Jose Santiago
Jose Rafael (Fuentes) Santiago
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 5, 1974 in Fajardo, P.R.
High School: Carlos Escobar Lopez (Loiza, PR)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 70th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed July 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1997
Final Game: August 9, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 22 KCR AL 0 0 1.93 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 242 1.929 13.5 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
1998 23 KCR AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 53 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1999 24 KCR AL 3 4 .429 3.42 34 0 15 0 0 2 47.1 46 23 18 7 14 2 15 2 1 2 203 147 1.268 8.7 1.3 2.7 2.9 1.07
2000 25 KCR AL 8 6 .571 3.91 45 0 20 0 0 2 69.0 70 33 30 7 26 3 44 3 0 0 302 130 1.391 9.1 0.9 3.4 5.7 1.69
2001 26 TOT MLB 4 6 .400 4.61 73 0 11 0 0 0 91.2 106 47 47 5 22 2 43 3 0 1 397 97 1.396 10.4 0.5 2.2 4.2 1.95
2001 26 KCR AL 2 2 .500 6.75 20 0 6 0 0 0 29.1 40 22 22 2 9 1 15 1 0 1 136 72 1.670 12.3 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.67
2001 26 PHI NL 2 4 .333 3.61 53 0 5 0 0 0 62.1 66 25 25 3 13 1 28 2 0 0 261 118 1.267 9.5 0.4 1.9 4.0 2.15
2002 27 PHI NL 1 3 .250 6.70 42 0 7 0 0 0 47.0 56 35 35 7 15 1 30 3 0 1 214 58 1.511 10.7 1.3 2.9 5.7 2.00
2003 28 CLE AL 1 3 .250 2.84 25 0 4 0 0 0 31.2 37 11 10 2 14 3 15 0 0 0 138 155 1.611 10.5 0.6 4.0 4.3 1.07
2005 30 NYM NL 0 0 3.18 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 10 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 27 129 2.118 15.9 0.0 3.2 4.8 1.50
8 Seasons 17 22 .436 4.36 229 0 63 0 0 4 299.0 336 155 145 28 95 12 153 13 1 4 1314 105 1.441 10.1 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.61
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .436 4.36 68 0 19 0 0 1 89 100 46 43 8 28 4 45 4 0 1 390 105 1.441 10.1 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.61
KCR (5 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.31 105 0 46 0 0 4 152.1 167 82 73 16 51 7 77 7 1 3 674 116 1.431 9.9 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.51
PHI (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.94 95 0 12 0 0 0 109.1 122 60 60 10 28 2 58 5 0 1 475 83 1.372 10.0 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.07
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 3.18 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 10 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 27 129 2.118 15.9 0.0 3.2 4.8 1.50
CLE (1 yr) 1 3 .250 2.84 25 0 4 0 0 0 31.2 37 11 10 2 14 3 15 0 0 0 138 155 1.611 10.5 0.6 4.0 4.3 1.07
AL (6 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.06 130 0 50 0 0 4 184.0 204 93 83 18 65 10 92 7 1 3 812 120 1.462 10.0 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.42
NL (3 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.85 99 0 13 0 0 0 115.0 132 62 62 10 30 2 61 6 0 1 502 85 1.409 10.3 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.03

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 22 KCR AL 4 24 21 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .417 .381 .798 .350 8 2 1 0 0 1
1998 23 KCR AL 2 9 9 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .556 1.000 .571 5 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 KCR AL 34 203 183 23 46 5 0 7 0 2 14 15 .251 .307 .393 .700 .238 72 7 2 1 3 2
2000 25 KCR AL 45 302 269 33 70 12 1 7 2 2 26 44 .260 .329 .390 .719 .285 105 6 3 1 3 3
2001 26 TOT MLB 73 397 363 47 106 19 2 5 5 2 22 43 .292 .333 .397 .730 .316 144 9 3 4 5 2
2001 26 KCR AL 20 136 120 22 40 8 0 2 3 1 9 15 .333 .376 .450 .826 .358 54 2 1 3 3 1
