Benito Santiago
Benito (Rivera) Santiago
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: March 9, 1965 in Ponce, P.R.
High School: John F. Kennedy (San Isabel, PR)
Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1986
Final Game: April 11, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1986 SDP NL 21 C 17 15 137.2 92 80 7 5 2 .946 -4.0 -34.9 -4 5.69 5.12 .986 6.93 5.88 3 8 14 3 18%
1987 SDP NL 22 C 146 140 1220.2 919 817 80 22 12 .976 -2.0 -2.0 -2 6.61 6.14 .987 6.94 5.91 22 47 104 50 32% RoY-1,SS
1988 SDP NL 23 C 136 128 1168.1 812 725 75 12 11 .985 15.0 15.4 15 6.16 5.88 .987 6.56 5.58 9 35 57 46 45% GG,SS
1989 SDP NL 24 C 127 122 1087.2 786 685 81 20 10 .975 8.0 8.8 8 6.34 6.03 .986 6.67 5.56 14 29 46 32 41% AS,GG
1990 SDP NL 25 C 98 89 799.2 601 538 51 12 6 .980 5.0 7.5 5 6.63 6.01 .987 6.65 5.44 6 19 60 31 34% AS,MVP-23,GG,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 C 151 148 1305.1 944 830 100 14 14 .985 4.0 3.7 4 6.41 6.16 .988 6.78 5.59 8 48 93 57 38% AS,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70 AS,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90 AS,SS
1992 SDP NL 27 C 103 98 885.1 649 584 53 12 6 .982 5.0 6.8 5 6.48 6.18 .991 6.67 5.68 0 17 73 42 37% AS
1993 FLA NL 28 C 136 125 1095.0 815 740 64 11 4 .987 -5.0 -5.5 -5 6.61 5.91 .989 6.74 5.75 23 60 90 39 30%
1993 FLA NL 28 LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.70
1993 FLA NL 28 OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.00
1994 FLA NL 29 C 97 88 786.2 582 511 66 5 6 .991 8.0 12.2 8 6.60 5.95 .991 7.10 6.15 6 38 45 40 47%
1995 CIN NL 30 C 75 71 606.0 496 461 33 2 4 .996 -2.0 -4.0 -2 7.34 6.59 .989 7.40 6.34 6 30 34 13 28%
1995 CIN NL 30 1B 8 1 23.0 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 8.22 2.63 .995 9.70 8.36
1996 PHI NL 31 C 114 112 982.0 794 723 61 10 5 .987 -2.0 -2.4 -2 7.19 6.88 .989 7.50 6.33 8 48 64 28 30%
1996 PHI NL 31 1B 14 12 111.0 118 111 6 1 9 .992 -1.6 -17.3 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 0 9.49 8.36 .992 9.62 8.35
1997 TOR AL 32 C 95 93 819.1 663 621 40 2 10 .997 5.0 7.3 5 7.26 6.96 .991 7.15 6.08 7 41 48 31 39%
1997 TOR AL 32 DH 1
1998 TOR AL 33 C 15 6 68.0 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -35.3 -2 6.22 3.13 .989 7.13 6.17 1 1 10 0 0%
1999 CHC NL 34 C 107 95 841.1 609 560 43 6 8 .990 4.0 5.7 4 6.45 5.64 .990 7.41 6.14 10 28 42 25 37%
1999 CHC NL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.00 7.60
2000 CIN NL 35 C 84 66 608.2 467 428 36 3 4 .994 -2.0 -3.9 -2 6.86 5.52 .990 7.45 6.38 5 42 19 14 42%
2001 SFG NL 36 C 130 119 1080.0 898 830 63 5 12 .994 0.0 0.0 0 7.44 6.87 .992 7.74 6.64 8 42 66 35 35%
2001 SFG NL 36 1B 2 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 7.88 3.50 1.000 9.22 7.85
2002 SFG NL 37 C 125 122 1066.2 796 739 53 4 10 .995 0.0 0.0 0 6.68 6.34 .991 7.53 6.41 7 31 58 25 30% AS,MVP-20
2003 SFG NL 38 C 106 106 902.2 668 629 34 5 3 .993 -9.0 -12.0 -9 6.61 6.25 .992 7.33 6.46 8 49 44 10 19%
2004 KCR AL 39 C 49 48 416.0 247 228 18 1 3 .996 -4.0 -11.5 -4 5.32 5.02 .992 7.12 6.19 6 18 28 8 22%
2005 PIT NL 40 C 6 5 48.1 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -24.8 -1 8.01 7.17 .993 7.26 6.27 0 5 3 0 0%
20 Seasons C 1917 1796 15925.1 11928 10817 960 151 130 .987 21.0 1.6 21 6.66 6.14 .989 7.07 6.01 157 636 998 529 35%
4 Seasons 1B 25 14 143.0 148 139 8 1 11 .993 -2.3 -19.3 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 9.25 5.88 .993 9.60 8.28
2 Seasons LF 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.21 1.70
