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Benito Santiago Benito Santiago
Full name: Benito (Rivera) Santiago
Born: March 9, 1965, Ponce, Puerto Rico
First Game: September 14, 1986
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180
NL Rookie of the Year (1987)
NLCS MVP (2002)
TSN NL Rookie Player of the Year (1987)
C on TSN NL All-Star Team (1987, 1989 and 1991)
NL Silver Slugger as C (1987 to 1988 and 1990 to 1991)
NL Gold Glove as C (1988 to 1990)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1986 SD  N Daily Splits   17    62   10   18   2   0   3    6    2   0   12   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   1  .290  .308  .468  -0.4 1986 SD  N
1987 SD  N Daily Splits  146   546   64  164  33   2  18   79   16   2  112   5   1   4   0   8  12   21  12  .300  .324  .467   1.4 1987 SD  N
1988 SD  N Daily Splits  139   492   49  122  22   2  10   46   24   2   82   1   5   5   0   2  18   15   7  .248  .282  .362   0.8 1988 SD  N
1989 SD  N Daily Splits  129   462   50  109  16   3  16   62   26   6   89   1   3   2   0   7   9   11   6  .236  .277  .387   0.4 1989 SD  N
1990 SD  N Daily Splits  100   344   42   93   8   5  11   53   27   2   55   3   1   7   0   2   4    5   5  .270  .323  .419   1.0 1990 SD  N
1991 SD  N Daily Splits  152   580   60  155  22   3  17   87   23   5  114   4   0   7   0   7  21    8  10  .267  .296  .403   0.8 1991 SD  N
1992 SD  N Daily Splits  106   386   37   97  21   0  10   42   21   1   52   0   0   4   0   2  14    2   5  .251  .287  .383  -1.0 1992 SD  N
1993 FLA N Daily Splits  139   469   49  108  19   6  13   50   37   2   88   5   0   4   1  16   9   10   7  .230  .291  .380  -1.4 1993 FLA N
1994 FLA N Daily Splits  101   337   35   92  14   2  11   41   25   1   57   1   2   4   0   1  11    1   2  .273  .322  .424   1.0 1994 FLA N
1995 CIN N Daily Splits   81   266   40   76  20   0  11   44   24   1   48   4   0   2   0   6   7    2   2  .286  .351  .485   1.8 1995 CIN N
1996 PHI N Daily Splits  136   481   71  127  21   2  30   85   49   7  104   1   0   2   0   8   8    2   0  .264  .332  .503   1.7 1996 PHI N
1997 TOR A Daily Splits   97   341   31   83  10   0  13   42   17   1   80   2   1   5   0   5  10    1   0  .243  .279  .387  -0.8 1997 TOR A
1998 TOR A Daily Splits   15    29    3    9   5   0   0    4    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .310  .333  .483  -0.3 1998 TOR A
1999 CHI N Daily Splits  109   350   28   87  18   3   7   36   32   6   71   2   0   2   0   9  13    1   1  .249  .313  .377  -1.6 1999 CHI N
2000 CIN N Daily Splits   89   252   22   66  11   1   8   45   19   8   45   1   0   5   0   3   7    2   2  .262  .310  .409   0.2 2000 CIN N
2001 SF  N Daily Splits  133   477   39  125  25   4   6   45   23   0   78   2   7   6   0  10  19    5   4  .262  .295  .369  -1.3 2001 SF  N
2002 SF  N Daily Splits  126   478   56  133  24   5  16   74   27   8   73   2   3   7   0  12  19    4   2  .278  .315  .450   0.7 2002 SF  N
2003 SF  N Daily Splits  108   401   53  112  21   2  11   56   29   0   69   2   0   2   0   4  13    0   1  .279  .329  .424  -0.3 2003 SF  N
2004 KC  A Daily Splits   49   175   15   48  10   0   6   23    8   0   32   2   3   1   0   2   9    1   2  .274  .312  .434  -1.1 2004 KC  A
Total NL                1811  6383  705 1684 297  40 198  851  404  51 1149  34  22  64   1  97 184   89  67  .264  .308  .416   3.8 Total NL        
Total AL                 161   545   49  140  25   0  19   69   26   1  118   4   4   6   0   7  20    2   2  .257  .293  .407  -2.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1972  6928  754 1824 322  40 217  920  430  52 1267  38  26  70   1 104 204   91  69  .263  .307  .415   1.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 CIN N Daily Splits    3     9    2    3   0   0   1    3    3   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .462  .667 1995 CIN N
2002 SF  N Daily Splits    5    21    1    5   2   0   0    5    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .238  .273  .333 2002 SF  N
2003 SF  N Daily Splits    4    11    0    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .250  .182 2003 SF  N
Total            Splits   12    41    3   10   2   0   1    8    5   0   10   0   1   1   0   0   1    0   0  .244  .319  .366 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 CIN N Daily Splits    4    13    0    3   0   0   0    0    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .231  .333  .231 1995 CIN N
2002 SF  N Daily Splits    5    20    2    6   0   0   2    6    2   0    4   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .300  .364  .600 2002 SF  N
Total            Splits    9    33    2    9   0   0   2    6    4   0    7   0   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .273  .351  .455 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
2002 SF  N Daily Splits    7    26    2    6   0   0   0    5    3   1    4   0   0   1   0   0   3    0   0  .231  .300  .231 2002 SF  N
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1989 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1989 NL   
1991 NL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1991 NL   
1992 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1992 NL   
2002 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 2002 NL   
Total            Splits    4     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .143  .143 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1986 SD  N Daily   C   17   15   14   137.2    80    7    5    2   0    3    3   14    1  .946
1987 SD  N Daily   C  146  140  130  1220.2   817   80   22   12   0   22   50  104    5  .976