2001 26 PHI NL 53 261 243 25 66 11 2 3 2 1 13 28 .272 .312 .370 .682 .294 90 7 2 1 2 1
2002 27 PHI NL 42 214 193 35 56 10 3 7 1 0 15 30 .290 .347 .482 .829 .310 93 2 3 1 2 1
2003 28 CLE AL 25 138 124 11 37 4 0 2 1 1 14 15 .298 .370 .379 .749 .327 47 8 0 0 0 3
2005 30 NYM NL 4 27 24 2 10 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .417 .481 .583 1.065 .476 14 1 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 229 1314 1186 155 336 56 6 28 9 8 95 153 .283 .340 .411 .751 .303 488 35 13 7 13 12
162 Game Avg. 68 390 352 46 100 17 2 8 3 2 28 45 .283 .340 .411 .751 .303 145 10 4 2 4 4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 22 KCR AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0.191 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 3.5 18
1998 23 KCR AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.029 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
1999 24 KCR AL 34 34 15 3 4 3 2 1 67% 7 4 37 17 46% 7 1.255 16 8 9 17 9 8 21 13 17 10 20 6 4.2 19
2000 25 KCR AL 45 45 20 8 6 8 2 6 25% 14 5 33 21 64% 7 1.223 18 9 18 21 7 17 18 27 25 10 25 4 4.6 24
2001 26 TOT MLB 73 73 11 4 6 2 0 2 0% 12 9 56 16 29% 0.996 32 13 28 19 20 34 31 42 31 19 37 24 3.8 20
2001 26 KCR AL 20 20 6 2 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 12 6 50% 7 0.889 7 4 9 2 5 13 7 13 9 3 10 3 4.4 26
2001 26 PHI NL 53 53 5 2 4 1 0 1 0% 10 9 44 10 23% 7 1.052 25 9 19 17 15 21 24 29 22 16 27 21 3.5 18
2002 27 PHI NL 42 42 7 1 3 1 0 1 0% 10 9 29 11 38% 7 0.826 13 12 16 15 7 20 14 28 13 16 17 10 3.4 18
2003 28 CLE AL 25 25 4 1 3 2 0 2 0% 6 4 14 6 43% 7 0.981 9 6 10 11 4 10 8 17 11 9 12 3 3.8 22
2005 30 NYM NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.526 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 2 0 4.3 25
8 Seasons 229 229 63 17 22 16 4 12 25% 49 31 173 73 42% 1.028 88 49 88 86 47 96 94 135 101 66 115 47 3.9 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 22 KCR AL 24 33% 0.0% 4.2% 8.3% 4.2% 14% 0.82 0.86 83% 20% 0.0% 36% 9 2 22%
1998 23 KCR AL 9 44% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 25% 0.75 1.00 78% 43% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
1999 24 KCR AL 203 44% 3.5% 7.4% 6.9% 5.9% 26% 1.88 2.29 81% 11% 13.2% 10% 53 7 13%
2000 25 KCR AL 302 54% 2.3% 14.6% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.07 1.73 73% 26% 7.1% 6% 58 6 10%
2001 26 TOT MLB 397 40% 1.3% 10.8% 5.5% 6.6% 25% 1.28 2.42 81% 26% 3.8% 6% 86 9 10%
2001 26 KCR AL 136 56% 1.5% 11.0% 6.6% 7.4% 25% 0.96 2.13 78% 32% 3.8% 2% 34 2 6%
2001 26 PHI NL 261 32% 1.2% 10.7% 5.0% 6.1% 24% 1.48 2.57 82% 22% 3.8% 9% 52 7 13%
2002 27 PHI NL 214 36% 3.3% 14.0% 7.0% 9.4% 36% 1.11 1.78 74% 28% 10.4% 11% 46 2 4%
2003 28 CLE AL 138 29% 1.5% 10.9% 10.1% 4.4% 16% 1.84 3.16 78% 17% 5.4% 3% 35 8 23%
2005 30 NYM NL 27 37% 0.0% 11.1% 7.4% 14.8% 40% 1.10 1.60 78% 24% 0.0% 10% 4 1 25%
8 Seasons 1314 42% 2.1% 11.6% 7.2% 6.9% 27% 1.31 2.10 77% 23% 6.9% 8% 294 35 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 22 KCR AL 24 70 2.92 40 57% 15% 10% 25% 50% 85% 7% 49% 88% 50% 4% 1 0 8% 2 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 23 KCR AL 9 32 3.56 23 72% 13% 17% 39% 30% 87% 0% 63% 80% 89% 0% 0 0 56% 5 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 KCR AL 203 690 3.40 439 64% 24% 8% 29% 39% 76% 3% 49% 89% 62% 5% 10 8 11% 22 12 0 53% 3 0 0 0 0
2000 25 KCR AL 302 1095 3.63 681 62% 28% 11% 27% 34% 72% 3% 45% 84% 58% 6% 17 10 14% 41 24 4 45% 6 4 0 0 0
2001 26 TOT MLB 397 1462 3.68 899 61% 29% 9% 25% 37% 71% 1% 44% 87% 56% 4% 14 9 14% 54 24 2 42% 9 3 0 0 0
2001 26 KCR AL 136 518 3.81 315 61% 26% 10% 29% 35% 74% 2% 45% 87% 60% 4% 5 3 16% 22 9 1 40% 3 1 0 0 0
2001 26 PHI NL 261 944 3.62 584 62% 31% 9% 23% 37% 69% 1% 43% 87% 55% 3% 9 6 12% 32 15 1 43% 6 2 0 0 0
