Editing Benito Santiago (section)

==Career statistics==
In a 20-year major league career, Santiago played in 1,978 [[Games played|games]], accumulating 1,830 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] in 6,951 [[at bats]] for a .261 career batting average along with 217 home runs, 920 runs batted in and an [[on-base percentage]] of .307.<ref name="Benito Santiago statistics"/> He ended his career with a .987 fielding percentage.<ref name="Benito Santiago statistics"/>

A five-time All-Star, Santiago was known for his strong defensive skills, leading National League catchers three times in assists, once in fielding percentage and once in baserunners caught stealing.<ref name="Benito Santiago statistics"/> As 2010 began, Santiago was tied for eighth on the all-time list of games caught with [[Brad Ausmus]], with 1,917.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gurnick |first=Ken |date=2010-01-26 |title=Ausmus comes to terms with Dodgers |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100126&content_id=7971570&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112042808/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100126&content_id=7971570&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=2012-11-12 |website=MLB.com |language=en-US}}</ref>