1988 SD  N Daily   C  136  128  125  1168.1   725   75   12   11   0    9   46   57    9  .985
1989 SD  N Daily   C  127  122  115  1087.2   685   81   20   10   0   14   32   46   15  .975
1990 SD  N Daily   C   98   89   84   799.2   538   51   12    6   0    6   31   60    4  .980
1991 SD  N Daily   C  151  148  138  1305.1   830  100   14   14   0    8   57   93    1  .985
1991 SD  N        LF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1991 SD  N        OF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1992 SD  N Daily   C  103   98   91   885.1   584   53   12    6   0    0   42   73    0  .982
1993 FLA N Daily   C  136  125  114  1095     740   64   11    4   0   23   39   90    7  .987
1993 FLA N        LF    1    0    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1993 FLA N        OF    1    0    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1994 FLA N Daily   C   97   88   86   786.2   511   66    5    6   0    6   40   45    2  .991
1995 CIN N Daily   C   75   71   60   606     461   33    2    4   0    6   13   34    1  .996
1995 CIN N        1B    8    1    1    23      19    2    0    2   0                     1.000
1996 PHI N Daily   C  114  112  110   982     723   61   10    5   0    8   28   64    1  .987
1996 PHI N        1B   14   12   12   111     111    6    1    9   0                      .992
1997 TOR A Daily   C   95   93   89   819.1   621   40    2   10   0    7   31   48    2  .997
1997 TOR A        DH    1    1    1                                                          -
1998 TOR A Daily   C   15    6    5    68      45    2    0    0   0    1    0   10    0 1.000
1999 CHI N Daily   C  107   95   83   841.1   560   43    6    8   0   10   25   42    0  .990
1999 CHI N        1B    1    0    0     1       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
2000 CIN N Daily   C   84   66   56   608.2   428   36    3    4   0    5   14   19    1  .994
2001 SF  N Daily   C  130  119  107  1080     830   63    5   12   0    8   35   66    0  .994
2001 SF  N        1B    2    1    0     8       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
2002 SF  N Daily   C  125  122  109  1066.2   739   53    4   10   0    7   25   58    0  .995
2003 SF  N Daily   C  106  106   87   902.2   629   34    5    3   0    8   10   44    0  .993
2004 KC  A Daily   C   49   48   45   416     228   18    1    3   0    6    8   28    0  .996
Total              C 1911 1791 1648 15877   10774  960  151  130   0  157  529  995   49  .987
Total             1B   25   14   13   143     139    8    1   11   0                      .993
Total             OF    2    0    0     3.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -     2    0    0 
Total             LF    2    0    0     3.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total             DH    1    1    1                                                          -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1995 CIN N Daily   C    3    3    3    27      20    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
2002 SF  N Daily   C    5    5    5    44      32    2    1    0   0    1    1    2    0  .971
2003 SF  N Daily   C    3    3    2    25      17    1    0    1   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
Total              C   11   11   10    96      69    3    1    1   0    1    1    4    0  .986
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1995 CIN N Daily   C    4    4    3    35      23    1    0    1   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
2002 SF  N Daily   C    5    5    5    45      24    2    0    1   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
Total              C    9    9    8    80      47    3    0    2   0    0    2    3    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
2002 SF  N Daily   C    7    7    7    60      40    1    1    0   0    1    0    6    0  .976
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1989 NL    Daily   C    1    1    0     3       0    0    1    0   0    0    0    1    0  .000
1991 NL    Daily   C    1    1    0     6       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1992 NL    Daily   C    1    1    0     4       3    0    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
2002 NL    Daily   C    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              C    4    3    0    15       7    0    1    0   0    0    0    3    0  .875
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Diego Padres (September 1, 1982).

Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).

Signed by Florida Marlins (December 16, 1992).

Granted free agency (October 20, 1994).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (April 17, 1995).

Granted free agency (October 31, 1995).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 30, 1996).

Granted free agency (November 18, 1996).

Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 9, 1996).

Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).

Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 9, 1998).

Granted free agency (October 28, 1999).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 24, 2000).

Granted free agency (November 3, 2000).

Signed by San Francisco Giants (March 17, 2001).

Granted free agency (November 7, 2001).

Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 7, 2001).

Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 11, 2003).

Traded by Kansas City Royals with cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Leo
Nunez (December 16, 2004).


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