| F. P. Santangelo | |
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Santangelo in 2011. |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: October 24, 1967 Livonia, Michigan |
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| Batted: Switch | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 2, 1995 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 7, 2001 for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .245 |
| Home runs | 21 |
| Runs batted in | 162 |
| Teams | |
Frank-Paul Santangelo (born October 24, 1967 in Livonia, Michigan), is a former American professional baseball player from the University of Miami, Sacramento City College and Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California). Santangelo played in the Major leagues from 1995 to 2001. During his career, Santangelo played for the Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland Athletics.
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Santangelo was drafted in 1989 by the Montreal Expos organization and rose through the minor leagues, reaching the AAA with the Indianapolis Indians in 1992. He joined the AAA Ottawa Lynx the following year when the Expos changed AAA affiliation and wound up playing three seasons for Ottawa before making his major league debut in August 1995. Santangelo became the first player in Ottawa Lynx history to have his number, 24, retired.
Santangelo finished fourth in the National League in Rookie of the Year voting in 1996. He played six different positions while posting a .277 average with 7 HR and 56 RBI. He was hit by 11 pitches, starting a four year streak of being in the top 10 in the NL in that category. He played in three seasons afterwards, one with each of the Giants, Dodgers and Athletics, joining each team through free agency.
In his MLB career, Santangelo played in 665 games with 415 hits, 21 home runs, and 162 RBIs. His career batting average was .245.
During his career, left field and center field were Santangelo's most frequent positions, though he also played at least one game each at second base, third base, shortstop, right field, and designated hitter. Santangelo, a switch hitter, was once hit by pitches from both sides of the plate in the same game.
Santangelo formerly was a sports radio talk show host for the "The Rise Guys" show on KHTK-1140 AM in Sacramento. On November 21, 2008, he finished his show and was immediately fired, after a period of low ratings.[1]
On March 1, 2010, Santangelo became the host of San Francisco's KNBR-680 AM SportsPhone680 in the 7-10 p.m time slot. He also worked as a reporter and fill-in game announcer for Giants broadcasts on CSN Bay Area and the Giants Radio Network.
On January 6, 2011, Santangelo was named the color analyst for the Washington Nationals' telecasts on MASN, returning to the organization with whom he spent over half his playing career (the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2005). He was paired with play-by-play announcer Bob Carpenter. After Santangelo's first season as a broadcaster with the Nationals, Washington Post Sports Columnist Tracee Hamilton noted that the Carpenter-Santangelo team improved over 2011,[2] and Post Sports Blogger Dan Steinberg wrote about Santangelo's performance and how he sought to be educational, not outrageous, in the broadcast booth.[3]
Following the release of the Mitchell Report in which he was named by Kirk Radomski as having used Deca-Durabolin, HGH, and testosterone, Santangelo confirmed he used HGH on two occasions in 1997 and 2000 to rehab from a quadriceps and knee injury but denied the other allegations, including telling teammate Adam Piatt that Radomski "will get you what you need." [4]
He is married to Playboy Playmate Michelle McLaughlin.[5]