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

#1 Benito Santiago , Catcher, 36 yrs, Dallas Desperados
Tuesday, 4/15/2009

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Benito Santiago

1/1/1973
36
Ponce, P.R.
6"0
210

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Big League Contract
$ 1,500,000
2009
11 Year(s), 31 Days (1923 total Days)
17 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 31 Days (1923 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	46	39	6	59	71
Versus LHP	33	27	6	44	64
Versus RHP	51	44	6	66	74
Talent	46	45	14	63	73

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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
3/31	RF	L 0-5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#6
4/5	@LA	W 9-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
4/7	@LA	W 7-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
4/9	@SI	L 3-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
4/14	TH	L 7-15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	5	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333	.214	.067
Projected	54	162	22	11	0	0	0	0	0	22	.133	.133	.200	.333	.214	.067

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	3	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	.0	.2	.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
vs. RHP	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231
Close/Late	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pinch Hitting	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000
Road	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
This Week	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Last Week	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
March/April	5	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333

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	5	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	DL
Total	1314	3998	1141	319	3	13	432	499	437	0	6	320	6	2	.285	.355	.376	.732

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	3	3	29	2	0	32	1	.969	26.0	11.08	0	4	2	50.0

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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