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Nelson Santovenia

Nelson Gil (Mayol) Santovenia

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 27, 1961 in Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
High School: Miami Southridge Sr HS (Miami, FL)
Schools: Miami Dade South CC (Miami, FL), University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1987 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Royals/WhiteSox 1987-1993

Final Game: October 2, 1993 (Age 32)
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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
1982	20	WSN-min	A	40	136	118	8	29	4	0	1	12	0	0	14	12	.246	.319	.305	.624		36		0	1	3	0		WPB · FLOR
1983	21	WSN-min	AA	94	358	318	27	77	13	0	3	44	1	1	33	36	.242	.313	.311	.624		99		1	3	3	0		MEM · SOUL
1984	22	WSN-min	AA	90	305	255	27	55	9	0	5	29	0	3	44	30	.216	.329	.310	.639		79		0	4	2	2		JCK · SOUL
1985	23	WSN-min	AA,AAA	85	289	259	20	56	8	0	2	19	3	1	21	29	.216	.274	.270	.544		70		1	4	4	1		JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1986	24	WSN-min	AA,AAA	49	157	129	21	34	8	0	5	13	0	1	24	20	.264	.383	.442	.825		57		1	3	0	0		JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1987	25	WSN-min	AA	117	439	394	56	110	17	0	19	63	3	4	36	58	.279	.345	.467	.812		184		5	1	3	1		JCK · SOUL
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	WSN-min	AAA	27	98	91	9	28	5	0	2	13	0	0	4	16	.308	.340	.429	.769		39		1	1	1	0		INA · AA
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	88	107	12	3	2	4	2	2/3
1990	28	WSN-min	AAA	11	47	44	3	14	2	0	1	10	0	0	1	7	.318	.340	.432	.772		19		1	0	1	0		INA · AA
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	WSN-min	AAA	61	218	195	23	51	7	1	6	26	0	1	21	25	.262	.330	.400	.730		78	11	0	0	2	1		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	91	324	281	24	74	16	0	6	42	0	0	37	49	.263	.346	.384	.730		108	6	0	3	3	2		VAN · PCL
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-min	AAA	81	296	274	33	65	13	0	11	42	0	1	12	50	.237	.270	.405	.675		111	4	3	0	7	1		OMA · AA
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
1994	32	KCR-min	AAA	45	164	145	12	24	5	0	3	18	0	0	14	28	.166	.233	.262	.495		38	4	0	1	4	1		OMA · AA
7 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1987	25	MON	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.486	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/2
1988	26	MON	NL	92	344	-6	-3	0	5	5	2	0.1	12	13	1.4	.502	.501	0.8	1.1	9	$62,500	2/3
1989	27	MON	NL	97	337	-2	-1	-1	4	5	4	0.4	11	15	1.5	.505	.503	1.0	1.0	11	$98,500	2/3
1990	28	MON	NL	59	176	-10	-2	-1	-5	3	-15	-1.6	6	-9	-1.1	.472	.490	-0.6	-0.2	-4	$205,000	2
1991	29	MON	NL	41	102	-5	-0	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$282,500	2/3
1992	30	CHW	AL	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.603	.501	0.1	0.1	1		/2
1993	31	KCR	AL	4	9	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1		/2
7 Seasons				297	972	-25	-6	-2	2	15	-15	-1.8	32	17	1.5	.494	.499	1.0	1.9	15	$648,500

MON (5 yrs)				291	960	-24	-6	-2	2	14	-15	-1.8	32	16	1.4	.494	.498	1.0	1.9	14	$648,500
KCR (1 yr)				4	9	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1
CHW (1 yr)				2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.603	.501	0.1	0.1	1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1987	MON	NL	25	C	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	7.20	6.90	0	0	0	0			0
1988	MON	NL	26	C	86	83	75	762.2	529	457	63	9	7	.983	5	8	6.14	6.05	.987	6.56	6.57	9	11	82	33	29%	29%	4
1988	MON	NL	26	1B	1	1	0	7.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-34	10.29	8.00	.991	9.90	10.00
1989	MON	NL	27	C	89	83	74	737.2	639	561	66	12	7	.981	4	7	7.65	7.04	.986	6.67	6.68	4	18	75	40	35%	32%	2
1989	MON	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	13.50	3.00	.993	9.90	9.80
1990	MON	NL	28	C	51	43	32	378.2	294	264	24	6	7	.980	-5	-16	6.85	5.65	.987	6.65	6.61	6	6	51	11	18%	29%	0
1991	MON	NL	29	C	30	17	16	176.0	124	109	12	3	3	.976	-2	-14	6.19	4.03	.988	6.78	6.75	6	7	17	8	32%	33%	0
1991	MON	NL	29	1B	7	3	3	35.0	35	31	4	0	4	1.000	0	10	9.00	5.00	.992	9.80	9.74
1992	CHW	AL	30	C	2	1	1	9.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	133	3.00	1.50	.990	6.20	6.20	0	0	0	1	100%	34%	0
1993	KCR	AL	31	C	4	2	1	23.0	15	14	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-52	5.87	3.75	.991	6.57	6.50	2	1	1	0	0%	36%	0
	7 Seasons			C	263	229	199	2088.0	1605	1409	166	30	24	.981	2	1	6.79	5.99	.987	6.63	6.63	27	43	226	93	29%	30%	6
	3 Seasons			1B	9	4	3	44.0	46	42	4	0	5	1.000	0	3	9.41	5.11	.992	9.82	9.78
	7 Seasons			TOT	272	233	202	2132.0	1651	1451	170	30	29	.982	2	1	6.84	5.96	.987	6.70	6.74	27	43	226	93	29%	30%	6

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y 1988 NL 63 (4th) 1989 NL 66 (4th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1988 NL 9 (2nd) 1989 NL 12 (2nd)	Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 1989 NL 7 (5th) 1990 NL 7 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1988 NL 9 (3rd)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1988 NL 82 (5th) 1989 NL 75 (5th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1989 NL 40 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 1989 NL 7.65 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1988 NL 6.05 (5th) 1989 NL 7.04 (1st)

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 29th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary).
December 9, 1991: Released by the Montreal Expos.
February 3, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 5, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	26	Montreal Expos	$62,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	27	Montreal Expos	$98,500	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	Montreal Expos	$205,000	USA Today
1991	29	Montreal Expos	$282,500	USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$648,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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