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Benito Santiago

Benito (Rivera) Santiago

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Marlins/Reds/Phillies/... 1986-2005
Agents: Joe Longo,Joe Rosario, previously: Manny Sanguillen,Joe Maenza,Greg Genske,Lonnie Cooper,Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: April 11, 2005
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 5:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #464. Von Hayes… #465. Max Bishop… #466. Andy Pafko… #467. BENITO SANTIAGO… #468. Kevin Youkilis… #469. Chick Stahl… #470. Brady Anderson… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1986 21 SDP NL 17 65 62 10 18 2 0 3 6 0 1 2 12 .290 .308 .468 .775 113 29 0 0 0 1 0 2
1987 22 SDP NL 146 572 546 64 164 33 2 18 79 21 12 16 112 .300 .324 .467 .791 111 255 12 5 1 4 2 *2 RoY-1,SS
1988 23 SDP NL 139 527 492 49 122 22 2 10 46 15 7 24 82 .248 .282 .362 .643 85 178 18 1 5 5 2 *2 GG,SS
1989 24 SDP NL 129 494 462 50 109 16 3 16 62 11 6 26 89 .236 .277 .387 .664 88 179 9 1 3 2 6 *2 AS,GG
1990 25 SDP NL 100 382 344 42 93 8 5 11 53 5 5 27 55 .270 .323 .419 .741 102 144 4 3 1 7 2 2 AS,MVP-23,GG,SS
1991 26 SDP NL 152 614 580 60 155 22 3 17 87 8 10 23 114 .267 .296 .403 .700 93 234 21 4 0 7 5 *2/7 AS,SS
1992 27 SDP NL 106 411 386 37 97 21 0 10 42 2 5 21 52 .251 .287 .383 .671 87 148 14 0 0 4 1 2 AS
1993 28 FLA NL 139 516 469 49 108 19 6 13 50 10 7 37 88 .230 .291 .380 .671 76 178 9 5 0 4 2 *2/7
1994 29 FLA NL 101 369 337 35 92 14 2 11 41 1 2 25 57 .273 .322 .424 .746 91 143 11 1 2 4 1 *2
1995 30 CIN NL 81 296 266 40 76 20 0 11 44 2 2 24 48 .286 .351 .485 .836 119 129 7 4 0 2 1 2/3
1996 31 PHI NL 136 533 481 71 127 21 2 30 85 2 0 49 104 .264 .332 .503 .835 118 242 8 1 0 2 7 *23
1997 32 TOR AL 97 366 341 31 83 10 0 13 42 1 0 17 80 .243 .279 .387 .667 73 132 10 2 1 5 1 2/D
1998 33 TOR AL 15 30 29 3 9 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .310 .333 .483 .816 110 14 1 0 0 0 0 2
1999 34 CHC NL 109 386 350 28 87 18 3 7 36 1 1 32 71 .249 .313 .377 .691 76 132 12 2 0 2 6 2/3
2000 35 CIN NL 89 277 252 22 66 11 1 8 45 2 2 19 45 .262 .310 .409 .719 79 103 7 1 0 5 8 2
2001 36 SFG NL 133 515 477 39 125 25 4 6 45 5 4 23 78 .262 .295 .369 .664 76 176 19 2 7 6 0 *2/3
2002 37 SFG NL 126 517 478 56 133 24 5 16 74 4 2 27 73 .278 .315 .450 .765 103 215 19 2 3 7 8 *2 AS,MVP-20
2003 38 SFG NL 108 434 401 53 112 21 2 11 56 0 1 29 69 .279 .329 .424 .753 96 170 13 2 0 2 0 2
2004 39 KCR AL 49 189 175 15 48 10 0 6 23 1 2 8 32 .274 .312 .434 .746 91 76 9 2 3 1 0 2
2005 40 PIT NL 6 23 23 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .261 .261 .391 .652 69 9 1 0 0 0 0 /2
20 Yrs 1978 7516 6951 755 1830 323 41 217 920 91 69 430 1270 .263 .307 .415 .722 93 2886 204 38 26 70 52
162 Game Avg. 162 616 569 62 150 26 3 18 75 7 6 35 104 .263 .307 .415 .722 93 236 17 3 2 6 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SDP (7 yrs) 789 3065 2872 312 758 124 15 85 375 62 46 139 516 .264 .298 .406 .705 95 1167 78 14 10 30 18
SFG (3 yrs) 367 1466 1356 148 370 70 11 33 175 9 7 79 220 .273 .313 .414 .726 92 561 51 6 10 15 8
CIN (2 yrs) 170 573 518 62 142 31 1 19 89 4 4 43 93 .274 .332 .448 .779 99 232 14 5 0 7 9
FLA (2 yrs) 240 885 806 84 200 33 8 24 91 11 9 62 145 .248 .304 .398 .702 82 321 20 6 2 8 3
TOR (2 yrs) 112 396 370 34 92 15 0 13 46 1 0 18 86 .249 .284 .395 .678 76 146 11 2 1 5 1
