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.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	2	8	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 9	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
4	5	Apr 10	SDP		LAD	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 11	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
6	7	Apr 12	SDP		LAD	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 14	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 15	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
9	10	Apr 16	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	11	Apr 17	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
11	12	Apr 18	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	13	Apr 19	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	40	10.2	11	1	0	12	0	C
13	14	Apr 20	SDP		ATL	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	15	Apr 21	SDP		ATL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	16	Apr 22	SDP		ATL	W,9-4	GS	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	17	Apr 24	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	CG	68	16.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	18	Apr 25	SDP		CIN	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	20 (1)	Apr 27	SDP		PHI	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
19	21	Apr 28	SDP		PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	22	Apr 29	SDP		MON	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	23	Apr 30	SDP		MON	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	SDP		STL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	25	May 2	SDP		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	26	May 3	SDP		STL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
25	27	May 5	SDP	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	28	May 6	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	29	May 8	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
28	30	May 9	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	31	May 10	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	32	May 11	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
31	33	May 12	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	34	May 13	SDP	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	35	May 15	SDP	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	36	May 16	SDP	@	PIT	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	37	May 17	SDP	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	38	May 18	SDP		NYM	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	39	May 19	SDP		NYM	L,0-8	GS	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	40	May 20	SDP		NYM	W,12-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	41	May 21	SDP		NYM	L,3-8	GS	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	42	May 22	SDP		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	43	May 23	SDP		CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	44	May 24	SDP		CHC	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	45	May 25	SDP		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	46	May 26	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	47	May 27	SDP		PIT	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	48	May 29	SDP	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
47	49	May 30	SDP	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	88 (38)	Jul 11	SDP		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	89	Jul 12	SDP		PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	C
50	90	Jul 16	SDP	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
51	91	Jul 17	SDP	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	92	Jul 18	SDP	@	MON	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	94 (1)	Jul 20	SDP	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	95	Jul 21	SDP	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	96	Jul 22	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
56	97	Jul 24	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	98	Jul 25	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	99	Jul 26	SDP	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
59	100	Jul 27	SDP		CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	101	Jul 28	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	102	Jul 29	SDP		CIN	W,7-3	GF	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	PR C
62	103	Jul 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	104	Jul 31	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	105	Aug 1	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	106	Aug 2	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	107	Aug 3	SDP		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	108	Aug 4	SDP		SFG	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
68	109	Aug 5	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	110	Aug 6	SDP		HOU	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	111	Aug 7	SDP		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	112	Aug 8	SDP		HOU	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
72	113	Aug 9	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
73	114	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	115	Aug 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	116	Aug 14	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
76	117	Aug 15	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	118	Aug 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-12	GS	37	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
78	119	Aug 18	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
79	120	Aug 19	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	121	Aug 20	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	122	Aug 22	SDP		NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	123	Aug 23	SDP		NYM	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	125 (1)	Aug 25	SDP		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	126	Aug 26	SDP		CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	127	Aug 28	SDP		PIT	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	128	Aug 29	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	130 (1)	Aug 31	SDP	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	131	Sep 1	SDP	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
89	132	Sep 2	SDP	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	133	Sep 4	SDP	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	59	14.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
91	134	Sep 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
92	135	Sep 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
93	136	Sep 7	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	137	Sep 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	61	15.0	17	0	0	17	0	C
95	139 (1)	Sep 10	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	140	Sep 11	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
97	141	Sep 12	SDP		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
98	142	Sep 13	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	143	Sep 14	SDP		LAD	L,4-5	CG	45	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
100	144	Sep 15	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
101	145	Sep 16	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
102	146	Sep 18	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	155 (8)	Sep 27	SDP		ATL	L,1-2	GS	17	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
							103gm		885.1	584	53	12	649	6