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.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	PHI		COL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
2	2	Apr 3	PHI		COL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 4	PHI		COL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 5	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 8	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	7	Apr 10	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	8	Apr 11	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	9	Apr 12	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	11 (1)	Apr 14	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
10	12	Apr 16	PHI	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	6	0	1	7	0	C
11	13	Apr 17	PHI	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	18	0	0	18	1	1B
12	14	Apr 18	PHI	@	MON	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	15	Apr 19	PHI		STL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
14	16	Apr 20	PHI		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 22	PHI		PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
16	19	Apr 23	PHI		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	20	Apr 24	PHI	@	COL	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	21	Apr 25	PHI	@	COL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
19	22	Apr 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	23	Apr 27	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
21	24	Apr 30	PHI	@	FLA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	25	May 1	PHI	@	FLA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
23	26	May 2	PHI	@	FLA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
24	27	May 3	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	28	May 4	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	29	May 5	PHI	@	ATL	L,8-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
27	30	May 6	PHI		HOU	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	31	May 7	PHI		HOU	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
29	32	May 8	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
30	33	May 10	PHI		ATL	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	35 (1)	May 12	PHI		ATL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	36	May 13	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
33	37	May 14	PHI		SFG	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	39 (1)	May 16	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
35	40	May 17	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	42 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	43	May 21	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
38	44	May 22	PHI	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	46 (1)	May 24	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
40	47	May 25	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
41	48	May 26	PHI	@	SFG	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	49	May 28	PHI		LAD	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
43	50	May 29	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	51	May 30	PHI		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
45	52	May 31	PHI		SDP	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	54 (1)	Jun 2	PHI		SDP	W,9-8	CG	51	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
47	55	Jun 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
48	57 (1)	Jun 5	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
49	59 (1)	Jun 8	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	60	Jun 9	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	61	Jun 10	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	62	Jun 11	PHI		CHC	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
53	64 (1)	Jun 13	PHI	@	COL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	65	Jun 14	PHI	@	COL	L,6-10	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
55	66	Jun 15	PHI	@	COL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	67	Jun 16	PHI	@	COL	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
57	68	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	70 (1)	Jun 21	PHI		COL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
59	71	Jun 22	PHI		COL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	72	Jun 23	PHI		COL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	C
61	73	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	74	Jun 25 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
63	77 (2)	Jun 28	PHI		MON	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	78	Jun 29	PHI		MON	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
65	79	Jun 30	PHI		MON	L,5-6	GS	15	3.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	80	Jul 1	PHI		NYM	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	81	Jul 2	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
68	82	Jul 3	PHI		NYM	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	84 (1)	Jul 5	PHI		FLA	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	86 (1)	Jul 7	PHI		FLA	L,4-7	CG	48	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
71	87	Jul 11	PHI	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
72	88	Jul 12	PHI	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	89	Jul 13	PHI	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	91 (1)	Jul 15	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	93 (1)	Jul 17	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	94	Jul 18	PHI	@	FLA	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	97 (2)	Jul 21	PHI	@	FLA	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	98	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	100 (1)	Jul 23	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	102 (1)	Jul 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	103	Jul 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	104	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
83	105	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	106	Jul 30	PHI		STL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	107	Aug 1 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
86	109 (1)	Aug 2	PHI		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
87	111 (1)	Aug 4	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	112	Aug 5	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
89	113	Aug 6	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	114	Aug 7	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-14	GS	22	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	115	Aug 8	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	116	Aug 9	PHI		HOU	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
93	117	Aug 10	PHI		HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
94	119 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		ATL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
95	121 (1)	Aug 14	PHI		ATL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	122	Aug 15	PHI		ATL	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
97	123	Aug 16	PHI		SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	124	Aug 17	PHI		SFG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
99	126 (1)	Aug 20	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
100	127	Aug 21	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
101	128	Aug 22	PHI	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
102	129	Aug 23	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	130	Aug 24	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	132 (1)	Aug 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
105	133	Aug 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
106	134	Aug 28	PHI	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
107	135	Aug 30	PHI		LAD	L,6-7	CG	51	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
108	136	Aug 31	PHI		LAD	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	137	Sep 1	PHI		LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
110	138	Sep 2	PHI		SDP	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	C
111	139	Sep 3	PHI		SDP	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
112	140	Sep 4	PHI		SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
113	141	Sep 5	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
114	142	Sep 6	PHI		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	143	Sep 7	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
116	144	Sep 8	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
117	145	Sep 10	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	146	Sep 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
119	147	Sep 12	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
120	148	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
121	149	Sep 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	150	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
123	151	Sep 17	PHI		FLA	L,5-11	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
124	152	Sep 18	PHI		FLA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
125	153	Sep 19	PHI		NYM	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
126	154	Sep 20	PHI		NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
127	155	Sep 21	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
128	157 (1)	Sep 24	PHI		MON	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
							128gm		1093.0	834	67	11	912	14