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.

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 4	CIN		MIL	L,1-5	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	5 (2)	Apr 7	CIN		CHC	L,6-10	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
3	7 (1)	Apr 9	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	15 (7)	Apr 19	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	18 (2)	Apr 22	CIN		LAD	L,2-16	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
6	19	Apr 23	CIN		LAD	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	20	Apr 25	CIN	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	22 (1)	Apr 27	CIN	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	36	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
9	23	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	28	6.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	28 (4)	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-14	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	31 (2)	May 7	CIN		STL	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	33 (1)	May 10	CIN		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	36 (2)	May 13	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
14	40 (3)	May 17	CIN		PIT	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
15	41	May 18	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	46 (4)	May 23	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
17	48 (1)	May 26	CIN		FLA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
18	49	May 27	CIN		FLA	L,6-8	CG	53	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
19	51 (1)	May 30	CIN		MON	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	53 (1)	Jun 1	CIN		MON	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
21	54	Jun 2	CIN		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	56 (1)	Jun 4	CIN		MIN	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	57	Jun 5	CIN		CHW	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
24	59 (1)	Jun 7	CIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
25	61 (1)	Jun 10	CIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	62	Jun 11	CIN	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	64 (1)	Jun 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	C
28	65	Jun 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	66	Jun 16	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
30	67	Jun 17	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	68	Jun 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
32	69	Jun 20	CIN		COL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	70	Jun 21	CIN		COL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	72 (1)	Jun 23	CIN		SDP	L,7-10	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	74 (1)	Jun 25	CIN		SDP	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	75	Jun 26	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	77 (1)	Jun 28	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
38	79 (1)	Jun 30	CIN	@	ARI	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80	Jul 1	CIN	@	ARI	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	81	Jul 2	CIN	@	ARI	W,14-2	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	82	Jul 3	CIN	@	ARI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
42	85 (2)	Jul 6	CIN	@	STL	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
43	86	Jul 7	CIN		CLE	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	91 (4)	Jul 15	CIN	@	COL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	93 (1)	Jul 17	CIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
46	97 (3)	Jul 21	CIN		ARI	L,4-5	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	98	Jul 22	CIN		ARI	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	99	Jul 23	CIN		ARI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	101 (1)	Jul 25	CIN		HOU	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	106 (4)	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-0	GF	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	107	Aug 1	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
52	108	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	109	Aug 4	CIN		FLA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	110	Aug 5	CIN		FLA	L,5-10	GF	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	111	Aug 6	CIN		FLA	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
56	112	Aug 7	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	113	Aug 8	CIN		ATL	L,4-5	GF	10	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	122 (8)	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	123	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	125 (1)	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
61	126	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
62	127	Aug 24	CIN		PHI	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	130 (2)	Aug 27	CIN	@	FLA	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	134 (3)	Aug 31	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	135	Sep 1	CIN		MON	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
66	137 (1)	Sep 3	CIN		MON	W,8-1	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
67	138	Sep 4	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	139	Sep 5	CIN		NYM	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	140	Sep 6	CIN		NYM	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	141	Sep 8 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
71	143 (1)	Sep 9	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
72	146 (2)	Sep 12	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	147	Sep 13	CIN		CHC	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	148	Sep 14	CIN		MIL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
75	149	Sep 15	CIN		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	150	Sep 16	CIN		MIL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
77	152 (1)	Sep 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	153	Sep 19	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	154	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
80	155	Sep 22	CIN		HOU	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	156	Sep 23	CIN		HOU	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH C
82	157	Sep 24	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	158	Sep 26	CIN	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	160 (1)	Sep 28	CIN	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							84gm		608.2	428	36	3	467	4