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Portrait of Benito Santiago

Benito Santiago CPadres

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
23 7515 .263 .307 .415 92 29.1
Birth Date3-9-1965
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age59 years, 0 months, 20 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1986 SDN 21 17 65 18 2 0 3 2 12 0 0 1 .290 .308 .468 104 0.4 0.8 -0.5 0.4
1987 SDN 22 146 572 164 33 2 18 16 112 5 21 12 .300 .324 .467 107 5.0 -1.9 -0.5 3.0
1988 SDN 23 139 527 122 22 2 10 24 82 1 15 7 .248 .282 .362 84 -8.7 -0.4 7.8 2.3
1989 SDN 24 129 494 109 16 3 16 26 89 1 11 6 .236 .277 .387 89 -5.2 -2.3 6.1 2.1
1990 SDN 25 100 382 93 8 5 11 27 55 3 5 5 .270 .323 .419 107 3.2 1.6 12.0 3.5
1991 SDN 26 152 614 155 22 3 17 23 114 4 8 10 .267 .296 .403 90 -5.7 -2.3 14.1 3.5
1992 SDN 27 106 411 97 21 0 10 21 52 0 2 5 .251 .287 .383 85 -5.6 -0.4 14.5 2.8
1993 FLO 28 139 515 108 19 6 13 37 88 5 10 7 .230 .291 .380 89 -5.4 -2.5 -6.0 1.0
1994 FLO 29 101 369 92 14 2 11 25 57 1 1 2 .273 .322 .424 89 -4.1 -3.0 -5.3 0.5
1995 CIN 30 81 296 76 20 0 11 24 48 4 2 2 .286 .351 .485 110 4.7 -1.7 -1.6 1.5
1996 PHI 31 136 533 127 21 2 30 49 104 1 2 0 .264 .332 .503 116 13.7 1.3 1.8 3.9
1997 TOR 32 97 366 83 10 0 13 17 80 2 1 0 .243 .279 .387 83 -6.5 -3.3 1.1 0.8
1998 TOR 33 15 30 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .310 .333 .483 78 -0.8 0.4 -0.5 0.1
1999 CHN 34 109 386 87 18 3 7 32 71 2 1 1 .249 .313 .377 80 -8.7 -5.4 -3.7 0.0
2000 CIN 35 89 277 66 11 1 8 19 45 1 2 2 .262 .310 .409 78 -6.8 0.1 -11.9 -0.5
2001 SFN 36 133 515 125 25 4 6 23 78 2 5 4 .262 .295 .369 71 -17.2 -7.5 7.6 0.7
2002 SFN 37 126 517 133 24 5 16 27 73 2 4 2 .278 .315 .450 101 3.1 1.1 -3.7 2.5
2003 SFN 38 108 434 112 21 2 11 29 69 2 0 1 .279 .329 .424 92 -3.0 0.0 -8.8 0.7
2004 KCA 39 49 189 48 10 0 6 8 32 2 1 2 .274 .312 .434 91 -1.8 -1.6 -1.4 0.4
2005 PIT 40 6 23 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .261 .261 .391 81 -0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career197875151830323412174301270389169.263.307.41592-50.0-26.821.329.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1983 MIA A+ FSL 122 456 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 RNO A+ CLF 114 464 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 BEA AA TXS 101 401 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 SDN MLB NL 17 65 .252 .312 .374 .313 101 0.8 1.8 1.1 104 18 -0.5 0.8 0.4 0.4
1986 LVG AAA PCL 117 461 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 SDN MLB NL 146 572 .258 .322 .398 .348 97 9.7 16.9 10.2 107 7 -0.5 -1.9 5.0 3.0
1988 SDN MLB NL 139 527 .246 .305 .357 .277 98 -13.8 13.8 8.3 84 7 7.8 -0.4 -8.7 2.3
1989 SDN MLB NL 129 494 .246 .307 .367 .259 99 -7 12.9 7.8 89 9 6.1 -2.3 -5.2 2.1
1990 SDN MLB NL 100 382 .255 .317 .380 .288 99 4 10.2 6.1 107 12 12.0 1.6 3.2 3.5
1990 LVG AAA PCL 6 24 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 SDN MLB NL 152 614 .251 .315 .371 .303 102 -7.4 16.6 10 90 11 14.1 -2.3 -5.7 3.5
1992 SDN MLB NL 106 411 .251 .310 .368 .265 103 -8.7 10.7 6.4 85 12 14.5 -0.4 -5.6 2.8
1992 LVG AAA PCL 4 14 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 FLO MLB NL 139 515 .264 .322 .398 .255 99 -5.8 14.8 8.8 89 8 -6.0 -2.5 -5.4 1.0
1994 FLO MLB NL 101 369 .265 .325 .413 .297 105 -7 11.2 6.6 89 12 -5.3 -3.0 -4.1 0.5
1995 CIN MLB NL 81 296 .260 .324 .401 .311 103 7 8.9 5 110 12 -1.6 -1.7 4.7 1.5
1996 PHI MLB NL 136 533 .260 .324 .406 .278 98 13.6 16.5 7.6 116 10 1.8 1.3 13.7 3.9
1997 TOR MLB AL 97 366 .266 .332 .419 .277 94 -9.9 10.1 6.4 83 10 1.1 -3.3 -6.5 0.8
1998 TOR MLB AL 15 30 .254 .319 .406 .391 92 0.4 0.8 0.5 78 12 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 0.1
1998 DUN A+ FSL 0 40 .000 .000 .000 .185 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SYR AAA INT 0 23 .000 .000 .000 .263 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CHN MLB NL 109 386 .264 .338 .424 .292 100 -11.9 10.5 7.2 80 10 -3.7 -5.4 -8.7 0.0
2000 CIN MLB NL 89 277 .265 .341 .425 .284 114 -10.3 8.7 5 78 11 -11.9 0.1 -6.8 -0.5
