Domingo Santana
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Santana with the Houston Astros in 2014
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| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 16 | |||
| Right fielder | |||
| Born: August 5, 1992 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 1, 2014, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 3, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .226 | ||
| Home runs | 11 | ||
| Runs batted in | 37 | ||
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Domingo Alberto Santana (born August 5, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros.
Career
Santana signed as an international free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in March 2009, receiving a $330,000 signing bonus.[1] The Phillies traded Santana to the Houston Astros on July 31, 2011, with Jon Singleton, Jarred Cosart, and Josh Zeid, in exchange for Hunter Pence.[2][3] He was added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2013.[4]
The Astros promoted Santana to the major leagues from the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL) on July 1, 2014.[5] He debuted the same day, going 0-4 with three strikeouts.[6] After batting 0-for-13 with 11 strikeouts, the Astros demoted Santana to Oklahoma City on July 6.[7]
On March 13, 2015, Santana was optioned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the PCL. He was recalled on June 16. That same day, he collected his first major league hit on an RBI single to right that scored Evan Gattis.[8]
On July 30, 2015, the Astros traded Santana, Brett Phillips, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gómez and Mike Fiers.[9] The Brewers assigned Santana to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the PCL, and promoted him to the major leagues on August 21.[10]
Personal life
Santana's father played for the Astros' organization.[1]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Use mdy dates from July 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Houston Astros players
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Gulf Coast Phillies players
- Lakewood BlueClaws players
- Williamsport Crosscutters players
- Tigres del Licey players
- Lexington Legends players
- Lancaster JetHawks players
- Corpus Christi Hooks players
- Oklahoma City RedHawks players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
