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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	SDP		LAD	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 13	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
8	9	Apr 14	SDP		LAD	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	10	Apr 15	SDP		SFG	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
10	11	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 18	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
12	14	Apr 22	SDP		HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	15	Apr 23	SDP		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	16	Apr 24	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	17	Apr 26	SDP		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	18	Apr 27	SDP		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 28	SDP		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	20	Apr 29	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	21	Apr 30	SDP		PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	22	May 1	SDP		PIT	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
21	23	May 2	SDP		CHC	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
22	24	May 3	SDP		CHC	L,5-13	GS	37	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	25	May 4	SDP		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	26	May 6	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	50	11.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	27	May 7	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	28	May 8	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
27	29	May 9	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 10	SDP	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	31	May 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	41	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	32	May 12	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	13	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
31	33	May 13	SDP		MON	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
32	34	May 14	SDP		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	35	May 15	SDP		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
34	36	May 16	SDP		NYM	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
35	38 (1)	May 18	SDP		NYM	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
36	39	May 19	SDP		NYM	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	40	May 20	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	41	May 21	SDP		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
39	43 (1)	May 24	SDP	@	MON	L,6-7	GS	53	12.1	7	1	0	8	1	C
40	44	May 25	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
41	45	May 26	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	46	May 27	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	48 (1)	May 29	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	49	May 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
45	50	May 31	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	51	Jun 1	SDP	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	52	Jun 3	SDP		ATL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	53	Jun 4	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
49	54	Jun 5	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	55	Jun 6	SDP		CIN	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
51	56	Jun 7	SDP		CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	57	Jun 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
53	58	Jun 9	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	59	Jun 10	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	60	Jun 11	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
56	61	Jun 12	SDP		LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	63 (1)	Jun 14	SDP		SFG	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	64	Jun 15	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	C
59	65	Jun 17 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	66	Jun 17 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	68 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	69	Jun 19 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	2	1	0	3	0	PR C
63	70	Jun 20	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	71	Jun 21	SDP	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	73	Jun 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	74	Jun 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	78 (3)	Jun 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	79	Jun 30	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	80	Jul 1	SDP		STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	81	Jul 2	SDP		STL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
72	82	Jul 3	SDP		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
73	83	Jul 4	SDP		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	84	Jul 5	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
75	85	Jul 7	SDP		PIT	L,0-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
76	86	Jul 8	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
77	87	Jul 9	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	88	Jul 10	SDP		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	89	Jul 14	SDP	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	90	Jul 15	SDP	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
81	91	Jul 16	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	0	1	3	0	C
82	93 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	95 (1)	Jul 20	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
84	96	Jul 21	SDP	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	97	Jul 22	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	10.2	9	1	1	11	0	C
86	99 (1)	Jul 24	SDP	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	100	Jul 26	SDP		HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	101	Jul 27	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	102	Jul 28	SDP		HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	103	Jul 29	SDP		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	106 (2)	Aug 1	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
92	107	Aug 2	SDP		ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
93	108	Aug 3	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	109	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
95	110	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
96	111	Aug 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	112	Aug 9	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	113	Aug 10	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	68	16.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
99	114	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	115	Aug 12	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	116	Aug 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	118 (1)	Aug 15	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
103	119	Aug 16	SDP		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
104	120	Aug 17	SDP		MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	122 (1)	Aug 19	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
106	123	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
107	124	Aug 22	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	125	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	126	Aug 24	SDP		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	127	Aug 26	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
111	128	Aug 27	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
112	129	Aug 28	SDP	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
113	130	Aug 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	131	Aug 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
115	132	Aug 31	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	133	Sep 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
117	134	Sep 3	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	136 (1)	Sep 6	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	137	Sep 7	SDP		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	138	Sep 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
121	139	Sep 9	SDP		ATL	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
122	140	Sep 10	SDP		ATL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	142 (1)	Sep 12	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
124	143	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	144	Sep 14	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	GS	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
126	145	Sep 17 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
127	147 (1)	Sep 18	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
128	148	Sep 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
129	149	Sep 20	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
130	150	Sep 21 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
131	152 (1)	Sep 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
132	153	Sep 23	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
133	154	Sep 24	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
134	156 (1)	Sep 26	SDP		LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
135	157	Sep 27	SDP		LAD	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
136	158	Sep 28	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	60	16.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
							136gm		1168.1	725	75	12	812	11