Rafael Santana

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Full Name: Rafael Francisco (De La Cruz) Santana	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/165	First Game: April 5, 1983
Birthdate: January 31, 1958	Final Game: April 23, 1990
Birthplace: La Romana, La Romana (Dominican Republic)	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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Rafael Santana (Rafael Francisco (De La Cruz) Santana) was born on January 31, 1958 in La Romana, La Romana (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on April 5, 1983 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1984, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Santana played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1983	STL	N	30	14	1	3	0	2	.214	.353	.214	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1984	NY	N	51	152	14	42	1	12	.276	.317	.382	11	1	9	17	0	1	0	0	3
1985	NY	N	154	529	41	136	1	29	.257	.295	.302	19	1	29	54	0	4	1	12	14
1986	NY	N	139	394	38	86	1	28	.218	.285	.254	11	0	36	43	2	1	0	12	15
1987	NY	N	139	439	41	112	5	44	.255	.302	.346	21	2	29	57	1	0	1	10	11
1988	NY	A	148	480	50	115	4	38	.240	.289	.294	12	1	33	61	1	5	1	0	17
1990	CLE	A	7	13	3	3	1	3	.231	.231	.462	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		513	1528	135	379	8	115	.248	.297	.310	62	4	105	173	4	6	2	34	43
Total	AL		155	493	53	118	5	41	.239	.287	.298	12	1	33	61	1	5	1	0	18
Total			668	2021	188	497	13	156	.246	.295	.307	74	5	138	234	5	11	3	34	61

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1983	STL	N	2B	8	1	18.2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1983	STL	N	SS	6	0	9.1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1983	STL	N	3B	5	0	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1984	NY	N	SS	50	42	377.2	92	104	6	34	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1985	NY	N	SS	153	145	1338	301	396	25	81	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1986	NY	N	2B	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	NY	N	SS	137	111	1044.1	203	369	16	68	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1987	NY	N	SS	138	129	1125.1	213	396	17	82	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1988	NY	A	SS	148	147	1255.2	202	421	22	96	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1990	CLE	A	SS	7	4	34	2	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	639	578	5184.1	1014	1697	87	364	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			2B	9	1	19.1	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
Total			3B	5	0	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (August 31, 1976).
Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named later (February 16, 1981); New York Yankees received George Frazier (June 7, 1981).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (January 17, 1984).
Signed by New York Mets (January 17, 1984).
Traded by New York Mets with Victor Garcia to New York Yankees in exchange for Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi and Steve Frey (December 11, 1987).
Released by New York Yankees (November 20, 1989).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 10, 1990).
Released by Cleveland Indians (April 25, 1990).

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