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Benito Santiago
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Birthdate: 3/9/1965    
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 182 lbs. Place of Birth: Ponce, , P.R.
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Benito Santiago’s trademarks was a rapid, on-the-money throwing arm and his selection of pitch-calling was well-liked by the Padres’ pitching staff. Born in Ponce Puerto Rico on 3-9-65 he broke into the majors with San Diego at age 21. Santiago started the season with Las Vegas Triple-A in 1986, where he nailed 49% of would-be base stealers and led the league with 655 total chances. Called up by the Padres in September, he lined a two-base hit in his first major league at bat off Houston’s Mike Scott, and eight days later belted a 10th-inning walk-off homer. In 17 games, he hit .290, with 3 doubles and 2 homers. In 1987 was an unanimous selection for the Rookie of the Year, when he batted .300, with 33 Ds, 18 Hrs, 79 RBIs. In 1988 he won his first of three straight Gold Glove Awards.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
20 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1986 SDP (NL) 17 62 10 18 2 0 3 6 2 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 .290 .308 SLG
1987 SDP (NL) 146 546 64 164 33 2 18 79 16 112 21 12 2 5 1 4 .300 .324 SLG
1988 SDP (NL) 139 492 49 122 22 2 10 46 24 82 15 7 2 1 5 5 .248 .282 SLG
1989 SDP (NL) 129 462 50 109 16 3 16 62 26 89 11 6 6 1 3 2 .236 .277 SLG
1990 SDP (NL) 100 344 42 93 8 5 11 53 27 55 5 5 2 3 1 7 .270 .323 SLG
1991 SDP (NL) 152 580 60 155 22 3 17 87 23 114 8 10 5 4 0 7 .267 .296 SLG
1992 SDP (NL) 106 386 37 97 21 0 10 42 21 52 2 5 1 0 0 4 .251 .287 SLG
1993 FLA (NL) 139 469 49 108 19 6 13 50 37 88 10 7 2 5 0 4 .230 .291 SLG
1994 FLA (NL) 101 337 35 92 14 2 11 41 25 57 1 2 1 1 2 4 .273 .322 SLG
1995 CIN (NL) 81 266 40 76 20 0 11 44 24 48 2 2 1 4 0 2 .286 .351 SLG
1996 PHI (NL) 136 481 71 127 21 2 30 85 49 104 2 0 7 1 0 2 .264 .332 SLG
1997 TOR (AL) 97 341 31 83 10 0 13 42 17 80 1 0 1 2 1 5 .243 .279 SLG
1998 TOR (AL) 15 29 3 9 5 0 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 .333 SLG
1999 CHC (NL) 109 350 28 87 18 3 7 36 32 71 1 1 6 2 0 2 .249 .313 SLG
2000 CIN (NL) 89 252 22 66 11 1 8 45 19 45 2 2 8 1 0 5 .262 .310 SLG
2001 SFG (NL) 133 477 39 125 25 4 6 45 23 78 5 4 0 2 7 6 .262 .295 SLG
2002 SFG (NL) 126 478 56 133 24 5 16 74 27 73 4 2 8 2 3 7 .278 .315 SLG
2003 SFG (NL) 108 401 53 112 21 2 11 56 29 69 0 1 0 2 0 2 .279 .329 SLG
2004 KCR (AL) 49 175 15 48 10 0 6 23 8 32 1 2 0 2 3 1 .274 .312 SLG
2005 PIT (NL) 6 23 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .261 SLG
20 years   1978 6951 755 1830 323 41 217 920 430 1270 91 69 52 38 26 70 .263 .307 .SLG



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