Danny Santana
| Danny Santana | |||
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 Santana with the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Atlanta Braves – No. 23 | |||
| Left Fielder | |||
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Born: November 7, 1990 Monte Plata, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 2014, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through August 3, 2017) | |||
| Batting average | .260 | ||
| Hits | 272 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 95 | ||
| Stolen bases | 46 | ||
| Teams | |||
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Daniel Ernesto Santana (born November 7, 1990) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and center fielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins.
Career
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins signed Santana as an undrafted free agent in December 2007. In November 2012, the Twins added Santana to the 40 man roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[1]
Santana was called up to the major leagues for the first time on May 2, 2014.[2] After a solid start to his career, Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 27, 2014.[3] Santana spent the season splitting time between center field and shortstop.[4] He finished the season with a .319 batting average and seven home runs and 20 stolen bases in 101 games, leading all rookies. He finished seventh in American League Rookie of the Year Award voting.[5][6] Additionally, Santana's rookie year batting average of .319 is a Twins franchise record (minimum 130 ABs).[7][8]
Santana began the 2015 season as the Twins' shortstop. He regressed throughout the season, being demoted to the Rochester Red Wings.[9] He finished the major league season hitting just .215 with no home runs. Santana continued to see his playing time decrease in 2016 due to other players on the team performing better. Despite this, Santana continued to see playing time at shortstop but an injury cost him half a season. Santana was designated for assignment by the Twins on May 5, 2017.[10]
Atlanta Braves
On May 8, 2017, Santana was traded to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Kevin Chapman.[11]
References
- ↑ Cotton, Gary (November 20, 2012). "Twins add eight players to 40-man roster". MLB.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Minnesota Twins set to call up Danny Santana". TwinCities.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ Gleeman, Aaron (June 27, 2014). "Twins place Danny Santana on the disabled list".
- ↑ "Danny Santana is a pretty good outfielder - for a shortstop". StarTribune.com. May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Danny Santana excited about new opportunity with Braves". Ajc.com. April 23, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "2014 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Twins Rookie stats".
- ↑ Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award#Qualifications and voting
- ↑ Berardino, Mike. "Twins report: Danny Santana getting high marks in Triple-A stint – Twin Cities". Twincities.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ FOX Sports North (May 5, 2017). "Twins designate Danny Santana, reinstate Adrianza, select Rucinski". Foxsports.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (May 8, 2017). "Braves acquire Santana for Chapman, cash". MLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Danny Santana on Twitter