2 Seasons OF 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.21 1.95
1 Season DH 1
20 Seasons TOT 1944 1810 16072.0 12076 10956 968 152 141 .987 18.7 1.4 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 21 6.68 6.13 .977 7.10 6.03 157 636 998 529 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 SDP NL 21 17 15 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 SDP NL 22 146 140 146 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 SDP NL 23 139 128 139 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1989 SDP NL 24 129 122 129 127 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1990 SDP NL 25 100 89 100 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1991 SDP NL 26 152 148 152 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
1992 SDP NL 27 106 98 106 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1993 FLA NL 28 139 125 139 137 0 136 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 1
1994 FLA NL 29 101 88 101 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1995 CIN NL 30 81 72 81 78 0 75 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1996 PHI NL 31 136 124 136 128 0 114 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1997 TOR AL 32 97 94 97 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1998 TOR AL 33 15 6 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 CHC NL 34 109 95 109 107 0 107 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 CIN NL 35 89 66 89 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2001 SFG NL 36 133 120 133 130 0 130 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 SFG NL 37 126 122 126 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 SFG NL 38 108 106 108 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 KCR AL 39 49 48 49 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 PIT NL 40 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 1978 1811 1978 1935 0 1917 25 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 92 11
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1986 SDP NL 21 639 4.64 5.49 3 100% 0 0 80 0 0 2 78 7 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 SDP NL 22 5540 4.31 4.81 45 98% 1 0 822 29 4 24 764 76 15 2 0 7 22 0 3 19 0 11 0 4 5 10 100%
1988 SDP NL 23 5001 3.30 3.68 46 93% 0 0 724 32 6 11 674 76 13 1 0 13 12 0 0 12 1 11 0 4 4 8 75%
1989 SDP NL 24 4688 3.43 3.90 44 86% 0 2 692 22 1 15 653 75 16 1 0 21 20 0 3 17 2 10 1 1 2 15 80%
1990 SDP NL 25 3484 3.62 4.06 36 94% 0 0 546 23 0 6 516 45 10 0 0 4 12 0 2 10 0 6 0 0 0 11 91%
1991 SDP NL 26 5676 3.55 4.02 54 96% 1 0 830 31 5 9 784 101 22 1 0 30 14 1 3 10 0 14 0 2 3 18 89%
1992 SDP NL 27 3861 3.70 4.15 44 91% 0 0 584 28 2 9 545 53 10 3 1 11 12 0 3 9 0 6 0 1 1 11 91%
1993 FLA NL 28 4980 4.20 4.57 39 92% 0 0 743 24 2 19 698 62 12 2 0 10 10 1 1 8 1 4 0 2 2 12 75%
1994 FLA NL 29 3603 4.48 5.17 29 93% 0 0 514 11 3 12 488 62 15 0 2 4 5 0 1 4 1 6 0 1 1 17 100%
1995 CIN NL 30 2625 3.88 4.17 29 93% 0 0 464 23 1 10 429 30 4 0 0 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 7 71%
1996 PHI NL 31 4338 4.21 4.64 34 94% 1 0 725 19 1 11 694 60 12 1 0 16 10 0 1 9 1 5 1 0 1 10 100%
1997 TOR AL 32 3623 3.84 4.35 17 100% 0 0 621 14 0 11 595 40 3 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 TOR AL 33 311 5.03 5.96 1 100% 0 0 45 1 0 0 44 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CHC NL 34 3813 4.92 5.48 24 96% 0 0 560 13 2 5 540 43 8 2 0 7 6 1 1 4 1 8 2 0 3 10 100%
2000 CIN NL 35 2742 4.20 4.47 20 95% 1 1 428 9 2 7 409 36 8 2 0 14 3 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 2 8 88%
