3	SDP	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 4	SDP	@	MON	W,6-5	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF C
24	25	May 5	SDP	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	26	May 7	SDP		PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	27	May 8	SDP		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	28	May 9	SDP		PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	29	May 10	SDP		MON	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
29	30	May 11	SDP		MON	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	31	May 12	SDP		MON	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
31	32	May 13	SDP		NYM	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	33	May 14	SDP		NYM	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	35 (1)	May 17	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	36	May 18	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
35	37	May 19	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	38	May 20	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	39	May 21	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	C
38	40	May 22	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	41	May 23	SDP	@	ATL	W,11-10	CG	59	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	42	May 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	43	May 25	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	45 (1)	May 27	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	46	May 28	SDP		ATL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
44	47	May 29	SDP		ATL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
45	48	May 30	SDP		HOU	W,4-0	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50 (1)	Jun 1	SDP		HOU	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	51	Jun 2	SDP		HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	52	Jun 4	SDP	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	53	Jun 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	55 (1)	Jun 7	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	56	Jun 8	SDP	@	PIT	W,11-0	GS	18	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	57	Jun 9	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	58	Jun 10	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	59	Jun 11	SDP		STL	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	60	Jun 12	SDP		STL	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	61	Jun 13	SDP		STL	L,1-12	GS	40	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
57	62	Jun 14	SDP		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
58	63	Jun 15	SDP		CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	64	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
60	65	Jun 17	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	66	Jun 18	SDP		PIT	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
62	67	Jun 19	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	68	Jun 21	SDP	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	69	Jun 22	SDP	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
65	70	Jun 23	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	71	Jun 24	SDP	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	72	Jun 25	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	73	Jun 26	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	C
69	75 (1)	Jun 28	SDP		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
70	76	Jun 29	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
71	77	Jun 30	SDP		SFG	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	78	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
73	79	Jul 3	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	80	Jul 4	SDP		LAD	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
75	81	Jul 5	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	82	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
77	83	Jul 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	84	Jul 11	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	85	Jul 12	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	86	Jul 13	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	87	Jul 14	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	15	4.2	4	0	1	5	0	C
82	89 (1)	Jul 16	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
83	90	Jul 17	SDP	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
84	91	Jul 19	SDP		PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	92	Jul 20	SDP		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
86	93	Jul 21	SDP		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	94	Jul 23	SDP		MON	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
88	95	Jul 24	SDP		MON	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	96	Jul 25	SDP		MON	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
90	97	Jul 26	SDP		NYM	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
91	98	Jul 27	SDP		NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
92	99	Jul 28	SDP		NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	100	Jul 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	101	Jul 31	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	102	Aug 2	SDP	@	ATL	W,13-3	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	103	Aug 3	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
97	104	Aug 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
98	105	Aug 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	47	11.2	12	1	2	15	0	C
99	106	Aug 6	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	107	Aug 7	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
101	109 (1)	Aug 9	SDP		CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	110	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
103	111	Aug 11	SDP		CIN	W,13-0	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	112	Aug 12	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	113	Aug 13	SDP		HOU	L,9-12	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
106	114	Aug 14	SDP		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
107	115	Aug 15	SDP		ATL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
108	116	Aug 16	SDP		ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
109	117	Aug 17	SDP		ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	118	Aug 18	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
111	119	Aug 19	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	120	Aug 20	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
113	121	Aug 21	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
114	122	Aug 23	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	123	Aug 24	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
116	124	Aug 25	SDP	@	CHC	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	125	Aug 26	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	126	Aug 27	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
119	127	Aug 28	SDP	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
120	129 (1)	Aug 30	SDP		PIT	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	130	Aug 31	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	48	12.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	131	Sep 1	SDP		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
123	132	Sep 2	SDP		CHC	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
124	133	Sep 3	SDP		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	134	Sep 4	SDP		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
126	135	Sep 5	SDP		STL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
127	136	Sep 6	SDP		STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
128	137	Sep 7	SDP		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	9	4	0	13	0	C
129	138	Sep 9	SDP	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
130	139	Sep 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
131	140	Sep 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	141	Sep 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
133	142	Sep 13	SDP	@	SFG	W,13-2	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
134	143	Sep 14	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
135	144	Sep 15	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
136	145	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
137	146	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
138	147	Sep 18	SDP		ATL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
139	148	Sep 19	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
140	149	Sep 20	SDP		SFG	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
141	150	Sep 21	SDP		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
142	151	Sep 22	SDP		SFG	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
143	152	Sep 24	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
144	153	Sep 25	SDP		LAD	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
145	154	Sep 27	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
146	155	Sep 28	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
147	156	Sep 29	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
148	157	Sep 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
149	158	Oct 1	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
150	159	Oct 2	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
151	160	Oct 4	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							152gm		1307.1	830	100	14	944	14