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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 8, 1986 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 2010
Team: Indians 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$21M (12-16) & 17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.115, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2005	19	LAD-min	Rk	32	97	78	14	23	4	1	1	14	0	2	16	8	.295	.412	.410	.823		32	2	1	0	2	1		DGR · GULF
2006	20	LAD-min	A+,Rk	91	391	330	47	93	15	3	10	45	4	3	53	62	.282	.379	.436	.815		144	11	2	0	6	0		VRO,OGD · FLOR,PION
2007	21	LAD-min	A	86	334	292	32	65	20	1	7	36	5	3	40	45	.223	.318	.370	.688		108	9	1	1	0	0		GRL · MIDW
2008	22	LAD-CLE-min	A+,AA	130	568	463	125	151	39	5	21	117	10	4	89	85	.326	.431	.568	.999		263	8	4	2	10	4		SBR,KIN,AKR · CALL,CARL,EL
2009	23	CLE-min	AA	130	535	428	91	124	30	2	23	97	2	2	90	83	.290	.413	.530	.943		227	10	7	0	10	7		AKR · EL
2010	24	CLE-min	AAA	57	246	196	39	62	14	1	13	51	6	0	45	39	.316	.447	.597	1.044		117	5	3	0	2	4		CLB · IL
2010	24	CLE	AL	46	192	150	23	39	13	0	6	22	3	0	37	29	.260	.401	.467	.868	143	70	3	1	0	4	2	2/D
2011	25	CLE	AL	155	658	552	84	132	35	2	27	79	5	3	97	133	.239	.351	.457	.808	125	252	15	2	0	7	7	23/D
2012	26	CLE	AL	43	189	155	21	38	7	0	5	24	2	1	30	38	.245	.360	.387	.747	112	60	1	0	0	4	2	*2/3D
3 Yrs				244	1039	857	128	209	55	2	38	125	10	4	164	200	.244	.362	.446	.808	126	382	19	3	0	15	11
162 Game Avg.				162	690	569	85	139	37	1	25	83	7	3	109	133	.244	.362	.446	.808	126	254	13	2	0	10	7

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
2010	24	CLE	AL	46	192	9	1	0	-1	2	12	1.3	6	18	1.8	.526	.507	1.9	0.1	19	$	2/D
2011	25	CLE	AL	155	658	16	0	0	-6	1	12	1.4	22	34	3.4	.508	.508	4.1	-0.4	40	$416,600	23/D
2012	26	CLE	AL	43	189	3	-0	0	1	2	6	0.6	6	12	1.1	.514	.504	1.1	0.2	11	$	*2/3D
3 Seasons				244	1039	28	1	1	-6	5	29	3.2	35	64	6.3	.512	.506	7.1	0.0	70	$416,600

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
2010	24	CLE	AL	192	118	32	7.2	95	.277	.260	.253	.401	.320	.467	.397	.868	.717	143	.690	12.0	1.2	.974	.473	.207	4.0
2011	25	CLE	AL	658	445	91	5.5	94	.263	.239	.252	.351	.317	.457	.400	.808	.716	125	.578	22.7	2.2	.806	.397	.217	8.4
2012	26	CLE	AL	189	123	25	5.5	93	.284	.245	.246	.360	.312	.387	.399	.747	.711	112	.577	4.5	0.4	.765	.342	.142	2.9
3 Yrs				1039	686	148	5.8	94	.270	.244	.252	.362	.316	.446	.399	.808	.715	126	.601	39.2	3.8	.827	.400	.202	15.8
162 Game Avg.				690	455	98	5.8	94	.270	.244	.252	.362	.316	.446	.399	.808	.715	126	.601	26	3	.827	.400	.202	10

