League Leaders Who Led?
Benito Santiago

Benito Santiago

1986–2005  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 180 lb  ·  b. 1965 Ponce

Career 1,978 G · 1,830 H · 217 HR · 920 RBI · .263 AVG

Seasons leading his league
6
5 best in baseball 1 league only
29 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1988 Best season

Spanning 1988–1995, peaking at 2 titles in 1988.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 954th League titles 6
  • 505th Best in baseball 5
  • 973rd Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Assists 3 1st — 1988 75 1991 100 1994 66 1987 #2 1989 #2
Catcher Double Plays 2 1st — 1988 11 1991 NL 14 1987 #2 1989 #3 2001 #3 2002 #2
Catcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1995 .996 1997 #2 2002 #3
Catcher Range Factor — #3 — 1996 #3
Catcher Putouts — #2 — 1987 #3 1989 #3 1991 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1995 1 C FPCT .996
1994 1 C A 66
1991 2 C A 100 C DP 14
1988 2 C A 75 C DP 11

Batting

20 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 SDN NL 17 62 10 18 2 0 3 6 2 12 0 .290 .308 .468 .775
1987 SDN NL 146 546 64 164 33 2 18 79 16 112 21 .300 .324 .467 .791
1988 SDN NL 139 492 49 122 22 2 10 46 24 82 15 .248 .282 .362 .643
1989 SDN NL 129 462 50 109 16 3 16 62 26 89 11 .236 .277 .387 .664
1990 SDN NL 100 344 42 93 8 5 11 53 27 55 5 .270 .323 .419 .741
1991 SDN NL 152 580 60 155 22 3 17 87 23 114 8 .267 .296 .403 .700
1992 SDN NL 106 386 37 97 21 0 10 42 21 52 2 .251 .287 .383 .671
1993 FLO NL 139 469 49 108 19 6 13 50 37 88 10 .230 .291 .380 .671
1994 FLO NL 101 337 35 92 14 2 11 41 25 57 1 .273 .322 .424 .746
1995 CIN NL 81 266 40 76 20 0 11 44 24 48 2 .286 .351 .485 .836
1996 PHI NL 136 481 71 127 21 2 30 85 49 104 2 .264 .332 .503 .835
1997 TOR AL 97 341 31 83 10 0 13 42 17 80 1 .243 .280 .387 .667
1998 TOR AL 15 29 3 9 5 0 0 4 1 6 0 .310 .333 .483 .816
1999 CHN NL 109 350 28 87 18 3 7 36 32 71 1 .249 .314 .377 .691
2000 CIN NL 89 252 22 66 11 1 8 45 19 45 2 .262 .311 .409 .719
2001 SFN NL 133 477 39 125 25 4 6 45 23 78 5 .262 .295 .369 .664
2002 SFN NL 126 478 56 133 24 5 16 74 27 73 4 .278 .315 .450 .765
2003 SFN NL 108 401 53 112 21 2 11 56 29 69 0 .279 .330 .424 .753
2004 KCA AL 49 175 15 48 10 0 6 23 8 32 1 .274 .312 .434 .746
2005 PIT NL 6 23 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .261 .261 .391 .652
Career — — 1,978 6,951 755 1,830 323 41 217 920 430 1,270 91 .263 .307 .415 .722

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1986 SDN NL C 17 15 137.2 80 7 5 2 92 .946 5.12
1987 SDN NL C 146 140 1220.2 817 80 22 12 919 .976 6.14
1988 SDN NL C 136 128 1168.1 725 75 12 11 812 .985 5.88
1989 SDN NL C 127 122 1087.2 685 81 20 10 786 .975 6.03
1990 SDN NL C 98 89 799.2 538 51 12 6 601 .980 6.01
1991 SDN NL C 151 148 1305.1 830 100 14 14 944 .985 6.16
OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1992 SDN NL C 103 98 885.1 584 53 12 6 649 .982 6.18
1993 FLO NL C 136 125 1095.0 740 64 11 4 815 .987 5.91
OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1994 FLO NL C 97 88 786.2 511 66 5 6 582 .991 5.95
1995 CIN NL C 75 71 606.0 461 33 2 4 496 .996 6.59
1B 8 1 23.0 19 2 0 2 21 1.000 2.63
1996 PHI NL C 114 112 982.0 723 61 10 5 794 .987 6.88
1B 14 12 111.0 111 6 1 9 118 .992 8.36
1997 TOR AL C 95 93 819.1 621 40 2 10 663 .997 6.96
1998 TOR AL C 15 6 68.0 45 2 0 0 47 1.000 3.13
1999 CHN NL C 107 95 841.1 560 43 6 8 609 .990 5.64
1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
2000 CIN NL C 84 66 608.2 428 36 3 4 467 .994 5.52
2001 SFN NL C 130 119 1080.0 830 62 5 12 897 .994 6.86
1B 2 1 8.0 7 0 0 0 7 1.000 3.50
2002 SFN NL C 125 122 1066.2 738 54 4 10 796 .995 6.34
2003 SFN NL C 106 106 902.2 629 34 5 3 668 .993 6.26
2004 KCA AL C 49 48 416.0 228 18 1 3 247 .996 5.02
2005 PIT NL C 6 5 48.1 43 0 0 0 43 1.000 7.17
Career — — C 1,917 1,796 15925.1 10,816 960 151 130 11,927 .987 6.14
— — 1B 25 14 143.0 139 8 1 11 148 .993 5.88
— — OF 2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00