Rafael
Santana
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 165
 
Born: January 31, 1958 in D.R., , LA ROMANA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 25 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1984 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
1985 27 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1986 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1987 29 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1988 30 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1989 31 MON NL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
1990 32 MON NL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,378,571   8 8 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 25 AA   137 532 37 135 17 3 1 30 1 1 44 53 .254 .311 .303 .613 50.5  
1984 26 MON NL 6 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1
    AA   135 498 49 161 25 3 5 50 0 0 40 38 .323 .374 .416 .789 73.6  
1985 27 MON NL 52 91 4 21 7 0 0 9 0 0 4 17 .231 .260 .308 .568 7.0 0.8
    AAA   53 196 23 59 10 0 1 13 0 0 12 20 .301 .341 .367 .709 23.6  
1986 28 MON NL 142 454 35 111 13 0 6 41 0 0 22 58 .244 .281 .313 .594 36.1 3.1
1987 29 MON NL 73 164 16 47 14 1 2 25 0 0 15 17 .287 .344 .421 .765 23.6 5.3
1988 30 MON NL 129 405 39 112 13 2 2 55 0 0 21 46 .277 .309 .333 .642 39.5 5.2
1989 31 MON NL 59 112 14 29 5 0 1 13 0 0 10 18 .259 .317 .330 .647 10.8 1.4
1990 32 MON NL 77 240 22 66 7 2 1 33 0 0 12 32 .275 .307 .333 .640 23.2 2.6
7 Years Sim 538 1476 130 388 60 5 12 176 0 0 84 188 .263 .301 .335 .636 140.7 18.5
1 Years AAA 53 196 23 59 10 0 1 13 0 0 12 20 .301 .341 .367 .709 23.6  
2 Years AA 272 1030 86 296 42 6 6 80 1 1 84 91 .287 .341 .357 .698 124.1  
3 Years Minors 325 1226 109 355 52 6 7 93 1 1 96 111 .290 .341 .359 .700 147.6  
162 Game Average 444 39 116 18 1 3 52 0 0 25 56 .263 .301 .335 .636 42.4  
Career Highs 142 454 39 112 14 2 6 55 0 0 22 58 .287 .344 .421 .765 39.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   970 88 249 35 3 10 121 0 0 46 130 .257 .289 .330 .619 89.6
vs LH   506 42 139 25 2 2 55 0 0 38 58 .275 .324 .344 .668 55.6
Home 253 684 59 163 24 2 7 82 0 0 36 87 .238 .275 .310 .585 56.7
Away 285 792 71 225 36 3 5 94 0 0 48 101 .284 .323 .356 .680 88.6
RISP   385 0 110 18 1 6 159 0 0 26 53 .286 .323 .384 .707 47.6
Pinch Hitting   35 4 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .229 .270 .286 .556 2.5
Close/Late   157 9 46 9 0 2 18 0 0 7 22 .293 .317 .389 .706 18.6
Mar/Apr 72 207 17 61 8 0 0 34 0 0 8 29 .295 .317 .333 .650 21.0
May 75 221 20 60 8 0 2 29 0 0 20 32 .271 .332 .335 .667 25.0
June 99 309 25 84 6 3 2 30 0 0 11 33 .272 .295 .330 .625 29.0
July 114 289 33 74 15 2 0 27 0 0 17 40 .256 .298 .322 .620 26.5
August 103 273 17 61 13 0 2 27 0 0 16 40 .223 .265 .293 .558 20.3
Sep/Oct 75 177 18 48 10 0 6 29 0 0 12 14 .271 .316 .429 .745 23.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1984 26 MON NL 2B 4 1 11.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1985 27 MON NL SS 26 16 142.0 29 58 1 11 .989 5.51   0.6
    3B 14 6 57.7 4 16 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.2
    2B 12 5 51.3 10 30 0 9 1.000 7.01   0.4
1986 28 MON NL SS 135 133 1090.7 173 474 25 84 .963 5.34   5.0
    2B 5 3 29.0 7 17 0 3 1.000 7.45   0.2
    3B 3 2 20.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1987 29 MON NL SS 58 38 364.0 66 144 10 32 .955 5.19   1.4
    2B 10 8 77.3 18 25 1 7 .977 5.00   0.3
    3B 3 1 13.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
1988 30 MON NL SS 116 112 947.7 147 421 23 72 .961 5.39   5.2
    2B 7 3 32.3 5 11 1 1 .941 4.45   0.1
    3B 3 2 18.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50   0.0
1989 31 MON NL 3B 16 9 95.0 5 28 2 2 .943 3.13   0.4
    2B 15 8 77.0 15 39 0 5 1.000 6.31   0.4
    SS 18 6 73.3 15 33 0 9 1.000 5.89   0.5
1990 32 MON NL LF 42 42 355.0 60 0 5 0 .923 1.52   0.2
    2B 10 8 74.3 17 28 0 6 1.000 5.45   0.4
    3B 8 5 42.0 7 11 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.3
    SS 6 4 40.0 7 17 2 5 .923 5.40   0.2
  SS 360 310 2666.7 439 1147 61 213 .963 5.35   12.9
  LF 42 42 355.0 60 0 5 0 .923 1.52   0.2
  2B 63 36 352.3 72 153 2 31 .991 5.75   1.9
  3B 47 25 245.7 22 65 2 5 .978 3.19   1.1
Career Totals   512 413 3619.6 593 1365 70 249 .965 4.87   16.1
Career Highs   143 138 1139.7 180 494 25 87 1.000 5.32    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 28 MON NL 6 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .250 .558
1988 30 MON NL 3 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 9 17 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .294 .368 .294 .663
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  1. Jimmy Brown (984)
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  3. Dave Chalk (974)
  4. Len Randle (964)
  5. Howard Freigau (957)
  6. Bobby Cox (957)
  7. Tommy Helms (956)
  8. Scott Fletcher (956)
  9. Joe Hoover (952)
  10. Shooty Babitt (950)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 107th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1973
Injured on 5/20/1973 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Drafted in 4th round, 83rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1983
Injured on 8/4/1983 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/3/1984 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/23/1984, off Jose Rijo (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1986, off Balor Moore (TAM)
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/16/1990 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6 weeks