KCR (1 yr) 49 189 175 15 48 10 0 6 23 1 2 8 32 .274 .312 .434 .746 91 76 9 2 3 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 6 23 23 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .261 .261 .391 .652 69 9 1 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 136 533 481 71 127 21 2 30 85 2 0 49 104 .264 .332 .503 .835 118 242 8 1 0 2 7
CHC (1 yr) 109 386 350 28 87 18 3 7 36 1 1 32 71 .249 .313 .377 .691 76 132 12 2 0 2 6
NL (17 yrs) 1817 6931 6406 706 1690 298 41 198 851 89 67 404 1152 .264 .308 .416 .724 94 2664 184 34 22 64 51
AL (3 yrs) 161 585 545 49 140 25 0 19 69 2 2 26 118 .257 .293 .407 .700 81 222 20 4 4 6 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 21 SDP NL 17 65 0 -0 0 -4 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .482 .498 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 2
1987 22 SDP NL 146 572 9 -2 0 -2 8 13 1.4 18 30 3.1 .509 .508 3.2 0.7 32 $63,500 *2 RoY-1,SS
1988 23 SDP NL 139 527 -12 1 -2 15 7 10 1.3 16 27 2.9 .509 .508 1.1 2.7 12 $167,500 *2 GG,SS
1989 24 SDP NL 129 494 -7 -1 0 8 7 6 0.7 15 22 2.2 .506 .505 1.3 1.7 14 $345,000 *2 AS,GG
1990 25 SDP NL 100 382 -1 -2 -0 5 5 7 0.9 11 18 1.9 .508 .505 1.2 1.2 13 $750,000 2 AS,MVP-23,GG,SS
1991 26 SDP NL 152 614 -8 -0 -2 4 8 2 0.2 17 19 1.9 .501 .501 1.3 1.4 15 $1,650,000 *2/7 AS,SS
1992 27 SDP NL 106 411 -7 -2 -2 5 6 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.1 .499 .499 0.4 1.3 5 $3,300,000 2 AS
1993 28 FLA NL 139 516 -10 -1 -0 -5 7 -10 -0.9 14 4 0.5 .493 .494 0.9 0.3 10 $3,400,000 *2/7
1994 29 FLA NL 101 369 -6 -3 -1 8 5 3 0.3 10 12 1.3 .503 .502 0.4 1.4 4 $3,800,000 *2
1995 30 CIN NL 81 296 8 -2 -1 -2 4 7 0.7 8 15 1.5 .509 .504 1.7 0.2 17 $650,000 2/3
1996 31 PHI NL 136 533 11 2 1 -4 6 15 1.2 15 29 2.7 .511 .509 3.2 0.1 33 $1,700,000 *23
1997 32 TOR AL 97 366 -14 -1 -2 5 5 -6 -0.5 12 6 0.6 .493 .496 0.1 1.1 0 $2,500,000 2/D
1998 33 TOR AL 15 30 0 0 -0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .492 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $4,000,000 2
1999 34 CHC NL 109 386 -10 -2 -1 4 5 -4 -0.4 10 7 0.6 .497 .498 0.2 0.9 3 $1,700,000 2/3
2000 35 CIN NL 89 277 -12 -0 -0 -2 4 -10 -1.0 7 -3 -0.3 .489 .494 -0.1 0.2 -1 $650,000 2
2001 36 SFG NL 133 515 -13 -3 -1 -1 7 -11 -1.1 14 3 0.2 .492 .493 0.4 0.6 4 $500,000 *2/3
2002 37 SFG NL 126 517 4 -0 -1 0 7 10 1.0 14 24 2.4 .508 .506 2.4 0.7 24 $2,044,168 *2 AS,MVP-20
2003 38 SFG NL 108 434 -1 -1 -1 -1 6 2 0.2 12 14 1.3 .502 .501 1.4 0.5 15 $1,775,000 2
2004 39 KCR AL 49 189 -2 -1 -1 2 3 1 0.2 6 7 0.8 .502 .501 0.5 0.5 5 $2,150,000 2
2005 40 PIT NL 6 23 -0 0 0 -2 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .465 .499 0.0 -0.2 1 $2,150,000 /2
20 Seasons 1978 7516 -71 -18 -16 32 100 27 3.5 215 242 24.5 .502 .501 20.1 14.7 210 $33,295,168
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SDP (7 yrs) 789 3065 -26 -6 -6 31 42 35 4.2 90 125 13.0 .505 .503 8.8 8.6 94 $6,276,000
SFG (3 yrs) 367 1466 -10 -4 -3 -2 19 1 0.0 40 41 3.9 .500 .500 4.2 1.8 42 $4,319,168
CIN (2 yrs) 170 573 -3 -2 -2 -4 7 -4 -0.3 16 12 1.2 .498 .499 1.6 0.3 16 $1,300,000
FLA (2 yrs) 240 885 -16 -4 -2 3 12 -7 -0.6 24 17 1.8 .497 .498 1.3 1.7 14 $7,200,000
TOR (2 yrs) 112 396 -13 -1 -2 3 5 -8 -0.6 13 5 0.6 .493 .498 0.3 0.9 2 $6,500,000
KCR (1 yr) 49 189 -2 -1 -1 2 3 1 0.2 6 7 0.8 .502 .501 0.5 0.5 5 $2,150,000
PIT (1 yr) 6 23 -0 0 0 -2 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .465 .499 0.0 -0.2 1 $2,150,000
PHI (1 yr) 136 533 11 2 1 -4 6 15 1.2 15 29 2.7 .511 .509 3.2 0.1 33 $1,700,000
