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Benito Santiago
Benito (Rivera) Santiago

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 182 lb.

Debut September 14, 1986
  vs. HOU 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born March 9, 1965 in Ponce, P.R.

Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 21 SDP NL  17   62   10   18   2  0   3    6   0  1   2  12  .290  .308  .468  113   29   0   1   0   0   0
 1987 22 SDP NL 146  546   64  164  33  2  18   79  21 12  16 112  .300  .324  .467  111  255   1   4   2   5  12 SS,RoY-1
 1988 23 SDP NL 139  492   49  122  22  2  10   46  15  7  24  82  .248  .282  .362   85  178   5   5   2   1  18 SS
 1989 24 SDP NL 129  462   50  109  16  3  16   62  11  6  26  89  .236  .277  .387   88  179   3   2   6   1   9 AS
 1990 25 SDP NL 100  344   42   93   8  5  11   53   5  5  27  55  .270  .323  .419  102  144   1   7   2   3   4 SS,MVP-23,AS
 1991 26 SDP NL 152  580   60  155  22  3  17   87   8 10  23 114  .267  .296  .403   93  234   0   7   5   4  21 SS,AS
 1992 27 SDP NL 106  386   37   97  21  0  10   42   2  5  21  52  .251  .287  .383   88  148   0   4   1   0  14 AS
 1993 28 FLA NL 139  469   49  108  19  6  13   50  10  7  37  88  .230  .291  .380   76  178   0   4   2   5   9
 1994 29 FLA NL 101  337   35   92  14  2  11   41   1  2  25  57  .273  .322  .424   91  143   2   4   1   1  11
 1995 30 CIN NL  81  266   40   76  20  0  11   44   2  2  24  48  .286  .351  .485  118  129   0   2   1   4   7
 1996 31 PHI NL 136  481   71  127  21  2  30   85   2  0  49 104  .264  .332  .503  117  242   0   2   7   1   8
 1997 32 TOR AL  97  341   31   83  10  0  13   42   1  0  17  80  .243  .279  .387   73  132   1   5   1   2  10
 1998 33 TOR AL  15   29    3    9   5  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .310  .333  .483  110   14   0   0   0   0   1
 1999 34 CHC NL 109  350   28   87  18  3   7   36   1  1  32  71  .249  .313  .377   76  132   0   2   6   2  13
 2000 35 CIN NL  89  252   22   66  11  1   8   45   2  2  19  45  .262  .310  .409   79  103   0   5   8   1   7
 2001 36 SFG NL 133  477   39  125  25  4   6   45   5  4  23  78  .262  .295  .369   76  176   7   6   0   2  19
 2002 37 SFG NL 126  478   56  133  24  5  16   74   4  2  27  73  .278  .315  .450  103  215   3   7   8   2  19 MVP-20,AS
 2003 38 SFG NL 108  401   53  112  21  2  11   56   0  1  29  69  .279  .329  .424   96  170   0   2   0   2  13
 2004 39 KCR AL  49  175   15   48  10  0   6   23   1  2   8  32  .274  .312  .434   91   76   3   1   0   2   9
 2005 40 PIT NL   6   23    1    6   1  1   0    0   0  0   0   3  .261  .261  .391   69    9   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons         6951      1830     41      920     69    1270  .263  .307  .415   93       26  70  52  38 205
               1978       755      323    217       91    430                            2886
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   62  150  26  3  18   75   7  6  35 104  .263  .307  .415   93  236   2   6   4   3  17
 Career High    152  580   71  164  33  6  30   87  21 12  49 114  .300  .351  .503  118  255   7   7   8   5  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 21 SDP NL   65   46    9   5.3    96| .290  .259| .308  .329| .468  .391| .776  .720| 113  .592   0.7   0.1   0%