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
2010	24	CLE	AL	192	3.1%	15.1%	19.3%	9.9%	49%	0.78	5.2	25.0	6.8	0.54	0.72	62%	18%	8.6%	13%
2011	25	CLE	AL	658	4.1%	20.2%	14.7%	9.7%	49%	1.37	4.2	20.4	7.0	0.82	1.30	61%	15%	14.1%	18%
2012	26	CLE	AL	189	2.7%	20.1%	15.9%	6.4%	32%	1.27	4.1	31.0	6.5	0.70	0.85	61%	19%	8.2%	14%
3 Yrs				1039	3.7%	19.3%	15.8%	9.1%	46%	1.22	4.3	22.6	6.9	0.74	1.08	61%	16%	11.8%	16%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	24	CLE	AL	12.0	1.2	199	1.2	3.6	-2.4	.90	1.2	0.1	10.4	1.0	0.89	12.8	0.91	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	21.8	2.1	675	0.4	12.5	-12.1	1.09	2.3	-2.0	8.5	0.9	1.02	21.4	2.82	3
2012	26	CLE	AL	4.5	0.4	194	1.1	4.0	-2.9	1.05	0.3	0.7	7.2	0.7	0.99	3.1		0
3 Yrs				38.3	3.7	1068	2.6	20.1	-17.5	1.05	3.8	-1.4	26.1	2.6	0.99	37.3	2.82	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2010	24	CLE	AL	1	24%	92	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	2	7	41%	7	5	2	4	2	2	6	2	3
2011	25	CLE	AL	1	28%	252	5	3	63%	5	2	1	1	5	10	40%	40	27	12	12	5	7	21	9	10
2012	26	CLE	AL	2	25%	73	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	6	32%	8	6	2	7	6	1	4	1	3
3 Yrs				4	27%	417	10	4	71%	10	3	1	1	8	23	39%	55	38	16	23	13	10	31	12	16

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
2010	24	CLE	AL	192	100%	39	4	2	0	0	0	0	0.91	6	0	2	5	1	2	4	0	0	0		30	3	10%	10	7	70%	101	16	16%	9	7	78%	5	3	60%	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	658	100%	132	7	2	3	1	1	1	2.82	27	1	17	22	5	14	13	0	0	0		140	15	11%	57	18	32%	412	53	13%	35	18	51%	19	12	63%	0
2012	26	CLE	AL	189	100%	38	5	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	6	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		39	1	3%	19	7	37%	131	19	15%	13	8	62%	5	2	40%	0
3 Yrs				1039	100%	209	16	4	3	1	1	1	2.82	38	1	25	32	6	18	20	0	0	0		209	19	9%	86	32	37%	644	88	14%	57	33	58%	29	17	59%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2010	24	CLE	AL	192	803	4.18	437	54%	29%	18%	25%	29%	71%	2%	39%	75%	27%	7%	14	0	20%	39	15	15%	29	16	28%	0	0	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	662	2839	4.29	1627	57%	35%	16%	23%	26%	65%	2%	37%	75%	19%	9%	58	0	21%	141	42	17%	113	57	28%	-4	0	0
2012	26	CLE	AL	189	814	4.31	454	56%	32%	18%	24%	27%	68%	2%	38%	74%	19%	5%	9	0	21%	40	15	16%	30	13	21%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1043	4456	4.27	2518	57%	33%	17%	23%	27%	67%	2%	38%	75%	20%	8%	81	0	21%	220	72	16%	172	86	27%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

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	SF	IBB
2010	24	46	192	150	23	39	13	0	6	22	3	0	37	29	.260	.401	.467	.868	143	70	3	1	4	2
2011	25	201	850	702	107	171	48	2	33	101	8	3	134	162	.244	.362	.459	.821	129	322	18	3	11	9
2012	26	244	1039	857	128	209	55	2	38	125	10	4	164	200	.244	.362	.446	.808	126	382	19	3	15	11

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
2010	24	46	198	153	26	42	14	0	6	25	3	40	29	.275	.419	.484	.903	32	46
2011	25	155	674	561	94	141	37	2	29	88	5	104	133	.251	.366	.480	.846	99	155
2012	26	43	194	158	24	41	8	0	5	27	2	32	38	.259	.376	.405	.781	25	43
3 Yrs		244	1066	872	144	224	59	2	40	140	10	176	200	.257	.378	.467	.845	156	244
162 Game Avg.		162	708	579	96	149	39	1	27	93	7	117	133	.257	.378	.467	.845	104	244

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 AL 97 (3rd) 2012 AL 30 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2011 AL 133 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL 97 (3rd)
2012 AL 30 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 AL 133 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 AL 4 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1869), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2225), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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