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Rafael Santana
Rafael Francisco (De La Cruz) Santana

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 5, 1983
  vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 23, 1990
Born January 31, 1958 in La Romana, D.R.

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 25 STL NL  30   14    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  1   2   2  .214  .353  .214   61    3   0   0   0   1   0
 1984 26 NYM NL  51  152   14   42  11  1   1   12   0  3   9  17  .276  .317  .382   97   58   1   0   0   0   3
 1985 27 NYM NL 154  529   41  136  19  1   1   29   1  0  29  54  .257  .295  .302   69  160   4   2  12   0  14
 1986 28 NYM NL 139  394   38   86  11  0   1   28   0  0  36  43  .218  .285  .254   52  100   1   3  12   2  15
 1987 29 NYM NL 139  439   41  112  21  2   5   44   1  1  29  57  .255  .302  .346   76  152   0   1  10   1  11
 1988 30 NYY AL 148  480   50  115  12  1   4   38   1  2  33  61  .240  .289  .294   65  141   5   2   0   1  17
 1990 32 CLE AL   7   13    3    3   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   0  .231  .231  .462   90    6   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      668 2021  188  497  74  5  13  156   3  7 138 234  .246  .295  .307   68  620  11   8  34   5  61
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        490   46  121  18  1   3   38   1  2  33  57  .246  .295  .307   68  150   3   2   8   1  15
 Career High    154  529   50  136  21  2   5   44   1  3  36  61  .257  .302  .346   76  160   5   3  12   2  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 25 STL NL   17   12    1   2.2    97| .214  .264| .353  .333| .214  .392| .567  .725|  61  .237  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1984 26 NYM NL  162  117   17   3.9    93| .276  .262| .317  .327| .382  .381| .699  .708|  97  .469  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1985 27 NYM NL  564  413   45   2.9    94| .257  .259| .295  .327| .302  .386| .597  .712|  69  .341 -22.8  -2.4 100%
 1986 28 NYM NL  436  327   27   2.2    96| .218  .259| .285  .329| .254  .391| .539  .720|  52  .230 -25.5  -2.6   0%
 1987 29 NYM NL  470  340   44   3.5   102| .255  .263| .302  .332| .346  .410| .648  .742|  76  .360 -15.4  -1.5  50%
 1988 30 NYY AL  521  391   38   2.6    94| .240  .258| .289  .323| .294  .389| .583  .712|  65  .275 -23.1  -2.3  33%
 1990 32 CLE AL   13   11    1   2.4    95| .231  .259| .231  .327| .462  .388| .693  .715|  90  .254  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2183 1611  173   2.9    96| .246  .260| .295  .327| .307  .392| .602  .720|  68  .318 -88.7  -9.0  30%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 25 STL NL 2B 9 2 4 1 1 .857 .984 0.67 4.46 2.89 5.34 1 18.7 SS 6 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.50 4.17 2.90 4.84 0 9.3 3B 4 0 2 2 1 .500 .952 0.50 2.30 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 1984 26 NYM NL SS 50 92 104 6 34 .970 .965 3.92 3.98 4.67 4.87 42 377.7 1985 27 NYM NL SS 153 301 396 25 81 .965 .963 4.56 4.26 4.69 4.88 145 1338.0 1986 28 NYM NL SS 137 203 369 16 68 .973 .963 4.18 3.96 4.93 4.75 111 1044.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1987 29 NYM NL SS 138 213 396 17 82 .973 .965 4.41 3.89 4.87 4.72 129 1125.3 1988 30 NYY AL SS 148 202 421 22 96 .966 .971 4.21 4.14 4.47 4.69 147 1255.7 1990 32 CLE AL SS 7 2 9 0 2 1.000 .973 1.57 4.00 2.91 4.74 4 34.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 25 STL NL 2B 9 2 4 1 1 .857 .984 0.67 4.46 2.89 5.34 1 18.7 1986 28 NYM NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1983 25 STL NL 3B 4 0 2 2 1 .500 .952 0.50 2.30 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 1983 25 STL NL SS 6 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.50 4.17 2.90 4.84 0 9.3 1984 26 NYM NL SS 50 92 104 6 34 .970 .965 3.92 3.98 4.67 4.87 42 377.7 1985 27 NYM NL SS 153 301 396 25 81 .965 .963 4.56 4.26 4.69 4.88 145 1338.0 1986 28 NYM NL SS 137 203 369 16 68 .973 .963 4.18 3.96 4.93 4.75 111 1044.3 1987 29 NYM NL SS 138 213 396 17 82 .973 .965 4.41 3.89 4.87 4.72 129 1125.3 1988 30 NYY AL SS 148 202 421 22 96 .966 .971 4.21 4.14 4.47 4.69 147 1255.7 1990 32 CLE AL SS 7 2 9 0 2 1.000 .973 1.57 4.00 2.91 4.74 4 34.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 639 1014 1697 87 364 .969 .965 4.24 4.06 4.71 4.77 578 5184.3 2B* 10 2 4 1 1 .857 .984 0.60 4.46 2.80 5.36 1 19.3 3B* 4 0 2 2 1 .500 .952 0.50 2.30 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 653 1016 1703 90 366 .968 .965 4.16 4.06 4.70 4.77 579 5210
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  NYM HOU     W   6  17   0   3  0  0  0   0   0   3  .176  .176  .176   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM BOS     W   7  20   3   5  0  0  0   2   2   5  .250  .318  .250   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0  13  37   3   8  0  0  0   2   2   8  .216  .256  .216   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Intentional Walks
1986 NL-12-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 AL-17-10

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1332) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 31, 1976: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 16, 1981: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

January 17, 1984: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 17, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

December 11, 1987: Traded by the New York Mets with Victor Garcia (minors) to the New York Yankees for Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi, and Steve Frey.

November 20, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

April 25, 1990: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Mets$125,000
1986New York Mets$235,000
1987New York Mets$250,000
1988New York Yankees$425,000
1989New York Yankees$500,000
1990Cleveland Indians$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,785,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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