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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
5	5	Apr 11	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	SDP		SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
10	10	Apr 16	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	14 (1)	Apr 20	SDP		CIN	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	15	Apr 21	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	16	Apr 22	SDP		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	17	Apr 23	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
17	18	Apr 24	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	19	Apr 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
19	21 (1)	Apr 28	SDP	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	22	Apr 29	SDP	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	23	Apr 30	SDP	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	25	May 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	26	May 3	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
25	27	May 4	SDP		PIT	W,9-5	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	28	May 5	SDP		PIT	L,8-10	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	29	May 6	SDP		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 7	SDP		STL	L,10-17	GS	24	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
29	31	May 8	SDP		CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
30	32	May 9	SDP		CHC	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	33	May 10	SDP		CHC	W,14-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	34	May 12	SDP	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
33	35	May 13	SDP	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	36	May 14	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	37	May 15	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
36	40 (2)	May 18	SDP	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	41	May 19	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	42	May 20	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
39	43	May 22	SDP		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	44	May 23	SDP		MON	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
41	45	May 24	SDP		MON	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	46	May 25	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
43	47	May 26	SDP		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	48	May 27	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	49	May 29	SDP		NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
46	50	May 30	SDP		NYM	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
47	51	May 31	SDP		NYM	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	52	Jun 2	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
49	54 (1)	Jun 4	SDP	@	MON	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	58 (3)	Jun 8	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	59	Jun 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	60	Jun 10	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	61	Jun 11	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
54	62	Jun 12	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	63	Jun 13	SDP	@	SFG	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	65 (1)	Jun 16	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	66	Jun 17	SDP		LAD	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
58	67	Jun 18	SDP		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	68	Jun 19	SDP		SFG	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
60	69	Jun 20	SDP		SFG	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	70	Jun 21	SDP		SFG	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
62	71	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	72	Jun 24	SDP		HOU	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
64	75 (2)	Jun 27	SDP		ATL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	76	Jun 28	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	77	Jun 29	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-0	GS	17	5.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	79 (1)	Jul 1	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
68	80	Jul 3	SDP	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
70	82	Jul 5	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	83	Jul 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	84	Jul 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	85	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	86	Jul 10	SDP	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	48	10.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
75	87	Jul 11	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	88	Jul 12	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
77	89	Jul 16	SDP		STL	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	15	0	1	16	0	C
78	90	Jul 17	SDP		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	91	Jul 18	SDP		STL	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	92	Jul 19	SDP		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	93	Jul 20	SDP		CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
82	96 (2)	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	97	Jul 24	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
84	98	Jul 25	SDP		PIT	L,3-9	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	99	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	100	Jul 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	101	Jul 29	SDP	@	CIN	L,5-15	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	102	Jul 30	SDP	@	CIN	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	103	Jul 31	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	104	Aug 1	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
91	105	Aug 2	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	106	Aug 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	107	Aug 5	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	108	Aug 6	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	109	Aug 7	SDP		HOU	W,7-1	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
96	110	Aug 8	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	111	Aug 9	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	112	Aug 10	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	113	Aug 11	SDP		ATL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	114	Aug 12	SDP		ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
101	115	Aug 13	SDP		ATL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
102	116	Aug 14 (1)	SDP		CIN	L,0-2	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
103	117	Aug 14 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,15-8	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
104	118	Aug 16	SDP		CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	119	Aug 18	SDP	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	49	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
106	120	Aug 19	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
107	121	Aug 20	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-10	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	122	Aug 21	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
109	123	Aug 22	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	124	Aug 23	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	125	Aug 25	SDP		MON	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
112	126	Aug 26	SDP		MON	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
113	127	Aug 27	SDP		MON	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	128	Aug 28	SDP		PHI	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
115	129	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
116	130	Aug 30	SDP		PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
117	131	Aug 31	SDP		NYM	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	SDP		NYM	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
119	133	Sep 2	SDP		NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
120	134	Sep 4	SDP	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
121	135	Sep 5	SDP	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
122	136	Sep 6	SDP	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	138 (1)	Sep 8	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	139	Sep 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
125	140	Sep 10	SDP		HOU	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
126	141	Sep 11	SDP		HOU	W,11-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	142	Sep 13	SDP		HOU	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	143	Sep 14	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	7	1	1	9	1	C
129	144	Sep 15	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-13	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
130	145	Sep 16	SDP		ATL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
131	146	Sep 17	SDP		ATL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
132	147	Sep 18	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
133	148	Sep 19	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	49	14.0	12	2	1	15	0	C
134	150 (1)	Sep 22	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
135	151	Sep 23	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	59	13.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
136	152	Sep 24	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
137	153	Sep 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
138	154	Sep 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
139	155	Sep 27	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
140	156	Sep 28	SDP		SFG	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
141	157	Sep 29	SDP		SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
142	158	Sep 30	SDP		CIN	L,1-3	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
143	159	Oct 1	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
144	160	Oct 2	SDP		LAD	L,3-10	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
145	161	Oct 3	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
146	162	Oct 4	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							146gm		1220.2	817	80	22	919	12