Nelson Santovenia
Nelson Gil (Mayol) Santovenia
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 27, 1961 in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
High School: Southridge (Miami, FL)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1987
Final Game: October 2, 1993
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Standard Batting

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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
1987 25 MON NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1988 26 MON NL 92 344 309 26 73 20 2 8 41 2 3 24 77 .236 .294 .392 .686 93 121 4 3 4 4 3 2/3
1989 27 MON NL 97 337 304 30 76 14 1 5 31 2 1 24 37 .250 .307 .352 .659 87 107 12 3 2 4 2 2/3
1990 28 MON NL 59 176 163 13 31 3 1 6 28 0 3 8 31 .190 .222 .331 .553 53 54 5 0 0 5 0 2
1991 29 MON NL 41 102 96 7 24 5 0 2 14 0 0 2 18 .250 .255 .365 .619 74 35 4 0 0 4 2 2/3
1992 30 CHW AL 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 350 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1993 31 KCR AL 4 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
7 Seasons 297 972 884 77 206 42 4 22 116 4 7 59 165 .233 .281 .364 .645 81 322 25 6 6 17 7
162 Game Avg. 162 530 482 42 112 23 2 12 63 2 4 32 90 .233 .281 .364 .645 81 176 14 3 3 9 4
MON (5 yrs) 291 960 873 76 204 42 4 21 114 4 7 58 163 .234 .281 .363 .644 81 317 25 6 6 17 7
KCR (1 yr) 4 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 350 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 291 960 873 76 204 42 4 21 114 4 7 58 163 .234 .281 .363 .644 81 317 25 6 6 17 7
AL (2 yrs) 6 12 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .455 .705 85 5 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1987 25 MON NL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .425 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1988 26 MON NL 344 251 36 3.9 93 .285 .236 .261 .294 .325 .392 .383 .686 .708 93 .486 -3.2 -0.3 .605 .230 .155 3.2
1989 27 MON NL 337 247 31 3.4 92 .267 .250 .256 .307 .324 .352 .382 .659 .705 87 .418 -5.1 -0.5 .560 .184 .102 2.9
1990 28 MON NL 176 145 10 1.8 95 .191 .190 .260 .222 .325 .331 .390 .553 .715 53 .170 -11.0 -1.1 .421 .172 .141 .0
1991 29 MON NL 102 80 8 2.7 93 .275 .250 .256 .255 .324 .365 .384 .619 .708 74 .308 -3.4 -0.4 .487 .135 .115 .0
1992 30 CHW AL 3 2 1 13.4 93 .000 .333 .258 .333 .327 1.333 .383 1.667 .710 350 .885 0.9 0.1 2.000 1.000 1.000 .0
1993 31 KCR AL 9 7 0 0.0 108 .167 .125 .274 .222 .345 .125 .418 .347 .763 -6 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
7 Seasons 972 733 86 3.2 93 .258 .233 .259 .281 .325 .364 .384 .645 .709 81 .382 -23.3 -2.3 .541 .195 .131 6.8
162 Game Avg. 530 400 47 3.2 93 .258 .233 .259 .281 .325 .364 .384 .645 .709 81 .382 -23.3 -2.3 .541 .195 .131 4
MON (5 yrs) 960 724 85 3.2 93 .259 .234 .258 .281 .325 .363 .384 .644 .708 81 .382 -22.9 -2.3 .539 .192 .129 6.7
KCR (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 108 .167 .125 .274 .222 .345 .125 .418 .347 .763 -6 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
CHW (1 yr) 3 2 1 13.4 93 .000 .333 .258 .333 .327 1.333 .383 1.667 .710 350 .885 0.9 0.1 2.000 1.000 1.000 .0
NL (5 yrs) 960 724 85 3.2 93 .259 .234 .258 .281 .325 .363 .384 .644 .708 81 .382 -22.9 -2.3 .539 .192 .129 6.7
AL (2 yrs) 12 9 1 3.0 104 .125 .182 .269 .250 .341 .455 .409 .705 .749 85 .301 -0.4 0.0 .667 .364 .273 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1987 25 MON NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1988 26 MON NL 344 2.3% 22.4% 7.0% 8.7% 41% 3.21 4.0 38.6 7.5 0.65 0.90 66% 22% 11.0% 48%
1989 27 MON NL 337 1.5% 11.0% 7.1% 5.9% 26% 1.54 8.2 60.8 9.8 0.70 0.97 79% 18% 4.5% 30%
1990 28 MON NL 176 3.4% 17.6% 4.6% 5.7% 32% 3.88 5.3 27.2 5.8 0.65 0.82 74% 14% 9.8% 27%
1991 29 MON NL 102 2.0% 17.7% 2.0% 6.9% 29% 9.00 5.3 48.0 6.9 0.95 1.14 78% 20% 5.9% 19%
1992 30 CHW AL 3 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 1.5 0.50 1.00 67% 0% 100.0% 50%