CHC (1 yr) 109 386 -10 -2 -1 4 5 -4 -0.4 10 7 0.6 .497 .498 0.2 0.9 3 $1,700,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 30 CIN NL NLDS LAD W 3 13 9 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .333 .462 .667 1.128 6 0 0 0 1 0
1995 30 CIN NL NLCS ATL L 4 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 3 1 0 0 0 0
2002 37 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 5 22 21 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .238 .273 .333 .606 7 1 0 0 0 0
2002 37 SFG NL NLCS STL W 5 22 20 2 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .300 .364 .600 .964 12 1 0 0 0 0
2002 37 SFG NL WS ANA L 7 30 26 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .231 .300 .231 .531 6 3 0 0 1 1
2003 38 SFG NL NLDS FLA L 4 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 28 115 100 7 25 2 0 3 19 0 0 12 21 .250 .325 .360 .685 36 6 0 1 2 1
3 NLDS 12 48 41 3 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 5 10 .244 .319 .366 .685 15 1 0 1 1 0
2 NLCS 9 37 33 2 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 7 .273 .351 .455 .806 15 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 26 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .231 .300 .231 .531 6 3 0 0 1 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1986 SDP NL 21 C 17 15 14 137.2 92 80 7 5 2 .946 -4 -35 5.69 5.12 .985 6.93 6.94 3 8 14 3 18% 32% 1
1987 SDP NL 22 C 146 140 130 1220.2 919 817 80 22 12 .976 -2 -2 6.61 6.14 .987 6.94 6.90 22 47 104 50 32% 29% 5 RoY-1,SS
1988 SDP NL 23 C 136 128 125 1168.1 812 725 75 12 11 .985 15 15 6.16 5.88 .987 6.56 6.57 9 35 57 46 45% 29% 9 GG,SS
1989 SDP NL 24 C 127 122 115 1087.2 786 685 81 20 10 .975 8 9 6.34 6.03 .986 6.67 6.68 14 29 46 32 41% 32% 15 AS,GG
1990 SDP NL 25 C 98 89 84 799.2 601 538 51 12 6 .980 5 8 6.63 6.01 .987 6.65 6.61 6 19 60 31 34% 29% 4 AS,MVP-23,GG,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 C 151 148 138 1305.1 944 830 100 14 14 .985 4 4 6.41 6.16 .988 6.78 6.75 8 48 93 58 38% 33% 1 AS,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20 AS,SS
1991 SDP NL 26 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30 AS,SS
1992 SDP NL 27 C 103 98 91 885.1 649 584 53 12 6 .982 5 7 6.48 6.18 .991 6.67 6.67 0 17 73 42 37% 32% 0 AS
1993 FLA NL 28 C 136 125 114 1095.0 815 740 64 11 4 .987 -5 -5 6.61 5.91 .989 6.74 6.69 23 60 90 39 30% 31% 7
1993 FLA NL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.10
1993 FLA NL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.30
1994 FLA NL 29 C 97 88 86 786.2 582 511 66 5 6 .991 8 12 6.60 5.95 .991 7.10 7.05 6 38 45 40 47% 32% 2
1995 CIN NL 30 C 75 71 60 606.0 496 461 33 2 4 .996 -2 -4 7.34 6.59 .989 7.40 7.37 6 30 34 13 28% 30% 1
1995 CIN NL 30 1B 8 1 1 23.0 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 -0 -5 8.22 2.63 .993 9.70 9.66
1996 PHI NL 31 C 114 112 110 982.0 794 723 61 10 5 .987 -2 -2 7.19 6.88 .989 7.50 7.45 8 48 64 28 30% 28% 1
1996 PHI NL 31 1B 14 12 12 111.0 118 111 6 1 9 .992 -2 -17 9.49 8.36 .992 9.62 9.56
1997 TOR AL 32 C 95 93 89 819.1 663 621 40 2 10 .997 5 7 7.26 6.96 .991 7.15 7.09 7 41 48 31 39% 33% 2
1997 TOR AL 32 DH 1 1
1998 TOR AL 33 C 15 6 5 68.0 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -35 6.22 3.13 .990 7.13 7.05 1 1 10 0 0% 31% 0
1999 CHC NL 34 C 107 95 83 841.1 609 560 43 6 8 .990 4 6 6.45 5.64 .990 7.41 7.35 10 28 42 25 37% 29% 0
1999 CHC NL 34 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .995 9.00 9.10
