Danny Santana
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| Minnesota Twins – No. 39 | |||
| Shortstop / Center fielder | |||
| Born: November 7, 1990 Monte Plata, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 2014, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 25, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .274 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 71 | ||
| Stolen bases | 38 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
Daniel Ernesto Santana (born November 7, 1990) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and center fielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Career
The 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 teams who wanted him.
2014
Santana was called up to the major leagues for the first time on May 2, 2014.[1] After a solid start to his career, Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 27, 2014.[2]
Santana finished 7th in Rookie of the Year voting, leading all MLB nominees in batting average (.319) and stolen bases (20).[3] Additionally, Santana's rookie year batting average of .319 is a Twins franchise record (minimum 130 ABs).[4][5]
References
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- ↑ Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award#Qualifications and voting
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Danny Santana on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Monte Plata Province
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Minnesota Twins players
- Dominican Summer League Twins players
- Gulf Coast Twins players
- Águilas Cibaeñas players
- Beloit Snappers players
- Elizabethton Twins players
- Fort Myers Miracle players
- New Britain Rock Cats players
- Rochester Red Wings players
