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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 Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B (0.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 C STL 41 41 322.0 261 242 18 1 0 1 47 14 23.0% 0 7.27 .996
1972 C STL 144 142 1194.0 895 798 84 13 0 8 213 75 26.0% -2 6.65 .985
3B STL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1973 C STL 151 151 1276.1 951 843 99 9 0 5 218 73 25.1% +1 6.64 .991
1974 C STL 151 150 1312.1 1013 884 118 11 0 1 189 97 33.9% -3 6.87 .989
1B STL 2 2 16.0 13 13 0 0 2 0 7.31 1.000
1975 C STL 150 146 1307.2 1018 901 108 9 0 4 205 90 30.5% 0 6.94 .991
SS STL 1 0 2.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3.38 .500
1976 C STL 141 141 1240.0 906 838 63 5 0 9 139 49 26.1% 0 6.54 .994
1977 C STL 148 139 1246.1 989 917 68 4 0 3 115 56 32.7% +1 7.11 .996
SS STL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1978 C STL 119 117 1057.1 848 787 59 2 0 3 110 50 31.2% 0 7.20 .998
2B STL 10 10 81.1 50 22 27 1 7 -5 5.42 .980
3B STL 3 1 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 -4 1.80 1.000
LF STL 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
SS STL 2 1 7.0 4 0 4 0 0 -1 5.14 1.000
1979 C STL 125 125 1131.2 877 808 65 4 0 4 108 53 32.9% 0 6.94 .995
1B STL 5 5 41.0 41 41 0 0 2 -1 9.00 1.000
2B STL 2 2 18.0 10 6 4 0 2 -1 5.00 1.000
RF STL 1 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1980 C STL 99 99 878.2 675 606 65 4 0 4 70 55 44.0% +1 6.87 .994
1B STL 17 17 142.1 145 137 7 1 7 -3 9.11 .993
3B STL 12 8 72.0 25 7 15 3 0 -3 2.75 .880
RF STL 4 4 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.70 1.000
2B STL 4 3 28.0 7 5 2 0 1 -1 2.25 1.000
CF STL 1 1 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1981 C STL 89 87 768.0 588 556 30 2 1 2 70 21 23.1% 0 6.87 .997
1B STL 31 27 226.0 242 232 8 2 18 0 9.56 .992
2B STL 3 3 22.0 14 6 7 1 1 0 5.32 .929
RF STL 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
3B STL 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1982 C STL 64 64 564.2 450 406 40 4 1 2 48 31 39.2% 0 7.11 .991
1B STL 34 32 279.1 298 288 7 3 21 -4 9.50 .990
3B STL 5 3 30.0 7 2 5 0 1 0 2.10 1.000
RF STL 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 1.69 1.000
2B STL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
SS STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1983 1B STL 78 71 657.1 709 684 22 3 58 +2 9.67 .996
C STL 43 42 357.0 301 276 24 1 0 3 49 21 30.0% 0 7.56 .997
1984 1B STL 109 105 957.1 1054 1013 35 6 73 -3 9.85 .994
C STL 31 31 255.2 192 180 10 2 0 0 34 9 20.9% 0 6.69 .990
1985 1B STL 91 88 762.2 823 788 32 3 67 -4 9.68 .996
C STL 40 40 346.2 311 281 24 6 1 3 61 19 23.8% 0 7.92 .981
CF STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1986 1B BAL 15 15 136.0 154 151 3 0 9 +1 10.19 1.000
C BAL 4 3 28.0 15 12 3 0 0 0 3 3 50.0% 0 4.82 1.000
3B BAL 3 3 25.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
Pos Total C 1540 1518 13286.1 10290 9335 878 77 3 52 1679 716 29.9% -2 6.92 .993
1B 382 362 3218.0 3479 3347 114 18 257 -12 9.68 .995
2B 20 18 150.1 82 40 40 2 11 -7 4.79 .976
3B 26 15 140.0 41 12 26 3 1 -7 2.44 .927
RF 8 8 74.0 16 16 0 0 0 -1 1.95 1.000
SS 5 1 11.2 7 1 5 1 0 -1 4.63 .857
LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
CF 2 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
Total 1984 1924 16896.1 13918 12754 1063 101 272 52 1679 716 29.9% -30 7.36 .993
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.