 1987 22 SDP NL  572  411   77   5.0   102| .300  .264| .324  .333| .467  .412| .791  .745| 111  .526   6.6   0.6  63%
 1988 23 SDP NL  527  405   46   3.1    89| .248  .255| .282  .319| .362  .374| .644  .693|  85  .381 -10.9  -1.2  68%
 1989 24 SDP NL  494  373   47   3.4    91| .236  .255| .277  .323| .387  .380| .664  .702|  88  .421  -9.9  -1.0  64%
 1990 25 SDP NL  382  268   47   4.7    99| .270  .265| .323  .332| .419  .399| .742  .731| 102  .530   0.2   0.0  50%
 1991 26 SDP NL  614  463   61   3.5    96| .267  .261| .296  .329| .403  .391| .699  .720|  93  .423  -7.8  -0.8  44%
 1992 27 SDP NL  411  312   38   3.3    93| .251  .260| .287  .326| .383  .383| .670  .709|  88  .397  -7.0  -0.7  28%
 1993 28 FLA NL  515  381   51   3.6   107| .230  .276| .291  .341| .380  .420| .671  .761|  76  .385 -18.3  -1.8  58%
 1994 29 FLA NL  369  264   44   4.5   111| .273  .277| .322  .344| .424  .433| .746  .777|  91  .456  -5.2  -0.5  33%
 1995 30 CIN NL  296  201   44   5.9   107| .286  .271| .351  .340| .485  .421| .836  .761| 118  .588   7.3   0.7  50%
 1996 31 PHI NL  533  364   81   6.0   107| .264  .270| .332  .339| .503  .422| .835  .761| 117  .595   9.8   0.9 100%
 1997 32 TOR AL  366  274   35   3.4   108| .243  .270| .279  .339| .387  .427| .666  .766|  73  .320 -14.8  -1.4 100%
 1998 33 TOR AL   30   21    4   5.1   110| .310  .272| .333  .340| .483  .432| .816  .773| 110  .490   0.5   0.0   0%
 1999 34 CHC NL  386  279   39   3.7   113| .249  .272| .313  .347| .377  .438| .690  .785|  76  .345 -12.9  -1.2  50%
 2000 35 CIN NL  277  200   31   4.1   118| .262  .276| .310  .353| .409  .450| .719  .804|  79  .386  -8.9  -0.8  50%
 2001 36 SFG NL  515  388   47   3.2   105| .262  .260| .295  .330| .369  .426| .664  .756|  76  .310 -16.4  -1.6  55%
 2002 37 SFG NL  517  376   62   4.4   103| .278  .260| .315  .333| .450  .414| .765  .746| 103  .462   1.2   0.1  66%
 2003 38 SFG NL  434  305   53   4.6   108| .279  .267| .329  .339| .424  .429| .753  .768|  96  .473  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2004 39 KCR AL  189  142   20   3.8   111| .274  .273| .312  .341| .434  .438| .746  .779|  91  .359  -3.0  -0.3  33%
 2005 40 PIT NL   23   18    2   3.0   107| .261  .267| .261  .337| .391  .426| .652  .763|  69  .291  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons     7515 5491  838   4.1   103| .263  .265| .307  .335| .415  .412| .722  .746|  93  .440 -93.2  -9.3  56%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 21 SDP NL C 17 80 7 5 2 .946 .985 5.12 5.88 5.69 6.93 15 137.7 3 8 14 3 1987 22 SDP NL C 146 817 80 22 12 .976 .987 6.14 5.91 6.61 6.94 140 1220.7 22 47 104 50 1988 23 SDP NL C 136 725 75 12 11 .985 .987 5.88 5.58 6.16 6.56 128 1168.3 9 35 57 46 GG 1989 24 SDP NL C 127 685 81 20 10 .975 .986 6.03 5.56 6.34 6.67 122 1087.7 14 29 46 32 GG,AS 1990 25 SDP NL C 98 538 51 12 6 .980 .987 6.01 5.44 6.63 6.65 89 799.7 6 19 60 31 GG,AS 1991 26 SDP NL C 151 830 100 14 14 .985 .988 6.16 5.59 6.41 6.78 148 1305.3 8 48 93 57 AS LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 AS 1992 27 SDP NL C 103 584 53 12 6 .982 .991 6.18 5.68 6.48 6.67 98 885.3 0 17 73 42 AS 1993 28 FLA NL C 136 740 64 11 4 .987 .989 5.91 5.75 6.61 6.74 125 1095.0 23 60 90 39 