Luis de los Santos

Luis Manuel (Martinez) de los Santos

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 29, 1966 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Newton HS (Elmhurst, NY)
Drafted
by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1988
Teams (by GP): Royals/Tigers 1988-1991

Final Game: May 28, 1991
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1988 21 KCR AL 11 26 22 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 .091 .231 .227 .458 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 /3D
1989 22 KCR AL 28 92 87 6 22 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 14 .253 .293 .310 .604 71 27 2 0 0 0 0 3
1991 24 DET AL 16 32 30 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .219 .233 .452 25 7 2 0 0 0 0 /D735
1992 Did not play in major leagues (No Record)
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1996 Did not play in major leagues (No Record)
1997 Did not play in major leagues (No Record)
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (No Record)
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Korea)
3 Yrs 55 150 139 8 29 6 2 0 7 0 0 11 22 .209 .267 .281 .547 54 39 7 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 442 409 24 85 18 6 0 21 0 0 32 65 .209 .267 .281 .547 54 115 21 0 0 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 39 118 109 7 24 4 2 0 7 0 0 9 18 .220 .280 .294 .573 62 32 5 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 16 32 30 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .219 .233 .452 25 7 2 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1988 21 KCR AL 11 26 -2 0 -1 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .468 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /3D
1989 22 KCR AL 28 92 -4 -0 0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.2 .482 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 3
1991 24 DET AL 16 32 -3 0 -0 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .463 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ /D735
3 Seasons 55 150 -9 0 -1 -0 -3 -13 -1.4 5 -9 -1.0 .474 .497 -0.9 -0.3 -8 $
KCR (2 yrs) 39 118 -6 0 -0 0 -2 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.5 .478 .497 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $
DET (1 yr) 16 32 -3 0 -0 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .463 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 21 KCR AL 26 23 1 1.2 95 .111 .091 .260 .231 .326 .227 .392 .458 .718 29 .080 -2.2 -0.2 .391 .318 .136
1989 22 KCR AL 92 67 8 3.2 93 .301 .253 .261 .293 .326 .310 .384 .604 .710 71 .364 -3.6 -0.4 .478 .115 .057
1991 24 DET AL 32 27 1 1.0 99 .192 .167 .262 .219 .331 .233 .398 .452 .730 25 .059 -3.1 -0.3 .333 .133 .067
3 Yrs 150 117 10 2.3 95 .248 .209 .261 .267 .327 .281 .388 .547 .715 54 .233 -8.9 -0.9 .427 .151 .072
162 Game Avg. 442 345 29 2.3 95 .248 .209 .261 .267 .327 .281 .388 .547 .715 54 .233 -8.9 -0.9 .427 .151 .072
KCR (2 yrs) 118 90 9 2.7 94 .264 .220 .261 .280 .326 .294 .386 .573 .711 62 .291 -5.8 -0.6 .456 .156 .073
DET (1 yr) 32 27 1 1.0 99 .192 .167 .262 .219 .331 .233 .398 .452 .730 25 .059 -3.1 -0.3 .333 .133 .067

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 21 KCR AL 26 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 7.7% 100% 1.00 5.5 22.0 1.57 2.80 69% 17% 0.0% 43%
1989 22 KCR AL 92 0.0% 15.2% 5.4% 4.4% 18% 2.80 6.2 14.5 0.97 1.25 79% 15% 0.0% 16%
1991 24 DET AL 32 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 6.3% 40% 2.00 7.5 1.17 1.88 81% 19% 0.0% 8%
3 Yrs 150 0.0% 14.7% 7.3% 5.3% 28% 2.00 6.3 19.9 1.09 1.59 78% 16% 0.0% 18%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.75 6.0 44.1 8.6 0.80 1.05 73% 20% 6.5% 24%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1988 21 KCR AL -2.2 -0.2 27 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .94 -0.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.00 -3.9 0.97 2
1989 22 KCR AL -3.6 -0.4 92 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 1.09 -0.5 -0.2 -6.8 -0.7 0.92 -5.1 0.08 2
1991 24 DET AL -3.1 -0.3 32 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .62 -0.3 -0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.73 -4.2 0.01 5
3 Yrs -8.9 -0.9 151 -1.5 1.6 -3.1 .96 -1.2 -0.4 -16.1 -1.6 0.89 -13.1 0.24 9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 21 KCR AL 0 0 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 22 KCR AL 0 0 22% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1991 24 DET AL 0 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs 0 0 20% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44% 5 4 1 4 1 3 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 21 KCR AL 26 85% 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 4 0 0% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1989 22 KCR AL 92 39% 22 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 9% 10 0 0% 57 6 11% 7 2 29% 4 0 0% 0
1991 24 DET AL 32 78% 5 2 0 5 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 12 1 8% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
3 Yrs 150 55% 29 3 0 9 1 0 0 0.24 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 7 22% 16 1 6% 88 8 9% 9 3 33% 6 1 17% 0
MLB Averages 60% 72% 10% 35% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 21 KCR AL 26 107 4.12 68 64% 28% 10% 35% 26% 72% 0% 46% 86% 22% 4% 1 0 8% 2 1 8% 2 0 25% 0 1 0
1989 22 KCR AL 92 319 3.47 207 65% 23% 12% 29% 35% 76% 0% 50% 84% 26% 1% 1 0 9% 8 5 5% 5 3 21% 0 0 1
1991 24 DET AL 32 132 4.13 77 58% 21% 13% 32% 34% 79% 0% 46% 84% 16% 0% 0 0 22% 7 7 13% 4 2 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 150 558 3.72 352 63% 24% 12% 31% 33% 76% 0% 48% 84% 23% 1% 2 0 11% 17 13 7% 11 5 18% 0 1 1
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 21 11 26 22 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 .091 .231 .227 .458 29 5 3 0 0 0 0
1989 22 39 118 109 7 24 4 2 0 7 0 0 9 18 .220 .280 .294 .573 62 32 5 0 0 0 0
1990 23 39 118 109 7 24 4 2 0 7 0 0 9 18 .220 .280 .294 .573 62 32 5 0 0 0 0
1991 24 55 150 139 8 29 6 2 0 7 0 0 11 22 .209 .267 .281 .547 54 39 7 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 21 11 26 22 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 .091 .231 .227 .458 1 11
1989 22 28 94 89 7 24 3 1 0 7 0 5 14 .270 .309 .326 .634 9 28
1991 24 16 33 31 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .194 .242 .258 .500 2 16
3 Yrs 55 153 142 9 32 6 2 0 8 0 11 22 .225 .281 .296 .577 12 55
162 Game Avg. 162 451 418 27 94 18 6 0 24 0 32 65 .225 .281 .296 .577 35 55

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1966-12-29 (3rd)

                                         

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