# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benito-santiago
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:08:30.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benito-santiago"
name: "Benito Santiago"
slug: "benito-santiago"
description: "Benito Santiago Rivera 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. The five-time All-Star was considered the premier catcher in the National League (NL) during his tenure with the Padres. In 2015, Santiago was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Puerto Rican professional baseball player, catcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Davis_and_Benito_Santiago_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1965-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.19
  momentum:             2.449983601180715
  historical:           6.469989333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "班尼托·桑提亞哥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%88"
    title: "بينيتو إراولا سانتياغو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "بينيتو اراولا سانتياجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Santiago"
    title: "Benito Santiago"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Santiago"
    title: "Benito Santiago"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B4"
    title: "ベニート・サンティアゴ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Santiago"
    title: "Benito Santiago"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2895955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump