Bienvenido “Ben” Rivera Santana played Major League Baseball from 1992-1994 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. In 1993 Ben had the incredible opportunity to pitch in the World Series with the Phillies.

Before that, he played six years at the minor leagues with the Atlanta Braves Organization. He played for the Dominican Republic Winter Ball from 1988 to 2006, as well as Leagues in Mexico, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. 

Ben served as Pitching Coach at Trinity International Christian Academy in Lake Worth, where the team won State Championships in 2016 and 2017. Today Ben privately trains and supervises young kids in pitching across South Florida. He is coach of the Boca Raton PawSox youth travel baseball teams.