Benito Santiago

For his son, the Puerto Rican basketball player and former baseball player, see Benito Santiago Jr.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santiago and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.

Benito Santiago
Santiago with the Florida Marlins in 1993
Catcher
Born: (1965-03-09) March 9, 1965 (age 59)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 14, 1986, for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
April 11, 2005, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.263
Home runs217
Runs batted in920
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Benito Santiago Rivera (born March 9, 1965) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played for 20 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2005, most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres where he was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner as well as a three-time Gold Glove Award winner.[1] The five-time All-Star was considered the premier catcher in the National League (NL) during his tenure with the Padres.[2] In 2015, Santiago was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame.[3]

  1. ^ "Benito Santiago Stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Vass, George (June 1995). "Here's An All-Overpaid Team of Major Leaguers". Baseball Digest. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "San Diego Padres Hall of Fame". mlb.com. Major League Baseball. 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.