2002 27 PHI NL 214 759 3.55 481 63% 28% 9% 28% 35% 72% 1% 46% 87% 59% 5% 11 6 21% 45 26 1 40% 9 4 0 0 0
2003 28 CLE AL 138 554 4.01 336 61% 29% 9% 29% 32% 71% 5% 43% 87% 64% 7% 9 4 22% 30 11 1 40% 3 2 0 0 0
2005 30 NYM NL 27 101 3.74 61 60% 21% 13% 31% 34% 79% 0% 48% 83% 56% 4% 1 1 11% 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1314 4763 3.62 2960 62% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 2% 45% 87% 59% 5% 63 38 15% 202 102 8 42% 30 13 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 22 KCR AL 24 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 23 KCR AL 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 KCR AL 203 46 6 0 7 0 13 5 2 3 4 19 12 1 63% 8 2 0 87 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 25 KCR AL 302 70 7 2 7 0 10 5 2 2 5 24 20 0 83% 4 0 1 112 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2001 26 TOT MLB 397 106 15 0 5 1 20 2 3 1 4 32 21 2 66% 3 1 0 164 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2001 26 KCR AL 136 40 4 0 2 1 7 1 1 0 2 17 12 1 71% 1 1 0 53 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2001 26 PHI NL 261 66 11 0 3 0 13 1 2 1 2 15 9 1 60% 2 0 0 111 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2002 27 PHI NL 214 56 7 0 7 1 15 6 1 4 3 20 9 1 45% 1 1 0 83 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 28 CLE AL 138 37 6 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 9 4 1 44% 1 0 0 59 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 NYM NL 27 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1314 336 44 2 28 2 69 20 8 10 18 109 68 5 62% 19 4 1 533 9 8 53% 9 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1997 22 0 0 1.93 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 242 1.929 13.5 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50 242
1998 23 0 0 4.05 6 0 5 0 0 0 6.2 11 4 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 33 116 1.950 14.9 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50 116
1999 24 3 4 .429 3.50 40 0 20 0 0 2 54.0 57 27 21 7 16 3 18 3 1 2 236 142 1.352 9.5 1.2 2.7 3.0 1.13 142
2000 25 11 10 .524 3.73 85 0 40 0 0 4 123.0 127 60 51 14 42 6 62 6 1 2 538 135 1.374 9.3 1.0 3.1 4.5 1.48 135
2001 26 15 16 .484 4.11 158 0 51 0 0 4 214.2 233 107 98 19 64 8 105 9 1 3 935 116 1.384 9.8 0.8 2.7 4.4 1.64 116
2002 27 16 19 .457 4.57 200 0 58 0 0 4 261.2 289 142 133 26 79 9 135 12 1 4 1149 101 1.406 9.9 0.9 2.7 4.6 1.71 101
2003 28 17 22 .436 4.39 225 0 62 0 0 4 293.1 326 153 143 28 93 12 150 12 1 4 1287 105 1.428 10.0 0.9 2.9 4.6 1.61 105
2004 29 17 22 .436 4.39 225 0 62 0 0 4 293.1 326 153 143 28 93 12 150 12 1 4 1287 105 1.428 10.0 0.9 2.9 4.6 1.61 105
2005 30 17 22 .436 4.36 229 0 63 0 0 4 299.0 336 155 145 28 95 12 153 13 1 4 1314 105 1.441 10.1 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.61 105

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 22 0 0 1.80 5.0 7 1 1 0 2 1 1 1.800 12.6 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.0 4
1998 23 0 0 6.00 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 2
1999 24 3 2 .600 3.00 48.0 44 18 16 7 13 15 2 1.188 8.3 2.4 2.8 1.15 1.3 34
2000 25 4 3 .571 3.39 69.0 66 29 26 7 25 44 3 1.319 8.6 3.3 5.7 1.76 0.9 45
2001 26 5 5 .500 4.40 90.0 102 49 44 5 21 42 3 1.367 10.2 2.1 4.2 2.00 0.5 73
2002 27 1 4 .200 7.24 46.0 58 41 37 7 16 29 3 1.609 11.3 3.1 5.7 1.81 1.4 42
2003 28 2 1 .667 3.10 29.0 36 11 10 2 14 14 0 1.724 11.2 4.3 4.3 1.00 0.6 25
2005 30 0 0 3.60 5.0 10 2 2 0 2 3 1 2.400 18.0 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.0 4
8 Seasons 15 15 .500 4.21 295.0 323 153 138 28 93 151 13 1.410 9.9 4.6 1.62 0.9 229

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