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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 5	SFG		SDP	W,3-1	GS	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5	Apr 6	SFG		SDP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	C
5	6	Apr 7	SFG		SDP	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	7	Apr 9	SFG		LAD	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 11	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	10	Apr 12	SFG		MIL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 13	SFG		MIL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 15	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	14	Apr 16	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	15	Apr 17	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
13	16	Apr 19	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
14	17	Apr 20	SFG	@	HOU	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	19 (1)	Apr 23	SFG	@	CHC	W,12-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	20	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	21	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
18	22	Apr 26	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	24 (1)	Apr 28	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	25	Apr 29	SFG		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
21	26	Apr 30	SFG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	28 (1)	May 3	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	29	May 4	SFG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	30	May 5	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	31	May 7	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	32	May 8	SFG	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	34 (1)	May 10	SFG	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	35	May 11	SFG	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	37 (1)	May 13	SFG		ATL	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	39 (1)	May 15	SFG		ATL	L,1-6	GS	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
31	40	May 16	SFG		ATL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	41	May 17	SFG		FLA	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
33	42	May 18	SFG		FLA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	44 (1)	May 21	SFG	@	ARI	L,4-9	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	45	May 22	SFG	@	ARI	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	46	May 24	SFG	@	COL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	47	May 25	SFG	@	COL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
38	49 (1)	May 27	SFG		ARI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
39	50	May 28	SFG		ARI	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	51	May 29	SFG		ARI	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	52	May 30	SFG		ARI	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	54 (1)	Jun 1	SFG		COL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
43	55	Jun 2	SFG		COL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	56	Jun 3	SFG	@	SDP	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	57	Jun 4	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	59 (1)	Jun 7	SFG	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	60	Jun 8	SFG	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
48	61	Jun 9	SFG	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
49	62	Jun 10	SFG	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	64 (1)	Jun 12	SFG	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	65	Jun 14	SFG		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	66	Jun 15	SFG		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	67	Jun 16	SFG		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
54	68	Jun 18	SFG		TBD	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	69	Jun 19	SFG		TBD	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
56	71 (1)	Jun 21	SFG		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
57	72	Jun 22	SFG		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
58	73	Jun 23	SFG		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	74	Jun 24	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
60	75	Jun 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,7-10	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
61	76	Jun 26	SFG		SDP	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
62	78 (1)	Jun 28	SFG	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	80 (1)	Jun 30	SFG	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	81	Jul 1	SFG	@	COL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
65	82	Jul 2	SFG	@	COL	W,18-5	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	84 (1)	Jul 4	SFG	@	ARI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	85	Jul 5	SFG	@	ARI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	86	Jul 6	SFG	@	ARI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	87	Jul 7	SFG	@	ARI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	89 (1)	Jul 12	SFG		COL	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	90	Jul 13	SFG		COL	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	91	Jul 14	SFG		COL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
73	92	Jul 15	SFG		ARI	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	93	Jul 16	SFG		ARI	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	94	Jul 17	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	96 (1)	Jul 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
77	98 (1)	Jul 21	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
78	99	Jul 22	SFG		STL	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	100	Jul 23	SFG		STL	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	107 (6)	Jul 31	SFG	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	108	Aug 1	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	109	Aug 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	110	Aug 3	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	111	Aug 4	SFG	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	112	Aug 6	SFG		CHC	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	113	Aug 7	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	115 (1)	Aug 9	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	116	Aug 10	SFG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	118 (1)	Aug 13	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
91	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	ATL	T,3-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	FLA	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	123 (1)	Aug 18	SFG	@	FLA	L,0-3	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
94	124	Aug 19	SFG	@	FLA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	125	Aug 20	SFG		NYM	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
96	126	Aug 21	SFG		NYM	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	128 (1)	Aug 23	SFG		MON	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
98	129	Aug 24	SFG		MON	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	130	Aug 25	SFG		MON	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
100	131	Aug 26	SFG	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
101	133 (1)	Aug 28	SFG	@	COL	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
102	134	Aug 29	SFG	@	COL	W,10-6	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	135	Aug 30	SFG	@	ARI	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
104	136	Aug 31	SFG	@	ARI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	137	Sep 1	SFG	@	ARI	L,6-7	GF	9	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
106	138	Sep 3	SFG		COL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	139	Sep 4	SFG		COL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	140	Sep 5	SFG		ARI	L,5-8	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
109	141	Sep 6	SFG		ARI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	142	Sep 7	SFG		ARI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
111	143	Sep 8	SFG		ARI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	144	Sep 9	SFG		LAD	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	145	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	146	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,3-7	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
115	149 (2)	Sep 14	SFG		SDP	W,12-4	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
116	150	Sep 15	SFG		SDP	L,1-4		11	2.2	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
117	151	Sep 16	SFG	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
118	152	Sep 17	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	153	Sep 18	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
120	154	Sep 19	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	157 (2)	Sep 22	SFG	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	158	Sep 24	SFG		SDP	W,12-3	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	159	Sep 25	SFG		SDP	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
124	160	Sep 27	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
125	161	Sep 28	SFG		HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							125gm		1066.2	738	54	4	796	10