2001 SFN MLB NL 133 515 .261 .328 .427 .298 98 -16.5 15.3 9.1 71 9 7.6 -7.5 -17.2 0.7
2002 SFN MLB NL 126 517 .260 .326 .418 .295 98 4.8 14.9 9 101 10 -3.7 1.1 3.1 2.5
2003 SFN MLB NL 108 434 .261 .329 .417 .313 98 1.3 11.4 7.7 92 10 -8.8 0.0 -3.0 0.7
2004 KCA MLB AL 49 189 .272 .334 .435 .304 104 -2.4 5.6 3.4 91 13 -1.4 -1.6 -1.8 0.4
2005 PIT MLB NL 6 23 .246 .314 .392 .300 94 -0.4 0.7 0.4 81 9 0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.1
2005 SLU A+ FSL 3 10 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NOR AAA INT 9 39 .278 .331 .433 .320 92 -0.9 1.1 0.5 79 0 -0.3 0.0 -0.9 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1983 MIA A+ FSL 456 429 34 106 25 3 5 152 56 11 79 3 7 .247 .273 .354 .107 7 7
1984 RNO A+ CLF 464 416 64 116 20 6 16 196 83 36 75 5 2 .279 .341 .471 .192 2 2
1985 BEA AA TXS 401 372 55 111 16 6 5 154 52 16 59 12 2 .298 .324 .414 .116 8 8
1986 SDN MLB NL 65 62 10 18 2 0 3 29 6 2 12 0 1 .290 .308 .468 .177 1 0
1986 LVG AAA PCL 461 437 55 125 26 3 17 208 71 17 81 19 7 .286 .313 .476 .190 2 2
1987 SDN MLB NL 572 546 64 164 33 2 18 255 79 16 112 21 12 .300 .324 .467 .167 4 1
1988 SDN MLB NL 527 492 49 122 22 2 10 178 46 24 82 15 7 .248 .282 .362 .114 5 5
1989 SDN MLB NL 494 462 50 109 16 3 16 179 62 26 89 11 6 .236 .277 .387 .152 2 3
1990 LVG AAA PCL 24 20 5 6 2 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 0 .300 .391 .550 .250 0 0
1990 SDN MLB NL 382 344 42 93 8 5 11 144 53 27 55 5 5 .270 .323 .419 .148 7 1
1991 SDN MLB NL 614 580 60 155 22 3 17 234 87 23 114 8 10 .267 .296 .403 .136 7 0
1992 SDN MLB NL 411 386 37 97 21 0 10 148 42 21 52 2 5 .251 .287 .383 .132 4 0
1992 LVG AAA PCL 14 13 3 4 0 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 .308 .357 .538 .231 0 0
1993 FLO MLB NL 515 469 49 108 19 6 13 178 50 37 88 10 7 .230 .291 .380 .149 4 0
1994 FLO MLB NL 369 337 35 92 14 2 11 143 41 25 57 1 2 .273 .322 .424 .151 4 2
1995 CIN MLB NL 296 266 40 76 20 0 11 129 44 24 48 2 2 .286 .351 .485 .199 2 0
1996 PHI MLB NL 533 481 71 127 21 2 30 242 85 49 104 2 0 .264 .332 .503 .239 2 0
1997 TOR MLB AL 366 341 31 83 10 0 13 132 42 17 80 1 0 .243 .279 .387 .144 5 1
1998 DUN A+ FSL 40 37 4 6 1 0 1 10 5 3 9 3 0 .162 .225 .270 .108 0 0
1998 SYR AAA INT 23 22 0 5 2 0 0 7 2 1 3 0 0 .227 .261 .318 .091 0 0
1998 TOR MLB AL 30 29 3 9 5 0 0 14 4 1 6 0 0 .310 .333 .483 .172 0 0
1999 CHN MLB NL 386 350 28 87 18 3 7 132 36 32 71 1 1 .249 .313 .377 .129 2 0
2000 CIN MLB NL 277 252 22 66 11 1 8 103 45 19 45 2 2 .262 .310 .409 .147 5 0
2001 SFN MLB NL 515 477 39 125 25 4 6 176 45 23 78 5 4 .262 .295 .369 .107 6 7
2002 SFN MLB NL 517 478 56 133 24 5 16 215 74 27 73 4 2 .278 .315 .450 .172 7 3
2003 SFN MLB NL 434 401 53 112 21 2 11 170 56 29 69 0 1 .279 .329 .424 .145 2 0
2004 KCA MLB AL 189 175 15 48 10 0 6 76 23 8 32 1 2 .274 .312 .434 .160 1 3
2005 SLU A+ FSL 10 9 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .400 .444 .111 0 0
2005 NOR AAA INT 39 33 5 8 1 0 0 9 4 4 8 0 0 .242 .342 .273 .030 0 0
2005 PIT MLB NL 23 23 1 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 3 0 0 .261 .261 .391 .130 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-04-15 2005-05-08 15-DL 23 20 General Medical Illness Virus -
2004-06-19 2004-10-04 60-DL 107 98 Left Hand Fracture -
2003-07-14 2003-07-29 15-DL 15 11 Left Fingers Dislocation Little Finger -
1998-04-01 1998-09-03 15-DL 155 140 Right Knee Recovery From Sprain From Car Accident - -
1998-01-04 1998-01-04 Off 0 0 Right Knee Sprain From Car Accident - -
1997-04-14 1997-04-29 15-DL 15 13 Left Foot Contusion Foul Ball - -
1995-05-08 1995-07-04 15-DL 57 51 Right Elbow Surgery Loose Bodies 1995-05-25 -
1992-06-01 1992-07-11 15-DL 40 37 Right Fingers Fracture Little Finger Sliding - -
1990-06-15 1990-08-10 15-DL 56 52 Left Forearm Fracture Ulna HBP - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 PIT $2,150,000
2004 KCA $2,150,000
2003 SFN $1,500,000
2002 SFN $2,044,168
2001 SFN $500,000
2000 CIN $650,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$8,994,168
6 yrTotal$8,994,168

