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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-27 / in Starts: 21-27
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	137 (75-38-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (58-39-20)

Most Driven In
J Randa	7
Self	6
K Harvey	4
J GonzÃ¡lez	2
M Stairs	2
M Sweeney	2

Most Driven In By
Self	6
Ã Berroa	3
C BeltrÃ¡n	2
M LÃ³pez	1
A Guiel	1
T Graffanino	1
M Sweeney	1
D Relaford	0

2004 Batting Game Log

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2004 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1924	1	Apr 5	KCR		CHW	W,9-7	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	7	1.15	0.156	1.26	0.10%	1.88	C
2	1925	2	Apr 7	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	7	1.02	-0.116	1.11	-0.08%	-0.61	C
3	1926	3	Apr 8	KCR		CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.545	.795	7	.53	-0.023	.53	-0.01%	-0.79	C
4	1927	4	Apr 9	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.571	.905	7	1.69	0.053	1.70	0.03%	0.14	C
5	1928	5	Apr 10	KCR		CLE	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.571	.905	4						C
6	1929	6	Apr 11	KCR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.316	.556	.871	7	1.48	-0.083	1.63	-0.06%	-0.62	C
7	1930	7	Apr 13	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.455	.715	7	1.07	-0.145	1.28	-0.10%	-1.80	C
8	1931	8	Apr 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.519	.769	7	.71	-0.030	.80	-0.02%	-0.14	C
9	1932	9	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.250	.516	.766	7	1.98	-0.009	2.21	-0.01%	0.44	C
10	1933	10	Apr 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.250	.486	.736	7	1.54	-0.042	1.62	-0.03%	-0.27	C
11	1934	11	Apr 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.462	.712	7	.97	-0.066	.98	-0.04%	-0.78	C
12	1935	13 (1)	Apr 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,15-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.432	.676	7	.53	-0.053	.43	-0.03%	-1.83	C
13	1936	15 (1)	Apr 23	KCR		MIN	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.260	.429	.689	7	.76	-0.009	.66	-0.01%	0.10	C
14	1937	16	Apr 24	KCR		MIN	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.245	.259	.415	.674	7	.78	0.061	.62	0.03%	0.71	C
15	1938	18 (1)	Apr 27	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.411	.687	7	2.40	0.135	1.70	0.06%	0.79	C
16	1939	19	Apr 28	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.290	.407	.697	6	1.04	0.071	.69	0.03%	1.07	C
17	1940	21 (1)	Apr 30	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.277	.387	.664	7	1.25	-0.098	.79	-0.04%	-0.63	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1941	22	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.279	.385	.664	8	.40	-0.010	.23	0.00%	0.10	C
19	1942	23	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.296	.412	.708	7	.66	0.046	.35	0.02%	0.59	C
20	1943	24	May 3	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.389	.669	7	.92	-0.095	.43	-0.03%	-1.06	C
21	1944	25	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.282	.387	.669	7	1.08	-0.048	.53	-0.01%	-0.13	C
22	1945	27 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.268	.367	.635	8	.80	-0.101	.34	-0.03%	-1.81	C
23	1946	28	May 8	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.282	.415	.697	8	.77	0.181	.30	0.04%	1.35	C
24	1947	29	May 9	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.270	.395	.665	7	.95	-0.093	.35	-0.02%	-0.89	C
25	1948	30	May 10	KCR		TOR	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.280	.400	.680	8	.39	-0.009	.16	0.00%	0.52	C
26	1949	32 (1)	May 12	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.271	.387	.658	7	.87	-0.091	.32	-0.02%	-0.96	C
27	1950	33	May 14	KCR		OAK	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.263	.375	.638	8	.94	-0.093	.39	-0.02%	-1.10	C
28	1951	34	May 15	KCR		OAK	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.265	.384	.649	7	1.53	-0.100	.56	-0.02%	-0.40	C
29	1952	36 (1)	May 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.280	.404	.684	8	.89	0.000	.23	0.00%	0.31	C
30	1953	37	May 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.279	.393	.672	8	.65	-0.052	.20	-0.01%	-0.52	C
31	1954	38	May 20	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.278	.387	.666	7	1.42	-0.062	.45	-0.01%	-0.80	C
32	1955	40 (1)	May 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.269	.374	.643	6	1.55	-0.146	.38	-0.02%	-1.72	C
33	1956	41	May 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.268	.370	.638	7	1.91	-0.201	.41	-0.03%	-1.39	C
34	1957	42	May 25	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.276	.382	.658	6	.42	-0.017	.08	0.00%	-0.28	C
35	1958	43	May 26	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.275	.378	.653	7	.72	0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.77	C
36	1959	45 (1)	May 28	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.260	.281	.382	.663	7	2.08	-0.085	.51	-0.01%	-0.19	C
37	1960	46	May 29	KCR		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.273	.370	.644	6	1.32	-0.133	.35	-0.02%	-1.15	C
38	1961	47	May 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.273	.388	.661	7	.76	-0.020	.25	0.00%	0.09	C
39	1962	48	May 31	KCR	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.279	.387	.666	7	.60	0.030	.15	0.01%	0.04	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1963	49	Jun 1	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.283	.388	.671	6	1.54	0.045	.34	0.01%	-0.60	C
41	1964	52 (2)	Jun 4	KCR		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.288	.383	.671	7	.56	0.013	.14	0.00%	-0.07	C
42	1965	53	Jun 5	KCR		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263	.294	.408	.702	7	.53	-0.024	.16	0.00%	0.95	C
43	1966	55 (1)	Jun 8	KCR		MON	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.293	.410	.703	6	.58	-0.012	.12	0.00%	0.06	C
44	1967	56	Jun 10 (1)	KCR		MON	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.293	.409	.702	7	.77	0.007	.16	0.00%	-0.05	C
45	1968	58 (1)	Jun 11	KCR		NYM	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.304	.420	.724	7	.92	0.111	.13	0.01%	2.48	C
46	1969	60 (1)	Jun 13	KCR		NYM	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.271	.303	.416	.719	6	.86	0.016	.16	0.00%	0.45	C
47	1970	61	Jun 15	KCR	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266	.302	.408	.710	7	1.48	-0.142	.22	-0.01%	-0.95	C
48	1971	62	Jun 16	KCR	@	ATL	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.272	.306	.416	.722	7	1.46	0.132	.16	0.01%	0.37	C
49	1972	64 (1)	Jun 18	KCR	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.312	.434	.746	6	.98	0.198	.16	0.02%	2.62	C
							22-27		189	175	15	48	10	0	6	23	8	0	32	2	3	1	2	9	1	2	.274	.312	.434	.746		1.06	-0.952	.56	-0.34%	-7.27

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