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
1984	17	KCR-min	A-	67	273	257	27	69	10	2	2	30	5	3	13	33	.268	.304	.346	.650		89		1	0	2	1		EUG · NORW
1985	18	KCR-min	A	123	497	454	44	120	18	2	0	48	2	2	37	53	.264	.316	.313	.629		142		0	0	6	2		FTM · FLOR
1986	19	KCR-min	AA	135	586	525	72	159	21	5	3	84	5	1	46	65	.303	.358	.379	.737		199		3	5	7	1		MEM · SOUL
1987	20	KCR-min	AAA	135	557	518	53	152	29	6	2	67	2	4	29	80	.293	.330	.384	.714		199		2	3	5	0		OMA · AA
1988	21	KCR-min	AAA	136	584	535	62	164	25	4	6	87	2	2	40	79	.307	.353	.402	.755		215		2	0	7	3		OMA · AA
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-min	AAA	99	423	387	45	115	31	3	3	62	1	4	29	53	.297	.341	.416	.757		161		0	1	6	1		OMA · AA
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

1990	23	KCR-min	AAA	135	572	521	55	146	23	1	5	74	2	5	34	82	.280	.319	.357	.676		186		1	4	12	3		OMA · AA
1991	24	DET-min	AAA	41	160	141	12	40	8	0	2	22	0	0	16	19	.284	.356	.383	.739		54		1	0	2	0		TOL,JAL · IL,MEX
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	25	JAL	AAA																										JAL · MEX
1992		Did not play in major leagues (No Record)
1993	26	FLA-min	AAA	125	460	425	49	132	25	2	2	66	0	3	25	56	.311	.346	.393	.739		167	11	2	0	8	1		EDM · PCL
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	30	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
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)
2000	33	SLT	AAA	100	439	391	79	142	28	1	25	94	0	1	40	59	.363	.419	.632	1.050		247	19	1	2	5	3		SLT · MEX
2001	34	KIA	Fgn																										KIA · KBO
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Korea)
2002	35	BAL-min	AAA	105	442	402	51	116	21	1	11	46	0	0	35	82	.289	.346	.428	.774		172	19	2	0	3	0		OAX,MXD,ROC · MEX,IL
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
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
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	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1988	21	11	26	22	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	.091	.231	.227	.458	29	5	3
1989	22	39	118	109	7	24	4	2	7	9	18	.220	.280	.294	.573	62	32	5
1990	23	39	118	109	7	24	4	2	7	9	18	.220	.280	.294	.573	62	32	5
1991	24	55	150	139	8	29	6	2	7	11	22	.209	.267	.281	.547	54	39	7

Neutralized Batting

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

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

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