Benito Santiago

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb

BornMarch 9, 1965 · Ponce, P.R.

MLB debutSeptember 14, 1986

Final gameApril 11, 2005

Seasons20 (1986–2005)

San Diego Padres 1986–1992; Florida Marlins 1993–1994; Cincinnati Reds 1995; Philadelphia Phillies 1996; Toronto Blue Jays 1997–1998; Chicago Cubs 1999; Cincinnati Reds 2000; San Francisco Giants 2001–2003; Kansas City Royals 2004; Pittsburgh Pirates 2005

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified batters

126

2.6

517

7.1

478

16.2

9.1

133

23.4

16.9

72.7

RBI

48.1

9.1

70.1

27.3

62.3

.278

53.2

OBP

.315

18.2

SLG

.450

49.4

OPS

.765

wRC+

98.3

32.5

OPS+

103.9

38.3

wOBA

.331

30.5

sWAR

2.7

48.7

of 155 qualified 2002 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

90.2

23.4

OPS+

92.7

27.4

sWAR

32.1

96.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	17	65	62	10	18	2	0	3	6	2	12	0	1	.290	.308	.468	.775	111.5	113.3	.346	0.5
1987	146	572	546	64	164	33	2	18	79	16	112	21	12	.300	.324	.467	.791	109.1	110.0	.348	3.8
1988	139	527	492	49	122	22	2	10	46	24	82	15	7	.248	.282	.362	.643	83.4	85.7	.294	2.0
1989	129	494	462	50	109	16	3	16	62	26	89	11	6	.236	.277	.387	.664	84.6	88.9	.299	1.9
1990	100	382	344	42	93	8	5	11	53	27	55	5	5	.270	.323	.419	.741	102.0	102.6	.334	2.3
1991	152	614	580	60	155	22	3	17	87	23	114	8	10	.267	.296	.403	.700	89.3	93.5	.313	2.6
1992	106	411	386	37	97	21	0	10	42	21	52	2	5	.251	.287	.383	.671	84.3	87.2	.306	1.6
1993	139	515	469	49	108	19	6	13	50	37	88	10	7	.230	.291	.380	.671	74.1	75.6	.302	1.2
1994	101	369	337	35	92	14	2	11	41	25	57	1	2	.273	.322	.424	.746	90.8	91.3	.330	1.6
1995	81	296	266	40	76	20	0	11	44	24	48	2	2	.286	.351	.485	.836	120.4	119.6	.370	2.3
1996	136	533	481	71	127	21	2	30	85	49	104	2	0	.264	.332	.503	.835	114.0	116.4	.362	3.5
1997	97	366	341	31	83	10	0	13	42	17	80	1	0	.243	.279	.387	.667	68.4	72.5	.292	0.6
1998	15	30	29	3	9	5	0	0	4	1	6	0	0	.310	.333	.483	.816	109.9	110.0	.355	0.3
1999	109	386	350	28	87	18	3	7	36	32	71	1	1	.249	.313	.377	.691	71.4	75.2	.305	0.7
2000	89	277	252	22	66	11	1	8	45	19	45	2	2	.262	.310	.409	.719	69.2	79.0	.304	0.5
2001	133	515	477	39	125	25	4	6	45	23	78	5	4	.262	.295	.369	.664	75.8	76.9	.293	1.2
2002	126	517	478	56	133	24	5	16	74	27	73	4	2	.278	.315	.450	.765	98.3	103.9	.331	2.7
2003	108	434	401	53	112	21	2	11	56	29	69	0	1	.279	.329	.424	.753	97.6	96.7	.335	2.2
2004	49	189	175	15	48	10	0	6	23	8	32	1	2	.274	.312	.434	.746	91.5	92.2	.325	0.8
2005	6	23	23	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.261	.261	.391	.652	63.3	69.3	.284	0.0

Career totals

1,978

276th-most career G

7,515

363rd-most career PA

6,951

319th-most career AB

755

1,830

390th-most career H

323

401st-most career 2B

217

335th-most career HR

RBI

920

389th-most career RBI

430

1,270

186th-most career SO

.2633

OBP

.3069

SLG

.4152

OPS

.7221

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1996-09-15	PHI @ CHC Gameday	3	3	3	0	3	6	1	12
1991-09-13	SD @ SF Gameday	5	3	5	1	1	5	0	9
1995-08-09	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	1	4	2	1	4	0	9
1987-08-18	SD @ PHI Gameday	6	2	3	0	2	4	0	9
1999-05-08	CHC @ CIN Gameday	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× Silver Slugger3× Gold Glove1× Rookie of the Year1× NLCS MVP5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.