Benito Santiago

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 9, 1965 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 14, 1986 (Age 21-189d, 15,259th in major league history)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 11, 2005 (Age 40-033d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Joe Longo, Joe Rosario • Previously: Manny Sanguillen, Joe Maenza, Greg Genske, Lonnie Cooper, Scott Boras

Full Name: Benito Santiago

Nicknames: Benny

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger
NLCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

6951

1830

217

.263

755

RBI

920

OBP

.307

SLG

.415

OPS

.722

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 28	CIN	@	SDP	L,7-8	CG	46	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 30	CIN	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	6	May 2	CIN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	7	May 3	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	8	May 4	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
8	10 (1)	May 6	CIN		NYM	W,13-11	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	11	May 7	CIN		NYM	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	63 (51)	Jul 4	CIN		SFG	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
11	64	Jul 5	CIN		SFG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
12	65	Jul 6	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	67 (1)	Jul 8	CIN		LAD	L,2-12	GS	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
14	68	Jul 9	CIN		LAD	W,8-0	GS	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 1B
15	69	Jul 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	70	Jul 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
17	71	Jul 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	73 (1)	Jul 17	CIN	@	SDP	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	74	Jul 18	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	76 (1)	Jul 21	CIN		CHC	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	77	Jul 22	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
22	78	Jul 23	CIN		CHC	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
23	79	Jul 24	CIN		SDP	L,8-10	GS	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C 1B
24	80	Jul 25	CIN		SDP	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	81	Jul 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	82	Jul 27	CIN	@	SFG	W,14-6	GS	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C 1B
27	83	Jul 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	84	Jul 29	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	86 (1)	Aug 1	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	87	Aug 2	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	88	Aug 3	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	89	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
33	91 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	92	Aug 8	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	93	Aug 9	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	94	Aug 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	95	Aug 11	CIN	@	FLA	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	96	Aug 12	CIN	@	FLA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
39	97	Aug 13	CIN	@	FLA	L,4-6	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	98	Aug 14	CIN		COL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
41	100 (1)	Aug 16	CIN		COL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
42	101	Aug 17	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
43	102	Aug 18	CIN		HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	103	Aug 19	CIN		HOU	W,8-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
45	104	Aug 20	CIN		HOU	W,11-4	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C 1B
46	105	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	106	Aug 22	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	107	Aug 23	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	108	Aug 24	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	111 (2)	Aug 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	112	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
52	113	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	114	Aug 30	CIN		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	115	Aug 31	CIN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	116	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	117	Sep 2	CIN		PIT	L,8-11	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
57	118	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	119	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	120	Sep 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	121	Sep 6	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	122	Sep 8	CIN	@	COL	L,5-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
62	123	Sep 9	CIN	@	COL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
63	124	Sep 10	CIN	@	COL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	125	Sep 11	CIN		FLA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	126	Sep 12	CIN		FLA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	127	Sep 13	CIN		FLA	W,6-0	GS	23	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	129 (1)	Sep 15	CIN		ATL	L,1-3	GS	23	6.1	4	0	0	4	1	C
68	131 (1)	Sep 17	CIN		ATL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	132	Sep 18	CIN		MON	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
70	133	Sep 19	CIN		MON	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	134	Sep 20	CIN		MON	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	135	Sep 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
73	137 (1)	Sep 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
74	138	Sep 25	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	139	Sep 27 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	141 (1)	Sep 28	CIN	@	MON	W,9-7	GS	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	143 (1)	Sep 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	144	Oct 1	CIN	@	MON	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							83gm		629.0	480	35	2	517	6