1993 31 KCR AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.0 0.20 0.25 67% 33% 0.0% 60%
7 Seasons 972 2.3% 17.0% 6.1% 7.0% 33% 2.80 5.4 40.2 7.6 0.69 0.92 73% 18% 7.8% 35%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1987 25 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 MON NL 0 0 20% 80 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 24% 12 9 2 7 6 1 6 3 3
1989 27 MON NL 7 0 26% 125 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 29% 16 13 3 5 4 1 14 7 6
1990 28 MON NL 2 0 21% 34 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1991 29 MON NL 0 0 21% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1992 30 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 KCR AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9 0 22% 286 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16 28% 35 28 6 13 11 2 24 11 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1987 25 MON NL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 MON NL 344 27% 73 6 0 1 1 0 0 2.92 8 0 6 5 3 6 2 0 4 4 100% 63 4 6% 34 13 38% 222 33 15% 20 13 65% 25 7 28% 0
1989 27 MON NL 337 32% 76 4 0 7 1 0 0 1.46 5 0 10 3 2 4 1 0 4 2 50% 65 12 18% 26 12 46% 213 29 14% 13 8 62% 24 10 42% 0
1990 28 MON NL 176 41% 31 1 0 10 4 1 3 1.76 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 34 5 15% 17 6 35% 128 23 18% 21 14 67% 6 3 50% 0
1991 29 MON NL 102 52% 24 7 0 7 3 1 1 2.13 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 4 25% 14 6 43% 64 12 19% 12 7 58% 8 5 63% 0
1992 30 CHW AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 KCR AL 9 22% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 972 34% 206 18 0 27 9 2 4 1.70 22 0 25 14 8 15 7 0 8 6 75% 181 25 14% 91 37 41% 633 98 15% 66 42 64% 64 25 39% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 26 MON NL 329 1192 3.62 770 65% 19% 19% 32% 30% 81% 3% 52% 77% 38% 5% 17 0 14% 45 18 9% 29 18 10% 15 0 0
1989 27 MON NL 333 1099 3.30 696 63% 19% 14% 29% 39% 81% 2% 51% 83% 38% 5% 16 1 15% 51 25 8% 25 16 17% 4 0 2
1990 28 MON NL 144 503 3.49 330 66% 19% 17% 28% 35% 80% 0% 52% 78% 36% 2% 3 0 13% 18 13 6% 8 3 12% 32 0 2
1991 29 MON NL 102 383 3.75 254 66% 24% 16% 27% 32% 76% 6% 50% 79% 28% 2% 2 0 13% 13 8 7% 7 4 28% 0 0 0
1992 30 CHW AL 3 9 3.00 8 89% 25% 0% 38% 38% 75% 0% 67% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 KCR AL 6 23 3.83 14 61% 21% 0% 43% 36% 79% 0% 48% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0
6 Seasons 917 3209 3.50 2072 65% 20% 16% 30% 34% 80% 2% 52% 80% 37% 4% 38 1 14% 127 64 8% 69 41 14% 54 0 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1987 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 94 345 310 26 73 20 2 8 41 2 3 24 77 .235 .293 .390 .684 92 121 4 3 4 4 3
1989 27 191 682 614 56 149 34 3 13 72 4 4 48 114 .243 .300 .371 .672 90 228 16 6 6 8 5
1990 28 250 858 777 69 180 37 4 19 100 4 7 56 145 .232 .284 .363 .647 82 282 21 6 6 13 5
1991 29 291 960 873 76 204 42 4 21 114 4 7 58 163 .234 .281 .363 .644 81 317 25 6 6 17 7
1992 30 293 963 876 77 205 42 4 22 116 4 7 58 163 .234 .281 .366 .648 82 321 25 6 6 17 7
1993 31 297 972 884 77 206 42 4 22 116 4 7 59 165 .233 .281 .364 .645 81 322 25 6 6 17 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
1987 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1988 26 92 345 313 28 77 21 2 8 45 2 25 77 .246 .304 .403 .707 39 92
1989 27 97 339 307 33 79 15 1 5 35 2 25 37 .257 .316 .362 .677 35 97
1990 28 59 173 161 14 29 3 1 6 30 0 7 31 .180 .208 .323 .531 11 59
1991 29 41 102 96 8 24 5 0 2 16 0 2 18 .250 .255 .365 .619 9 41
1992 30 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1993 31 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4
7 Seasons 297 972 889 84 209 44 4 21 128 4 60 165 .235 .283 .364 .647 95 297
162 Game Avg. 162 530 485 46 114 24 2 11 70 2 33 90 .235 .283 .364 .647 52 297

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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