Santiago Casilla is a Dominican professional baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, he currently plays for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Casilla was originally signed by the Oakland A's on January 31, 2000, as an amateur free agent, and pitched from from then through 2005 under the name of Jairo Garcia. During spring training in 2006 he revealed his real name to be Santiago Casilla, and that he had used false documents which listed him as three years younger than his actual age when he first signed in 2000. Casilla pitched small parts of 2004, 2005, and 2006 for... the Athletics as a reliever. In 2007, Casilla was recalled by the Athletics from Triple-A after going 2–1 with a 4.13 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 24 innings. He stepped into a bullpen that had Huston Street, Justin Duchscherer, and Kiko Calero on the disabled list. Casilla started off well, going 2–1 with 2 saves and a 0.45 ERA in his first 16 games. But he wound up finishing the season with a 3–1 record and a 4.44 ERA in 46 games. He pitched in the A's bullpen in the 2008 and 2009 seasons with mixed success.
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| Birthdate: | June 25, 1980 |
| Birthplace: | San Cristóbal |
| Age: | 31 |
| All Positions Played: | Relief pitcher |