2000 CIN NL 35 C 84 66 56 608.2 467 428 36 3 4 .994 -2 -4 6.86 5.52 .990 7.45 7.38 5 42 19 14 42% 32% 1
2001 SFG NL 36 C 130 119 107 1080.0 897 830 62 5 12 .994 0 0 7.43 6.86 .992 7.74 7.65 8 42 66 35 35% 33% 0
2001 SFG NL 36 1B 2 1 0 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -90 7.88 3.50 .993 9.22 9.15
2002 SFG NL 37 C 125 122 109 1066.2 796 738 54 4 10 .995 0 0 6.68 6.34 .991 7.53 7.47 7 31 58 25 30% 32% 0 AS,MVP-20
2003 SFG NL 38 C 106 106 87 902.2 668 629 34 5 3 .993 -9 -1 -12 -1 6.61 6.25 .992 7.33 7.26 8 49 44 10 19% 31% 0
2004 KCR AL 39 C 49 48 45 416.0 247 228 18 1 3 .996 -4 2 -12 6 5.32 5.02 .992 7.12 7.07 6 18 28 8 22% 32% 0
2005 PIT NL 40 C 6 5 5 48.1 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -25 -50 8.01 7.17 .992 7.26 7.17 0 5 3 0 0% 29% 0
20 Seasons C 1917 1796 1653 15925.1 11927 10816 960 151 130 .987 21 -1 2 0 6.66 6.14 .989 7.07 7.04 157 636 998 530 35% 31% 49
4 Seasons 1B 25 14 13 143.0 148 139 8 1 11 .993 -2 -19 9.25 5.88 .992 9.60 9.54
2 Seasons LF 2 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.15
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.30
20 Seasons TOT 1944 1810 1666 16072.0 12075 10955 968 152 141 .987 19 -1 1 0 6.68 6.13 .989 7.10 7.06 157 636 998 530 35% 31% 49
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2011 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1989 (C)
1990
1991 (C)
1992 (C)
2002 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1987 NL Rookie of the Year
2002 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (23, 1%)
2002 NL (20, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Gold Gloves
1988 NL (C)
1989 NL (C)
1990 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1987 NL (C)
1988 NL (C)
1990 NL (C)
1991 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.7 (2nd)
1989 NL  1.7 (10th)
1991 NL  1.4 (9th)
1994 NL  1.4 (6th)
Career  14.7 (101st)

At Bats s c a p y
1991 NL  580 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1987 NL  112 (10th)
1991 NL  114 (9th)
Career  1,270 (125th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 NL  7 (5th)
Career  70 (140th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 NL  18 (4th)
1991 NL  21 (1st)
1992 NL  14 (10th)
2001 NL  19 (9th)
Career  204 (86th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1987 NL  12 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 NL  463 (7th)
Career  5,490 (233rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1987 NL  22 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1988 NL  15 (4th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1987 NL  146 (1st)
1988 NL  136 (2nd)
1989 NL  127 (3rd)
1991 NL  151 (1st)
1993 NL  136 (3rd)
1994 NL  97 (3rd)
2001 NL  130 (5th)
2002 NL  125 (5th)
Career  1,917 (10th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1987 NL  817 (3rd)
1988 NL  725 (4th)
1989 NL  685 (3rd)
1991 NL  830 (2nd)
1993 NL  740 (4th)
Career  10,816 (9th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1987 NL  80 (2nd)
1988 NL  75 (1st)
1989 NL  81 (2nd)
1991 NL  100 (1st)
1994 NL  66 (1st)
2001 NL  62 (5th)
Career  960 (56th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1987 NL  22 (1st)
1988 NL  12 (1st)
1989 NL  20 (1st)
1990 NL  12 (2nd)
1991 NL  14 (1st)
1992 NL  12 (1st)
1993 NL  11 (1st)
1994 NL  5 (3rd)
1996 NL  10 (5th)
Career  151 (73rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  22 (1st)
1988 NL  9 (3rd)
1989 NL  14 (1st)
1991 NL  8 (4th)
1993 NL  23 (1st)
