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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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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 88 148 14 0 0 4 1 2 AS
1993 28 FLA NL 139 515 469 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 .836 118 129 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 .835 117 242 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 13 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 Seasons 1978 7515 6951 755 1830 323 41 217 920 91 69 430 1270 .263 .307 .415 .722 93 2886 205 38 26 70 52
162 Game Avg. 162 615 569 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) 240 884 806 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 .835 117 242 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 13 2 0 2 6
NL (17 yrs) 1817 6930 6406 706 1690 298 41 198 851 89 67 404 1152 .264 .308 .416 .724 94 2664 185 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (1469th)

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

Games Played s c a p y
Career  1978 (238th)

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  1270 (115th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 NL  7 (5th)
Career  70 (134th)

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  205 (80th)

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

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  128.2 (241st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 NL  463 (7th)
Career  5491 (215th)

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 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 94 (170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bill Freehan (879)
  2. Lance Parrish (857)
  3. Tony Pena (855)
  4. Ernie Lombardi (848) *
  5. Bob Boone (837)
  6. Darrell Porter (836)
  7. Sherm Lollar (835)
  8. Gabby Hartnett (831) *
  9. Jorge Posada (825)
  10. Terry Steinbach (823)
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  3. Del Crandall (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Del Crandall (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rich Gedman (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frankie Hayes (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frankie Hayes (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frankie Hayes (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frankie Hayes (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Del Crandall (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Del Crandall (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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. Del Crandall (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Sherm Lollar (916)  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

September 1, 1982: Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 20, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 17, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 24, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 3, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

March 17, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 7, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

December 16, 2004: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Leo Nunez.

May 8, 2005: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

July 18, 2005: Released by the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1987San Diego Padres$63,500
1988San Diego Padres$167,500
1989San Diego Padres$345,000
1990San Diego Padres$750,000
1991San Diego Padres$1,650,000
1992San Diego Padres$3,300,000
1993Florida Marlins$3,400,000
1994Florida Marlins$3,800,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$650,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$1,700,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,000
1999Chicago Cubs$1,700,000
2000Cincinnati Reds$650,000
2001San Francisco Giants$500,000
2002San Francisco Giants$2,044,168
2003San Francisco Giants$1,775,000
2004Kansas City Royals$2,150,000
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$2,150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$33,295,168
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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