What years did Jose Santiago play?

Jose Santiago played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1970.

Was Jose Santiago a pitcher?

Yes. Jose Santiago pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 404 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jose Santiago hit?

Jose Santiago hit 1 career home run with 28 hits.

What teams did Jose Santiago play for?

Jose Santiago played for 2 teams: the Kansas City Athletics (1963–1965) and the Boston Red Sox (1966–1970).

Did Jose Santiago win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jose Santiago did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jose Santiago win?

Jose Santiago was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Jose Santiago's career stats?

In 163 games, Jose Santiago went 34-29 with a 3.74 ERA, 404 strikeouts, 556.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves.

What position did Jose Santiago play?

Jose Santiago played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jose Santiago and how much did he weigh?

Jose Santiago was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Jose Santiago's career ERA?

Jose Santiago finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 34-29 with 404 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jose Santiago have?

Jose Santiago recorded 404 career strikeouts.

Is Jose Santiago in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jose Santiago has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Jose Santiago make?

Jose Santiago was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Jose Santiago

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1963-1970)

Jose Santiago was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1970 for the Kansas City Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, a span of 8 seasons. Across 163 career appearances, he went 34-29 with a 3.74 ERA and 404 strikeouts. Jose Santiago was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 34–29

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.29

SO 404

Pitcher PIV -521.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 8/15/1940 in Juana Diaz, P.R.
MLB Debut: 1963-09-09
Last Game: 1970-07-06
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Jose Rafael Santiago

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jose Santiago — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
34	29	163	65	16	3	8	556.0	518	231	56	200	404	3.74	-521.1

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 3.49 across their career seasons — 7.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jose Santiago (b. 1940) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1963	KC1	AL	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	7	2	6	9.00	—	0.0
1964	KC1	AL	0	6	34	8	0	0	0	83.2	84	44	35	64	4.73	3.58 (-32%)	-609.4
1965	KC1	AL	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	4	8	9.00	—	0.0
1966	BOS	AL	12	13	35	28	7	1	2	172.0	155	70	58	119	3.66	3.52 (-4%)	81.5
1967	BOS	AL	12	4	50	11	2	0	5	145.1	138	58	47	109	3.59	3.30 (-9%)	2.5
1968	BOS	AL	9	4	18	18	7	2	0	124.0	96	31	42	86	2.25	2.98 (+25%)	-149.5
1969	BOS	AL	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	7.2	11	3	4	4	3.52	—	0.0
1970	BOS	AL	0	2	8	0	0	0	1	11.1	18	13	8	8	10.32	3.89 (-166%)	153.8
Career · 8 seasons			34	29	163	65	16	3	8	556.0	518	231	200	404	3.74	—	-521

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jose Santiago — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
172	162	16	28	6	0	1	7	0	8	46	.173	.211	.228	.439	-302

Career AVG .173 vs. league average .247 across their career seasons — 30.0% below league average.

Career OBP .211 vs. league average .312 across their career seasons — 32.6% below league average.

Career SLG .228 vs. league average .369 across their career seasons — 38.1% below league average.

Career OPS .439 vs. league average .681 across their career seasons — 35.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jose Santiago — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1963	KC1	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	KC1	AL	34	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	KC1	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	BOS	AL	38	56	5	11	1	0	1	2	12	.196	.248 (-21%)	.309 (-28%)	.376 (-43%)	.685 (-36%)	-302.3
1967	BOS	AL	50	42	5	8	3	1	3	2	15	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	BOS	AL	23	43	4	7	2	0	3	2	12	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	BOS	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	BOS	AL	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			172	162	16	28	6	1	7	8	46	.173	—	—	—	—	-302

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jose Santiago — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Jose Santiago — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1967	WS	BOS	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Jose Santiago — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	3	2	0	9.2	16	6	3	6	5.59

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jose Santiago — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1967	WS	BOS	0	2	3	2	0	9.2	16	6	3	6	5.59

