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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Benito Santiago Catcher
Retired (1986, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .758 Status Retired (1986) Option Years 0  
H 1920 Age 63 (OS 64) Date of Birth 10-10-1949
HR 265 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1971)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(118 games)
RBI 1057
SB 181
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt B  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B F  (0.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 22 45.00 5 / 6 4 / 9 4 / 5 6 / 8 5 / 5 6 / 6 6 / 6 36 / 45
1971 Majors 22 13.34 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 5 6 / 13
1972 Minors 23 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1972 Majors 23 53.48 2 / 8 4 / 6 4 / 8 4 / 7 8 / 8 5 / 6 10 / 10 37 / 53
1973 Majors 24 60.92 7 / 8 3 / 12 5 / 9 4 / 5 9 / 10 8 / 11 4 / 5 40 / 60
1974 Majors 25 61.77 4 / 12 4 / 10 1 / 3 2 / 10 6 / 8 5 / 11 2 / 7 24 / 61
1975 Majors 26 64.79 1 / 8 2 / 13 6 / 10 2 / 4 11 / 13 1 / 6 5 / 10 28 / 64
1976 Majors 27 61.53 1 / 9 2 / 7 2 / 15 2 / 9 2 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 9 14 / 61
1977 Majors 28 59.71 1 / 11 3 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 7 2 / 8 1 / 9 2 / 8 10 / 59
1978 Majors 29 54.96 1 / 7 1 / 2 0 / 6 1 / 11 4 / 13 1 / 10 0 / 5 8 / 54
1979 Majors 30 59.51 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 15 0 / 5 1 / 59
1980 Majors 31 69.14 162 132 0 0 / 14 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 69
1981 Majors 32 66.56 162 118 0 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 15 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 66
1982 Majors 33 62.58 162 101 0 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 8 1 / 62
1983 Majors 34 57.14 136 113 26 -1 / 6 -4 / 10 -2 / 4 -1 / 8 -6 / 10 -1 / 6 -3 / 13 -18 / 57
1984 Majors 35 65.93 162 136 0 -2 / 11 -3 / 2 0 / 7 -5 / 9 -8 / 14 -2 / 15 -1 / 7 -21 / 65
1985 Majors 36 64.26 162 128 0 -3 / 14 -1 / 8 -2 / 12 -7 / 6 -8 / 8 -3 / 9 -4 / 7 -28 / 64
1986 Minors 37 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 9
1986 Majors 37 19.68 92 21 0 -6 / 2 -6 / 1 -5 / 0 -8 / 6 -8 / 4 -2 / 1 -4 / 5 -39 / 19
Total 1038 749 26 12 / 147 9 / 121 14 / 114 1 / 138 19 / 140 22 / 153 23 / 128 100 / 941
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01Benito Santiago has retired from the Baltimore Blue Claws
1986-07-20The Baltimore Blue Claws have designated Benito Santiago for assignment.
1986-04-05The Baltimore Blue Claws have acquired Benito Santiago from the waiver wire.
1986-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted John Wardinski to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Benito Santiago for assignment.
1983-08-21Benito Santiago of the St. Louis Terriers is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1976-09-09The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Benito Santiago to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have sent East Bay Ray to the minors.
1976-08-28The St. Louis Terriers have promoted East Bay Ray to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have sent Benito Santiago to the minors.
1976-08-27Benito Santiago of the St. Louis Terriers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1972-04-08The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Benito Santiago to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have designated Joe Amalfatano for assignment.
1971-07-16The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Tom Stratton to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have sent Benito Santiago to the minors.
1971-05-27The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Benito Santiago to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have designated Joe Amalfatano for assignment.
1971-04-01The St. Louis Terriers have renamed Ches Moore to Benito Santiago.