José Santiago

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: November 5, 1974 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 70th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Carlos Escobar Lopez HS (Loiza, Puerto Rico).

High School: Carlos Escobar Lopez HS (Loiza, Puerto Rico)

Last Game: August 9, 2005 (Age 30-277d)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: José Rafael Santiago

Pronunciation: \SAWN-tea-ah-go\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

4.36

229

299.0

153

WHIP

1.441

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1994	19	-0.1	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	1	0	1.000	2.37	3.32	10	1	7	0	0	2	19.0	17	7	5	1	7	0	10	1	1	2	84	1.263	8.1	0.5	3.3	4.7	1.43
1995	20	-0.7	Spokane	NORW	A-	KCR	2	4	.333	3.14	4.81	22	0	10	0	0	1	48.2	60	26	17	1	20	4	32	5	0	3	227	1.644	11.1	0.2	3.7	5.9	1.60
1996	21	-0.3	Lansing	MIDW	A	KCR	7	6	.538	2.57	3.97	54	0	46	0	0	19	77.0	78	34	22	4	21	3	55	5	1	3	331	1.286	9.1	0.5	2.5	6.4	2.62
1997	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A-A+	KCR	4	2	.667	3.50	4.53	35	0	18	0	0	6	43.2	45	22	17	1	15	2	21	3	0	0	195	1.374	9.3	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.40
1997	22	-2.1	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	2	1	.667	4.00	4.33	22	0	8	0	0	3	27.0	32	13	12	1	8	1	12	2	0	0	120	1.481	10.7	0.3	2.7	4.0	1.50
1997	22	-0.4	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	1	1	.500	4.91	7.36	4	0	4	0	0	2	3.2	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	18	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
1997	22	0.6	Lansing	MIDW	A	KCR	1	0	1.000	2.08	4.15	9	0	6	0	0	1	13.0	10	6	3	0	6	1	8	0	0	0	57	1.231	6.9	0.0	4.2	5.5	1.33
1997	22	-6.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		1.93	3.86	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	7	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	24	1.929	13.5	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50
1998	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	KCR	3	4	.429	3.94	5.06	56	0	43	0	0	23	80.0	89	45	35	9	32	9	35	2	0	2	356	1.513	10.0	1.0	3.6	3.9	1.09
1998	23	-3.5	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	0		7.04	10.57	4	0	2	0	0	1	7.2	10	9	6	0	5	2	4	1	0	1	40	1.957	11.7	0.0	5.9	4.7	0.80
1998	23	-1.3	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	3	4	.429	3.61	4.48	52	0	41	0	0	22	72.1	79	36	29	9	27	7	31	1	0	1	316	1.465	9.8	1.1	3.4	3.9	1.15
1998	23	-6.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		9.00	9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1999	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-Rk-AAA	KCR	0	1	.000	1.72	1.72	8	5	1	0	0	0	15.2	12	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	55	0.766	6.9	0.0	0.0	2.3
1999	24	-2.6	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.800	16.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	24	0.2	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	0	1	.000	2.00	2.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0.889	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	24	4.3	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	0	0		1.80	1.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	7.2
1999	24	-5.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	3	4	.429	3.42	4.37	34	0	15	0	0	2	47.1	46	23	18	7	14	2	15	2	1	2	203	1.268	8.7	1.3	2.7	2.9	1.07
2000	25	-2.0	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	1	.000	3.18	3.71	11	0	7	0	0	4	17.0	19	7	6	2	3	1	14	0	0	1	71	1.294	10.1	1.1	1.6	7.4	4.67
2000	25	-3.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	8	6	.571	3.91	4.30	45	0	20	0	0	2	69.0	70	33	30	7	26	3	44	3	0	0	302	1.391	9.1	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.69
2001	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PHI	4	6	.400	4.61	4.61	73	0	11	0	0	0	91.2	106	47	47	5	22	2	43	3	0	1	397	1.396	10.4	0.5	2.2	4.2	1.95
2001	26	-2.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	2	4	.333	3.61	3.61	53	0	5	0	0	0	62.1	66	25	25	3	13	1	28	2	0	0	261	1.267	9.5	0.4	1.9	4.0	2.15
2001	26	-2.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	2	.500	6.75	6.75	20	0	6	0	0	0	29.1	40	22	22	2	9	1	15	1	0	1	136	1.670	12.3	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.67
2002	27	0.6	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	3	2	.600	1.29	1.93	22	0	20	0	0	7	28.0	28	6	4	0	7	1	21	1	0	1	117	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2002	27	-1.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	3	.250	6.70	6.70	42	0	7	0	0	0	47.0	56	35	35	7	15	1	30	3	0	1	214	1.511	10.7	1.3	2.9	5.7	2.00
2003	28	1.2	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	3	3	.500	2.43	3.38	25	4	5	0	0	2	66.2	79	25	18	1	22	1	33	2	0	0	291	1.515	10.7	0.1	3.0	4.5	1.50
2003	28	-0.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	3	.250	2.84	3.13	25	0	4	0	0	0	31.2	37	11	10	2	14	3	15	0	0	0	138	1.611	10.5	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.07
2004	29	2.1	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	9	9	.500	4.34	5.28	57	1	25	0	0	7	87.0	89	51	42	6	35	7	47	5	1	2	390	1.425	9.2	0.6	3.6	4.9	1.34
2005	30	3.2	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	7	6	.538	4.26	4.55	29	17	1	0	0	0	122.2	138	62	58	10	40	1	61	7	0	2	532	1.451	10.1	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.53
2005	30	0.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		3.18	3.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	27	2.118	15.9	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
2006	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Fgn-FgW		7	9	.438	4.62	5.05	40	23	2	4	1	0	165.2	224	93	85	10	32	3	95	7	2	3	741	1.545	12.2	0.5	1.7	5.2	2.97
2006	31	3.1	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		7	7	.500	4.55	4.86	34	19	2	4	1	0	146.1	195	79	74	10	23	3	84	7	2	1	644	1.490	12.0	0.6	1.4	5.2	3.65
2006	31	3.9	Macoto	CPBL	Fgn		0	2	.000	5.65	7.53	5	3		0	0	0	14.1	22	12	9	0	8	0	6	0	0	2	74	2.093	13.8	0.0	5.0	3.8	0.75
2006-07	31	3.1	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		3.60	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	23	1.600	12.6	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2007	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	1	.500	2.95	3.18	10	5	0	0	0	0	39.2	43	14	13	4	6	0	12	0	0	0	163	1.235	9.8	0.9	1.4	2.7	2.00
2007	32	5.2	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	NYM	7	8	.467	5.64	5.94	32	17	3	0	0	0	119.2	155	79	75	14	39	0	52	2	0	3	536	1.621	11.7	1.1	2.9	3.9	1.33
2007-08	32	5.5	Caracas	VEWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.88	2.20	8	3	0	0	0	0	28.2	27	7	6	3	4	0	12	0	0	0	114	1.081	8.5	0.9	1.3	3.8	3.00
2007-08	32	3.5	Venezuela	CARS	FgW		0	1	.000	5.73	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	16	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	49	1.636	13.1	0.8	1.6	0.0	0.00
2008	33	6.1	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	NYM	5	2	.714	5.38	5.90	43	2	12	0	0	1	87.0	116	57	52	17	15	1	45	6	0	1	384	1.506	12.0	1.8	1.6	4.7	3.00
2008-09	33	6.1	Carolina	PRWL	FgW		0	3	.000	5.63	5.63	8	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	47	20	20	3	8	1	13	2	0	1	145	1.719	13.2	0.8	2.3	3.7	1.63
2009	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		10	12	.455	5.15	5.70	29	27	0	5	1	0	162.2	226	103	93	14	31	1	55	10	1	2	717	1.580	12.5	0.8	1.7	3.0	1.77
2009	34	5.4	Chihuahua	MEX	AAA		7	11	.389	5.53	6.09	23	21	0	5	1	0	128.2	181	87	79	11	23	1	48	9	1	1	569	1.585	12.7	0.8	1.6	3.4	2.09
2009-10	34	7.4	Lara	VEWL	FgW		3	1	.750	3.71	4.24	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	45	16	14	3	8	0	7	1	0	1	148	1.559	11.9	0.8	2.1	1.9	0.88
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		17	22	.436	4.36	4.67	229	0	63	0	0	4	299.0	336	155	145	28	95	12	153	13	1	4	1314	1.441	10.1	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.61
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		51	48	.515	3.92	4.70	404	47	198	0	0	72	812.0	925	424	354	66	256	30	430	39	3	20	3569	1.454	10.3	0.7	2.8	4.8	1.68
Foreign (4 seasons)					Foreign		18	25	.419	4.75	5.18	87	61	2	9	2	0	400.0	540	230	211	31	77	5	175	19	3	6	1766	1.543	12.2	0.7	1.7	3.9	2.27
All Levels (16 Seasons)							86	95	.475	4.23	4.82	720	108	263	9	2	76	1511.0	1801	809	710	125	428	47	758	71	7	30	6649	1.475	10.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	1.77

