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Benito Santiago played 20 major-league seasons (1986-2005) as a C (1,917), 1B (25), OF (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 21 | SDN | 17 | 62 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .290 | .775 | 119 |
| 1987 | 22 | SDN | 146 | 546 | 64 | 164 | 18 | 79 | 21 | 16 | 112 | .300 | .791 | 114 |
| 1988 | 23 | SDN | 139 | 492 | 49 | 122 | 10 | 46 | 15 | 24 | 82 | .248 | .643 | 91 |
| 1989 | 24 | SDN | 129 | 462 | 50 | 109 | 16 | 62 | 11 | 26 | 89 | .236 | .664 | 95 |
| 1990 | 25 | SDN | 100 | 344 | 42 | 93 | 11 | 53 | 5 | 27 | 55 | .270 | .741 | 110 |
| 1991 | 26 | SDN | 152 | 580 | 60 | 155 | 17 | 87 | 8 | 23 | 114 | .267 | .700 | 102 |
| 1992 | 27 | SDN | 106 | 386 | 37 | 97 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 52 | .251 | .671 | 95 |
| 1993 | 28 | FLO | 139 | 469 | 49 | 108 | 13 | 50 | 10 | 37 | 88 | .230 | .671 | 84 |
| 1994 | 29 | FLO | 101 | 337 | 35 | 92 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 25 | 57 | .273 | .746 | 99 |
| 1995 | 30 | CIN | 81 | 266 | 40 | 76 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 24 | 48 | .286 | .836 | 125 |
| 1996 | 31 | PHI | 136 | 481 | 71 | 127 | 30 | 85 | 2 | 49 | 104 | .264 | .835 | 124 |
| 1997 | 32 | TOR | 97 | 341 | 31 | 83 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 17 | 80 | .243 | .667 | 73 |
| 1998 | 33 | TOR | 15 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .310 | .816 | 110 |
| 1999 | 34 | CHN | 109 | 350 | 28 | 87 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 71 | .249 | .691 | 79 |
| 2000 | 35 | CIN | 89 | 252 | 22 | 66 | 8 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 45 | .262 | .719 | 86 |
| 2001 | 36 | SFN | 133 | 477 | 39 | 125 | 6 | 45 | 5 | 23 | 78 | .262 | .664 | 76 |
| 2002 | 37 | SFN | 126 | 478 | 56 | 133 | 16 | 74 | 4 | 27 | 73 | .278 | .765 | 105 |
| 2003 | 38 | SFN | 108 | 401 | 53 | 112 | 11 | 56 | 0 | 29 | 69 | .279 | .753 | 101 |
| 2004 | 39 | KCA | 49 | 175 | 15 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 32 | .274 | .746 | 93 |
| 2005 | 40 | PIT | 6 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .652 | 73 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | C | 17 | 15 | 80 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1987 | C | 146 | 140 | 817 | 80 | 22 | 12 |
| 1988 | C | 136 | 128 | 725 | 75 | 12 | 11 |
| 1989 | C | 127 | 122 | 685 | 81 | 20 | 10 |
| 1990 | C | 98 | 89 | 538 | 51 | 12 | 6 |
| 1991 | C | 151 | 148 | 830 | 100 | 14 | 14 |
| 1991 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | C | 103 | 98 | 584 | 53 | 12 | 6 |
| 1993 | C | 136 | 125 | 740 | 64 | 11 | 4 |
| 1993 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | C | 97 | 88 | 511 | 66 | 5 | 6 |
| 1995 | C | 75 | 71 | 461 | 33 | 2 | 4 |
| 1995 | 1B | 8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | C | 114 | 112 | 723 | 61 | 10 | 5 |
| 1996 | 1B | 14 | 12 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 1997 | C | 95 | 93 | 621 | 40 | 2 | 10 |
| 1998 | C | 15 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | C | 107 | 95 | 560 | 43 | 6 | 8 |
| 1999 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | C | 84 | 66 | 428 | 36 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | C | 130 | 119 | 830 | 62 | 5 | 12 |
| 2001 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | C | 125 | 122 | 738 | 54 | 4 | 10 |
| 2003 | C | 106 | 106 | 629 | 34 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | C | 49 | 48 | 228 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | C | 6 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Benito Santiago won: Rookie of the Year 1987 (NL), Silver Slugger 1987 (NL), TSN All-Star 1987 (NL), Gold Glove 1988 (NL), Silver Slugger 1988 (NL), Gold Glove 1989 (NL), TSN All-Star 1989 (NL), Gold Glove 1990 (NL), Silver Slugger 1990 (NL), Silver Slugger 1991 (NL), TSN All-Star 1991 (NL), NLCS MVP 2002 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 2002, 1990, 1987.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 120 / 120 | 24 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 2002 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 2 / 448 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.