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Rafael Santana
Rafael Francisco (De La Cruz) Santana

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

MLB Debut April 5, 1983
Final Game April 23, 1990
Born January 31, 1958 in La Romana, D.R. (age 66)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 26 NYN NL   43  110   12   26   8   0   0   11   0   0    8   13  .236  .283  .309  .592    85    34   0   2   1   0   8  
 1985 27 NYN NL   32  120   21   33   5   1   0    4   0   1    6   14  .275  .310  .333  .643    96    40   0   0   0   0   1  
         BOA AL   58  208   26   61  13   1   1   12   0   1    8   22  .293  .315  .380  .695    86    79   5   3   0   0   5  
         TOT      90  328   47   94  18   2   1   16   0   2   14   36  .287  .313  .363  .676         119   5   3   0   0   6 
 1986 28 BOA AL  113  375   24   82  18   0   0   29   0   0   19   42  .219  .256  .267  .523    68   100   8   3   0   1   8  
 1987 29 BOA AL  129  444   58  119  28   4   4   46   2   0   26   59  .268  .305  .376  .681    86   167  12   6   1   0  13  
 1988 30 PIN NL  146  429   33   96  13   1   6   35   0   2   28   58  .224  .271  .301  .571    86   129   6   1   0   0  15  
 1989           [Did not play]
 1990 32 NYA AL    4   12    2    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    0  .250  .308  .750 1.058   148     9   0   0   1   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      525 1698  176  420  85   7  13  142   2   4   96  208  .247  .286  .329  .614         558  31  15   3   1  50
 Per 600 PA           553   57  137  28   2   4   46   1   1   31   68                                 182  10   5   1   0  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA      300 1027  108  262  59   5   5   87   2   1   53  123  .255  .289  .337  .626         346  25  12   1   1  26
   With PIN      146  429   33   96  13   1   6   35   0   2   28   58  .224  .271  .301  .571         129   6   1   0   0  15
   With NYN       75  230   33   59  13   1   0   15   0   1   14   27  .257  .297  .322  .618          74   0   2   1   0   9
   With NYA        4   12    2    3   0   0   2    5   0   0    1    0  .250  .308  .750 1.058           9   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      668 2021  188  497  74   5  13  156   3   7  138  234  .246  .295  .307  .601         620  11   8  34   5  61
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1984 26 NYN NL  45    7   2.3   9   1   0  .111   2   40   30  .750    0    0  .000  SS   3e23     -106   
 1985 27 NYN NL  20   12   3.7   0   0   0  .000   7   35   19  .543    0    0  .000  SS   3e28       46   
         BOA AL  12   23   4.0   3   1   0  .333   9   71   46  .648    0    0  .000  SS   3e28       98   
         TOT                     3   1   0  .333  16  106   65  .613    0    0  .000
 1986 28 BOA AL  13   25   2.2   1   0   0  .000  17  119   92  .773    0    0  .000  SS   2e23      -16   
 1987 29 BOA AL  21   49   3.8   2   0   0  .000  18  163  105  .644    0    0  .000  SS   3e22       32   
 1988 30 PIN NL  26   32   2.4   6   3   0  .500  20  149  101  .678    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -11   
 1989           [Did not play]
 1990 32 NYA AL 100    2   8.3   0   0   0  .000   0    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  SS   4e21      365   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          154   3.0  21   5   0  .238  73  583  396  .679    0    0  .000                  12   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1984 26 NYN NL  SS    34    44   109    2   17   .987    28   253.0   5.44
 1985 27 NYN NL  SS    32    67    85    7   19   .956    32   292.2   4.67
         BOA AL  SS    58   119   181    9   38   .971    53   490.2   5.50
 1986 28 BOA AL  SS   110   197   330   16   76   .971   101   914.2   5.19
                 2B     6    10     4    1    2   .933     3    30.2   4.11
 1987 29 BOA AL  SS   128   232   371   18   71   .971   122  1100.2   4.93
 1988 30 PIN NL  SS   140   269   378   20   62   .970   127  1083.1   5.38
 1989           [Did not play]
 1990 32 NYA AL  SS     4     6    12    0    2  1.000     4    27.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   506   934  1466   72  285   .971   467  4162.0   5.19
                 2B     6    10     4    1    2   .933     3    30.2   4.11
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1984 NLCS  NYN SDN   L    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  0
 1986 ALCS  BOA TEA   W    3  10  0  2  0  0  0   1  2  1  .200  .333  .200  0
      WS    BOA CIN   W    4  12  0  2  0  0  0   2  1  1  .167  .231  .167  0
 1987 ALCS  BOA CHA   W    5  20  1  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  .200  .238  .250  0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    5  14  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  2  .143  .200  .143  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1984  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1985  NYN   96-66   Jon Fellows
 1985  BOA   83-79   Mike Tomeo
 1986  BOA  109-53   Mike Tomeo
 1987  BOA  100-62   Mike Tomeo
 1988  PIN   80-82   Mike Mashanic
 1990  NYA   84-78   Robert Rescigno

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