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		34	31	.523	4.37	4.96	224	41	75	0	0	22	537.1	637	296	261	50	166	14	277	24	1	11	2368	1.494	10.7	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.67
AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		14	18	.438	5.01	5.43	57	40	2	9	2	0	275.0	376	166	153	21	46	4	132	16	3	2	1213	1.535	12.3	0.7	1.5	4.3	2.87
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	3.57	4.24	78	2	50	0	0	25	108.1	119	51	43	10	35	8	43	3	0	1	468	1.422	9.9	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.23
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	4.91	7.36	4	0	4	0	0	2	3.2	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	18	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	2.50	4.00	63	0	52	0	0	20	90.0	88	40	25	4	27	4	63	5	1	3	388	1.278	8.8	0.4	2.7	6.3	2.33
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	4	.333	3.14	4.81	22	0	10	0	0	1	48.2	60	26	17	1	20	4	32	5	0	3	227	1.644	11.1	0.2	3.7	5.9	1.60
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.25	3.00	13	4	7	0	0	2	24.0	18	8	6	1	7	0	14	1	1	2	100	1.042	6.8	0.4	2.6	5.3	2.00
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		0	2	.000	5.65	7.53	5	3		0	0	0	14.1	22	12	9	0	8	0	6	0	0	2	74	2.093	13.8	0.0	5.0	3.8	0.75
FgW (4 seasons)					Foreign		4	5	.444	3.98	4.23	25	18	0	0	0	0	110.2	142	52	49	10	23	1	37	3	0	2	479	1.491	11.5	0.8	1.9	3.0	1.61