#1 Benito Santiago , Catcher, 36 yrs, Dallas Desperados

#1 Benito Santiago , Catcher, 36 yrs, Dallas Desperados
Wednesday, 7/23/2009

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Benito Santiago

1/1/1973
36
Ponce, P.R.
6"0
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Big League Contract
$ 1,500,000
2009
11 Year(s), 133 Days (2025 total Days)
119 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 133 Days (2025 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	39	35	6	42	58
Versus LHP	26	23	6	27	51
Versus RHP	44	40	6	48	61
Talent	46	39	14	42	65

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Fielding Ratings
C : 4 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 2 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Infield Arm : 10
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
7/3	NJ	L 0-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
7/11	RM	L 3-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
7/14	@RF	L 4-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
7/15	@RF	L 9-10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#2
7/16	@RF	W 5-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#6
7/17	@RF	W 8-2	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	#4
7/19	LA	L 4-6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#6
7/20	LA	L 2-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#4
7/21	LA	W 8-5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#6
7/22	@SI	W 17-10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	#6

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	35	111	16	6	0	0	5	8	4	29	.144	.171	.198	.369	.265	.054
Projected	57	180	26	10	0	0	8	13	6	47	.144	.171	.198	.369	.265	.054

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	27	117	0	0	0	3	0	2	22	6	0	0	.0	3.6	1.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	23	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	1	0	0	.217	.208	.304	.513
vs. RHP	88	11	4	0	0	2	8	4	20	1	0	0	.125	.161	.170	.332
Close/Late	13	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445
Scoring Position	36	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	15	2	0	0	.056	.100	.083	.183
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	16	48	9	3	0	0	1	4	2	11	.188	.216	.250	.466
Road	19	63	7	3	0	0	4	4	2	18	.111	.136	.159	.295
This Week	2	9	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	.333	.400	.444	.844
Last Week	6	22	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	7	.182	.250	.227	.477
March/April	8	27	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	.185	.179	.259	.438
May	5	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.053	.053	.053	.105
June	12	27	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	9	.074	.103	.148	.252
July	10	38	8	2	0	0	2	5	3	12	.211	.268	.263	.531

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1997	36	57	10	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	16	0	1	.175	.175	.228	.404	DR
1998	10	12	6	4	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.833	1.333	TH
1999	31	56	24	23	0	1	6	13	5	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.475	.893	1.368	TH
2000	142	280	101	57	0	1	23	58	48	0	0	1	0	0	.361	.454	.575	1.029	TH
2001	153	485	151	41	1	1	60	70	56	0	0	32	1	1	.311	.383	.406	.789	TH CM
2002	133	422	125	29	0	2	49	46	42	0	0	33	1	0	.296	.360	.379	.739	CM
2003	153	467	117	18	0	2	50	50	65	0	0	25	0	0	.251	.342	.302	.644	CM FS
2004	152	506	161	59	0	0	50	96	69	0	1	24	0	0	.318	.399	.435	.834	FS
2005	110	400	107	23	0	1	34	41	35	0	1	30	1	0	.268	.326	.333	.658	CO FS
2006	139	452	130	31	1	1	54	42	50	0	3	37	3	0	.288	.356	.367	.724	FS SI
2007	123	409	110	18	1	0	49	35	33	0	0	56	0	0	.269	.324	.318	.641	SI
2008	127	437	97	12	0	4	46	43	34	0	1	62	0	0	.222	.278	.277	.554	DL
2009	35	111	16	6	0	0	5	8	4	0	2	29	0	0	.144	.171	.198	.369	DL
Total	1344	4094	1155	324	3	13	437	507	441	0	8	347	6	2	.282	.351	.372	.724

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2009

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	28	27	227	12	0	242	3	.988	231.1	9.41	1	26	4	15.4
Third Base	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00

Player History

Traded from Brooklyn to Colorado on 5/18/2001 (Going to TH: SS D. Concepcion . Going to CM: C B. Santiago )... Traded from Brooklyn to Colorado on 5/18/2001 (Going to TH: P R. Bains. Going to CM: C
B. Santiago )... Traded from Honolulu to Flint on 7/6/2003 (Going to FS: P D. Jackson, C B. Santiago . Going to RF: 2B M. Rogers , CF C. Jorgens, C R. Roth , P M. Syzlak)... Signed as a free ag
ent by Chicago on 2/2/2005 to a 3-year deal worth $4,723,400 per year...
Injured on 6/9/2005 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6-7 weeks...
Traded from Chicago to Flint on 7/13/2005 (Going to CO: 3B Frankie Crosetti . Going to FS: P Bob Jones, C Benito Santiago )...
Traded from Flint to Springfield on 7/30/2006 (Going to SI: P Brian Feldman, C Benito Santiago . Going to FS: SS Dave Concepcion , 1B Hollis Schmalz)...
Injured on 6/13/2007 with a Broken Nose, out for one week...
Signed as a free agent by Dallas on 2/12/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2004 - .318 - 4th

OBP
2004 - .399 - 2nd

OPS
2004 - .834 - 9th

Doubles
2004 - 59 - 3rd

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