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.

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 1	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 2	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 4	SFG	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 5	SFG	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 7	SFG		SDP	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	8	Apr 8	SFG		SDP	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 10	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 11	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 14	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	14	Apr 15	SFG		HOU	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	15	Apr 16	SFG		HOU	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	16	Apr 18	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	17	Apr 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	19 (1)	Apr 22	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	20	Apr 23	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
17	22 (1)	Apr 25	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	23	Apr 26	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	25 (1)	Apr 29	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	26	Apr 30	SFG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	28 (1)	May 2	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
22	30 (1)	May 4	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	31	May 6	SFG	@	FLA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
24	32	May 7	SFG	@	FLA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
25	34 (1)	May 9	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	35	May 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	37 (1)	May 12	SFG		MON	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	38	May 13	SFG		MON	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	40 (1)	May 15	SFG		NYM	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	41	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,7-5	GS	30	6.2	13	0	0	13	0	C
31	43 (1)	May 18	SFG		NYM	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
32	44	May 19	SFG	@	ARI	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	45	May 20	SFG	@	ARI	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
34	46	May 21	SFG	@	ARI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	47	May 23	SFG	@	COL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	49 (1)	May 25	SFG	@	COL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	50	May 26	SFG	@	COL	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	51	May 27	SFG		ARI	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	52	May 28	SFG		ARI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	53	May 30	SFG		COL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	54	May 31	SFG		COL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	56 (1)	Jun 2	SFG		COL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
43	57	Jun 3	SFG		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	58	Jun 4	SFG		MIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
45	59	Jun 5	SFG		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
46	61 (1)	Jun 7	SFG		DET	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	62	Jun 8	SFG		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	63	Jun 10	SFG	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	64	Jun 11	SFG	@	CHW	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	65	Jun 12	SFG	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	66	Jun 13	SFG	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	67	Jun 14	SFG	@	KCR	W,7-4	GS	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	69 (1)	Jun 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	70	Jun 18	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
55	71	Jun 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
56	72	Jun 20	SFG	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	73	Jun 21	SFG	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	75 (1)	Jun 23	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
59	76	Jun 24	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	78 (1)	Jun 27	SFG		OAK	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	80 (1)	Jun 29	SFG		OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	81	Jun 30	SFG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	82	Jul 1	SFG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	83	Jul 2	SFG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	85 (1)	Jul 4	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-6	GS	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
66	90 (4)	Jul 9	SFG	@	COL	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	106 (15)	Jul 29	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	107	Jul 30	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	109 (1)	Aug 1	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
70	110	Aug 2	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
71	111	Aug 3	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	112	Aug 5	SFG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	113	Aug 6	SFG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	115 (1)	Aug 8	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	116	Aug 9	SFG		PHI	L,6-8	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
76	118 (1)	Aug 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	119	Aug 13	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-9	GS	40	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
79	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	123 (1)	Aug 18	SFG	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	124	Aug 19	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	125	Aug 20	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
83	126	Aug 21	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	127	Aug 22	SFG		FLA	W,6-4	GS	32	7.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	129 (1)	Aug 24	SFG		FLA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	130	Aug 26	SFG	@	COL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	131	Aug 27	SFG	@	COL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	133 (1)	Aug 29	SFG	@	ARI	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	134	Aug 30	SFG	@	ARI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
90	135	Aug 31	SFG	@	ARI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	137 (1)	Sep 2	SFG		COL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	139 (1)	Sep 5	SFG		ARI	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	140	Sep 6	SFG		ARI	W,5-4	GS	43	10.0	14	0	1	15	0	C
94	143 (2)	Sep 10	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	144	Sep 11	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	145	Sep 12	SFG		MIL	W,8-2	GS	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
97	147 (1)	Sep 14	SFG		MIL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
98	148	Sep 15	SFG		SDP	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	149	Sep 16	SFG		SDP	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	150	Sep 17	SFG		SDP	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
101	152 (1)	Sep 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	153	Sep 20	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	155 (1)	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-3	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	158 (1)	Sep 26	SFG		LAD	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	159	Sep 27 (1)	SFG		LAD	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							106gm		902.2	629	34	5	668	3