1999 NL  10 (3rd)
2001 NL  8 (4th)
2003 NL  8 (4th)
Career  157 (62nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1991 NL  93 (3rd)
1993 NL  90 (5th)
Career  998 (34th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1988 NL  46 (4th)
1991 NL  58 (2nd)
1994 NL  40 (1st)
Career  530 (58th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1988 NL  44.7 (1st)
1994 NL  47.1 (2nd)
2000 NL  42.4 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1988 NL  15 (1st)
1989 NL  8 (1st)
1990 NL  5 (3rd)
1992 NL  5 (4th)
1994 NL  8 (1st)
Career  21 (59th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Career  6.66 (90th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1989 NL  6.03 (4th)
1990 NL  6.01 (5th)
1991 NL  6.16 (4th)
1992 NL  6.18 (4th)
1996 NL  6.88 (3rd)
1997 AL  6.96 (4th)
Career  6.14 (77th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1995 NL  .996 (1st)
1997 AL  .997 (2nd)
2000 NL  .994 (4th)
2001 NL  .994 (4th)
2002 NL  .995 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1965-03-09 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1986 NL  born 1965-03-09 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 94 (180), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (54th), 24.5 career WAR/17.1 7yr-peak WAR/20.8 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  12. Del Crandall (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Del Crandall (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ramon Hernandez (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ramon Hernandez (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Sherm Lollar (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tony Pena (862)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Lance Parrish (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Tony Pena (855)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198722San Diego Padres$63,5001987 USA Today survey
198823San Diego Padres$167,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198924San Diego Padres$345,0001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database1989 USA Today survey $336,000
199025San Diego Padres$750,000*
199126San Diego Padres$1,650,0003/4/91 TSNArbitration loss; $2,500,000 request
199227San Diego Padres$3,300,0004/2/92 USA TodayArbitration win; $2,500,000 offer
199328Florida Marlins$3,400,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Florida Marlins$3,800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199530Cincinnati Reds$650,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199631Philadelphia Phillies$1,700,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $600,000 earned bonus
199732Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,0001997 AP survey
199833Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
199934Chicago Cubs$1,700,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $200,000 earned bonus
200035Cincinnati Reds$650,0004/5/00 AP
200136San Francisco Giants$500,0004/6/01 USA Today
200237San Francisco Giants$2,044,1684/3/02 AP
200338San Francisco Giants$1,775,0004/3/03 AP
200439Kansas City Royals$2,150,0004/7/04 AP
200540Pittsburgh Pirates$2,150,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$33,295,168
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $1,250,000 - 11/21/90 NYT - Arbitration win; $750,000 offer
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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