2001 SFG NL 36 4747 3.86 4.28 29 100% 2 0 830 16 6 12 796 62 18 0 0 11 5 0 2 3 0 12 0 5 5 9 100%
2002 SFG NL 37 4585 3.49 3.73 25 92% 0 0 754 12 0 10 732 37 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 10 1 0 1 13 85%
2003 SFG NL 38 3918 3.53 3.76 38 89% 0 0 629 21 1 4 603 34 12 0 0 12 5 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 13 85%
2004 KCR AL 39 1905 4.65 5.24 16 94% 0 0 228 11 1 2 213 18 5 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 67%
2005 PIT NL 40 236 6.89 7.26 2 100% 0 0 43 2 0 2 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 70315 3.92 4.35 575 94% 6 3 10862 341 37 181 10293 919 195 16 3 191 150 5 23 122 9 129 7 22 33 178 89%
MLB Averages 4.26 4.68 93% 85%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1986 SDP NL 21 3 8 220 14 3 3 18% 13 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 35 6 1.38 1.33
1987 SDP NL 22 22 47 1938 104 50 45 32% 93 42 10 3 1 5 5 0 241 63 1.18 1.46
1988 SDP NL 23 9 35 1721 57 46 37 45% 51 37 6 7 0 2 9 1 140 61 1.26 1.25
1989 SDP NL 24 14 29 1597 46 32 21 41% 40 28 5 1 1 3 15 1 134 52 1.28 1.14
1990 SDP NL 25 6 19 1199 60 31 25 34% 47 29 13 1 0 1 4 0 111 36 1.25 1.33
1991 SDP NL 26 8 48 1965 93 57 43 38% 82 47 10 7 1 3 1 0 189 63 1.27 1.49
1992 SDP NL 27 0 17 1377 73 42 26 37% 65 34 8 7 0 1 0 0 118 46 1.24 1.25
1993 FLA NL 28 23 60 1797 90 39 28 30% 83 30 7 9 0 0 7 0 218 48 1.54 1.38
1994 FLA NL 29 6 38 1310 45 40 34 47% 40 37 3 1 2 2 2 0 117 47 1.22 1.18
1995 CIN NL 30 6 30 938 34 13 10 28% 29 12 5 0 0 1 1 0 89 16 1.51 1.07
1996 PHI NL 31 8 48 1594 64 28 26 30% 56 25 8 1 0 2 1 0 149 36 1.24 1.21
1997 TOR AL 32 7 41 1327 48 31 26 39% 41 25 7 5 0 1 2 0 124 36 1.10 1.71
1998 TOR AL 33 1 1 116 10 0 0 0% 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.39
1999 CHC NL 34 10 28 1439 42 25 23 37% 36 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 104 29 1.15 1.03
2000 CIN NL 35 5 42 1040 19 14 12 42% 19 11 0 2 0 1 1 1 88 15 1.45 1.42
2001 SFG NL 36 8 42 1742 66 35 32 35% 53 31 12 3 1 1 0 0 146 35 1.91 1.42
2002 SFG NL 37 7 31 1654 58 25 22 30% 55 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 120 30 1.22 1.16
2003 SFG NL 38 8 49 1375 44 10 8 19% 36 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 125 15 1.16 1.03
2004 KCR AL 39 6 18 711 28 8 6 22% 24 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 73 9 1.02 1.12
2005 PIT NL 40 0 5 83 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.66
20 Seasons 157 636 25143 998 529 427 35% 875 455 117 51 6 23 49 3 2342 643 1.30 1.31
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.25
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 CIN NL 30 98 61% 74% 28% 2 100% 0 20 0 19 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 PHI NL 31 503 67% 79% 30% 22 86% 0 110 7 100 3 6 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 CHC NL 34 3 67% 100% 67% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SFG NL 36 35 26% 80% 20% 2 50% 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
4 Seasons 639 64% 79% 29% 26 85% 0 139 8 127 4 6 8 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 3 67%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 71% 43% 0
1993 FLA NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 100% 60% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 42% 83% 50% 0
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 49%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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