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jose Santiago — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	100	82	9	15	1	6	.183
Away	72	80	7	13	0	1	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Jose Santiago — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	93	310.1	305	137	97	220	3.97
Away	70	245.2	213	94	102	184	3.44

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jose Santiago — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H
1970-07-06	BOS	DET	L	0	0	0
1970-07-03	BOS	CLE	W	0	0	0
1970-06-25	BOS	BAL	L	1	0	1
1970-06-21	BOS	NYY	L	0	0	0
1970-06-20	BOS	NYY	L	0	0	0
1970-06-16	BOS	KCR	W	0	0	0
1970-06-14	BOS	MIN	L	0	0	0
1970-05-31	BOS	CHW	L	1	0	0
1970-05-29	BOS	CHW	W	1	1	1
1969-09-28	BOS	DET	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jose Santiago — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1970-07-06	BOS	DET	—	0.2	1	1	1	3	1	0
1970-07-03	BOS	CLE	—	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0
1970-06-25	BOS	BAL	L	3.0	3	3	3	3	1	0
1970-06-21	BOS	NYY	L	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0
1970-06-20	BOS	NYY	—	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0
1970-06-16	BOS	KCR	SV	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970-06-14	BOS	MIN	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0
1970-05-31	BOS	CHW	—	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	0
1969-09-28	BOS	DET	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1
1969-09-21	BOS	DET	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jose Santiago — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	163	65	39	71	5	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jose Santiago — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1963	KC1	P	4	0	2	1	0	0
1964	KC1	P	34	8	10	9	4	0
1965	KC1	P	4	0	0	1	0	0
1966	BOS	P	35	28	9	22	0	1
1967	BOS	P	50	11	9	22	0	2
1968	BOS	P	18	18	7	16	1	2
1969	BOS	P	10	0	0	0	0	0
1970	BOS	P	8	0	2	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jose Santiago — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	163

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Jose Santiago: the record in brief

Jose Santiago's major league career runs from a debut on September 9, 1963 to a final game on July 6, 1970. By club, Santiago's seasons break down as the Kansas City Athletics (1963 through 1965) and the Boston Red Sox (1966 through 1970). Listed as a pitcher, Santiago threw and hit right-handed. The recorded size is 6'2" and 185 pounds. Santiago was born on August 15, 1940, in Juana Diaz, P.R. On the record, Jose Santiago was born Jose Rafael Santiago.

Santiago's career pitching line is 34 wins, 29 losses and a 3.74 ERA over 163 appearances. Also on Santiago's record: 404 strikeouts and 16 complete games. Against a 3.49 league ERA for the same seasons, the 3.74 mark was 7.1% worse. No season topped the 12 wins of 1966. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.25 in 1968, when the league's was 2.98.

Pitching in the playoffs, Santiago went 0-2 with a 5.59 ERA in 3 games. Those appearances came in 1967.

The bio's awards line reads All-Star.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jose Santiago

What years did Jose Santiago play?: Jose Santiago played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1970.
Was Jose Santiago a pitcher?: Yes. Jose Santiago pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 404 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jose Santiago hit?: Jose Santiago hit 1 career home run with 28 hits.
What teams did Jose Santiago play for?: Jose Santiago played for 2 teams: the Kansas City Athletics (1963–1965) and the Boston Red Sox (1966–1970).
Did Jose Santiago win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jose Santiago did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jose Santiago win?: Jose Santiago was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jose Santiago's career stats?: In 163 games, Jose Santiago went 34-29 with a 3.74 ERA, 404 strikeouts, 556.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves.
What position did Jose Santiago play?: Jose Santiago played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jose Santiago and how much did he weigh?: Jose Santiago was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Jose Santiago's career ERA?: Jose Santiago finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 34-29 with 404 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jose Santiago have?: Jose Santiago recorded 404 career strikeouts.
Is Jose Santiago in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jose Santiago has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Jose Santiago make?: Jose Santiago was selected to 1 All-Star Game.