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.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 2	TOR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
3	3	Apr 4	TOR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 6	TOR		MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	6	Apr 9	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	7	Apr 10	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	8	Apr 13	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	23 (14)	Apr 30	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24	May 1	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	26 (1)	May 3	TOR		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	27	May 4	TOR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
12	28	May 5	TOR		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	29	May 6	TOR		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	31 (1)	May 8	TOR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	32	May 9	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	33	May 10	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	C
17	34	May 11	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
18	35	May 12	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	36	May 13	TOR	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	38 (1)	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	40 (1)	May 18	TOR		CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
22	41	May 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	42	May 21	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
24	43	May 23	TOR		ANA	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	45 (1)	May 25	TOR		ANA	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	46	May 26	TOR		TEX	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
27	48 (1)	May 28	TOR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
28	49	May 29	TOR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	50	May 30	TOR	@	OAK	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	52 (1)	Jun 1	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	53	Jun 2	TOR	@	SEA	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	54	Jun 3	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
33	55	Jun 5	TOR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	56	Jun 6	TOR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	57	Jun 7	TOR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	60 (2)	Jun 11	TOR		SEA	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
37	61	Jun 13	TOR	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	62	Jun 14	TOR	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	65 (2)	Jun 17	TOR		ATL	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	66	Jun 18	TOR		ATL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	68 (1)	Jun 21	TOR		BAL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
42	70 (1)	Jun 23	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	71	Jun 24	TOR		BOS	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	74 (2)	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	75	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	77 (1)	Jun 30	TOR		MON	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	79 (1)	Jul 2	TOR		MON	W,7-6	CG	52	13.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
48	82 (2)	Jul 5	TOR		NYY	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
49	88 (5)	Jul 14	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
50	89	Jul 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	92 (2)	Jul 18	TOR	@	ANA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
52	93	Jul 19	TOR	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	C
53	98 (4)	Jul 25	TOR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	99	Jul 26	TOR		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	100	Jul 27	TOR		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	102 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-9	CG	47	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	104 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
58	105	Jul 31	TOR	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	108 (2)	Aug 3	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	109	Aug 4	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
61	111 (1)	Aug 6	TOR		CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
62	113 (1)	Aug 8	TOR		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	114	Aug 9	TOR		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	115	Aug 10	TOR		DET	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	116	Aug 11	TOR		DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
66	118 (1)	Aug 13	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	119	Aug 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	122 (2)	Aug 18	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
69	124 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	125	Aug 20	TOR	@	CHW	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	128 (2)	Aug 23	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
72	129	Aug 24	TOR	@	KCR	W,11-8	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	130	Aug 26	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	C
74	131	Aug 27	TOR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	133 (1)	Aug 29	TOR		FLA	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
76	134	Aug 30	TOR		FLA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	136 (1)	Sep 1	TOR	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	138 (1)	Sep 3	TOR	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	139	Sep 4	TOR		TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
80	140	Sep 5	TOR		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	141	Sep 6	TOR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	143 (1)	Sep 8	TOR		ANA	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	144	Sep 9	TOR		ANA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
84	146 (1)	Sep 11	TOR	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
85	148 (1)	Sep 13	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
86	150 (1)	Sep 15	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	151	Sep 17	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	153 (1)	Sep 19	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
89	154	Sep 20	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	41	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
90	155	Sep 21	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
91	156	Sep 22	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	158 (1)	Sep 24	TOR		BAL	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
93	159	Sep 25	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	160	Sep 26	TOR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
95	161	Sep 27	TOR		BOS	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							95gm		819.1	621	40	2	663	10