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1994 29 FLA NL C 97 511 66 5 6 .991 .991 5.95 6.15 6.60 7.10 88 786.7 6 38 45 40 1995 30 CIN NL C 75 461 33 2 4 .996 .989 6.59 6.34 7.34 7.40 71 606.0 6 30 34 13 1B 8 19 2 0 2 1.000 .995 2.62 8.36 8.22 9.70 1 23.0 1996 31 PHI NL C 114 723 61 10 5 .987 .989 6.88 6.33 7.19 7.50 112 982.0 8 48 64 28 1B 14 111 6 1 9 .992 .992 8.36 8.35 9.49 9.62 12 111.0 1997 32 TOR AL C 95 621 40 2 10 .997 .991 6.96 6.08 7.26 7.15 93 819.3 7 41 48 31 DH 1 1998 33 TOR AL C 15 45 2 0 0 1.000 .989 3.13 6.17 6.22 7.13 6 68.0 1 1 10 0 1999 34 CHC NL C 107 560 43 6 8 .990 .990 5.64 6.14 6.45 7.41 95 841.3 10 28 42 25 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 7.60 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 2000 35 CIN NL C 84 428 36 3 4 .994 .990 5.52 6.38 6.86 7.45 66 608.7 5 42 19 14 2001 36 SFG NL C 130 830 63 5 12 .994 .992 6.87 6.64 7.44 7.74 119 1080.0 8 42 66 35 1B 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.50 7.85 7.88 9.22 1 8.0 2002 37 SFG NL C 125 739 53 4 10 .995 .991 6.34 6.41 6.68 7.53 122 1066.7 7 31 58 25 AS 2003 38 SFG NL C 106 629 34 5 3 .993 .992 6.25 6.46 6.61 7.33 106 902.7 8 49 44 10 2004 39 KCR AL C 49 228 18 1 3 .996 .992 5.02 6.19 5.32 7.12 48 416.0 6 18 28 8 2005 40 PIT NL C 6 43 0 0 0 1.000 .993 7.17 6.27 8.01 7.27 5 48.3 0 5 3 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 30 CIN NL 1B 8 19 2 0 2 1.000 .995 2.62 8.36 8.22 9.70 1 23.0 1996 31 PHI NL 1B 14 111 6 1 9 .992 .992 8.36 8.35 9.49 9.62 12 111.0 1999 34 CHC NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 7.60 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 2001 36 SFG NL 1B 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.50 7.85 7.88 9.22 1 8.0 1986 21 SDP NL C 17 80 7 5 2 .946 .985 5.12 5.88 5.69 6.93 15 137.7 3 8 14 3 1987 22 SDP NL C 146 817 80 22 12 .976 .987 6.14 5.91 6.61 6.94 140 1220.7 22 47 104 50 1988 23 SDP NL C 136 725 75 12 11 .985 .987 5.88 5.58 6.16 6.56 128 1168.3 9 35 57 46 1989 24 SDP NL C 127 685 81 20 10 .975 .986 6.03 5.56 6.34 6.67 122 1087.7 14 29 46 32 1990 25 SDP NL C 98 538 51 12 6 .980 .987 6.01 5.44 6.63 6.65 89 799.7 6 19 60 31 1991 26 SDP NL C 151 830 100 14 14 .985 .988 6.16 5.59 6.41 6.78 148 1305.3 8 48 93 57 1992 27 SDP NL C 103 584 53 12 6 .982 .991 6.18 5.68 6.48 6.67 98 885.3 0 17 73 42 1993 28 FLA NL C 136 740 64 11 4 .987 .989 5.91 5.75 6.61 6.74 125 1095.0 23 60 90 39 1994 29 FLA NL C 97 511 66 5 6 .991 .991 5.95 6.15 6.60 7.10 88 786.7 6 38 45 40 1995 30 CIN NL C 75 461 33 2 4 .996 .989 6.59 6.34 7.34 7.40 71 606.0 6 30 34 13 1996 31 PHI NL C 114 723 61 10 5 .987 .989 6.88 6.33 7.19 7.50 112 982.0 8 48 64 28 1997 32 TOR AL C 95 621 40 2 10 .997 .991 6.96 6.08 7.26 7.15 93 819.3 7 41 48 31 1998 33 TOR AL C 15 45 2 0 0 1.000 .989 3.13 6.17 6.22 7.13 6 68.0 1 1 10 0 1999 34 CHC NL C 107 560 43 6 8 .990 .990 5.64 6.14 6.45 7.41 95 841.3 10 28 42 25 2000 35 CIN NL C 84 428 36 3 4 .994 .990 5.52 6.38 6.86 7.45 66 608.7 5 42 19 14 2001 36 SFG NL C 130 830 63 5 12 .994 .992 6.87 6.64 7.44 7.74 119 1080.0 8 42 66 35 2002 37 SFG NL C 125 739 53 4 10 .995 .991 6.34 6.41 6.68 7.53 122 1066.7 7 31 58 25 2003 38 SFG NL C 106 629 34 5 3 .993 .992 6.25 6.46 6.61 7.33 106 902.7 8 49 44 10 2004 39 KCR AL C 49 228 18 1 3 .996 .992 5.02 6.19 5.32 7.12 48 