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
18 y 22 dGreg Genske, Gregg Clifton2 yr/$4.3M (04-05)

Details
  • signed as a free agent from PIT 6/05 (minor-league contract) released 5/05 acquired in trade from KC 12/04 (KC paying c$1.075M of 05 salary
  • 04:$2.15M, 05:$2.15M
  • bonuses: $0.15M/150 g, $0.3M/550 plate appearances
  • signed as a free agent from SF 12/03
  • 2 year/$3.75M (02-03) $0.3M signing bonus, 02:$1.95M, 03:$1.5M
  • bonuses to $0.625M (plate appearances)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1986 mlb .000 0.0 693 .001 -0.1 15 .027 .004 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5
1987 mlb .000 0.0 5779 .001 -2.4 134 -.018 -.002 1.7 -0.8 -0.5
1988 mlb .005 5.3 4754 .000 0.0 89 -.055 -.012 3.4 13.0 7.8
1989 mlb .005 5.0 4337 .000 -0.5 71 -.019 -.002 1.0 14.8 6.1
1990 mlb .013 10.3 3193 .000 0.3 79 -.020 -.011 1.7 14.7 12.0
1991 mlb .008 11.2 5487 .000 -0.8 133 -.030 -.005 2.9 13.3 14.1
1992 mlb .013 10.7 3808 -.001 1.6 107 -.023 -.003 1.6 13.9 14.5
1993 mlb .002 2.7 5035 .003 -5.2 123 .032 .003 -2.4 -2.0 -6.0
1994 mlb -.011 -10.6 3784 .000 -0.2 74 -.063 .000 3.2 -6.4 -5.3
1995 mlb .003 1.9 2191 .002 -1.1 43 .030 -.003 -0.8 0.1 -1.6
1996 mlb .002 2.3 3492 .001 -0.5 84 .003 -.005 0.0 1.5 1.8
1997 mlb .003 3.0 3574 .002 -1.7 70 -.033 -.002 1.5 3.1 1.1
1998 mlb -.004 -0.3 305 .000 0.0 7 .009 -.001 0.0 -0.4 -0.5
1999 mlb -.005 -4.8 3934 .000 -0.3 59 -.047 -.010 2.5 -2.5 -3.7
2000 mlb -.013 -11.1 3114 .002 -1.8 31 -.033 -.001 0.7 -12.4 -11.9
2001 mlb .004 5.2 5602 .000 -0.4 85 -.048 .000 2.5 6.0 7.6
2002 mlb -.001 -1.7 5148 .000 0.4 75 .005 .000 -0.2 -2.4 -3.7
2003 mlb -.006 -6.0 4135 .001 -1.5 51 .033 .003 -1.1 -8.4 -8.8
2004 mlb .000 -0.1 2074 .001 -0.7 32 .013 .000 -0.2 -1.3 -1.4
2005 mlb .005 0.3 258 .000 0.0 3 .052 .000 -0.1 0.2 0.1
2005 aaa .000 0.0 331 .000 0.0 9 .038 .001 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3

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