416.0 6 18 28 8 2005 40 PIT NL C 6 43 0 0 0 1.000 .993 7.17 6.27 8.01 7.27 5 48.3 0 5 3 0 1997 32 TOR AL DH 1 1991 26 SDP NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1993 28 FLA NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1991 26 SDP NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1993 28 FLA NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.12 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1917 10817 960 151 130 .987 .989 6.14 6.01 6.66 7.07 1796 15925.3 157 636 998 529 1B* 25 139 8 1 11 .993 .993 5.88 8.28 9.25 9.60 14 143.0 LF* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.19 0 3.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1944 10956 968 152 141 .987 .989 6.13 6.03 6.68 7.10 1810 16072
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  CIN LAD     W   3   9   2   3  0  0  1   3   3   3  .333  .462  .667   0  0   0   1   0 
        NLCS  CIN ATL     L   4  13   0   3  0  0  0   0   2   3  .231  .333  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   NLDS  SFG ATL     W   5  21   1   5  2  0  0   5   1   5  .238  .273  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  SFG STL     W   5  20   2   6  0  0  2   6   2   4  .300  .364  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SFG ANA     L   7  26   2   6  0  0  0   5   3   4  .231  .300  .231   0  0   0   1   0 
 2003   NLDS  SFG FLA     L   4  11   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .182  .250  .182   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1  12  41   3  10  2  0  1   8   5  10  .244  .319  .366   0  0   1   1   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  33   2   9  0  0  2   6   4   7  .273  .351  .455   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   3-3  28 100   7  25  2  0  3  19  12  21  .250  .325  .360   0  0   1   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1989   SDP NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1990   SDP NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1991   SDP NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1992   SDP NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 2002   SFG NL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/5      3   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   4   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .143 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

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

Awards
1987-NL-ROY
2002-NLCS MVP

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

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1990-NL-23-0.01
2002-NL-20-0.00
Car-1440-0.01 shares

At Bats
1991 NL-580-10

Strikeouts
1987 NL-112-10
1991 NL-114-9

Sac. Flies
2002 NL-7-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 NL-18-4
1991 NL-21-1
1992 NL-14-10
2001 NL-19-9
Car-205-74

Caught Stealing
1987 NL-12-5

Outs
1991 NL-463-7

Oldest Player
2005 NL-40-8

Youngest Player
1986 NL-21-5

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2307) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (635) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 93.5 (167) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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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