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Miguel
Santa		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 29, 1927 in Colombia
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 MIN PL $ 300,000  
1953 25 MIN PL $ 300,000  
1954 26 MIN PL $ 350,000  
1955 27 MIN PL $ 350,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 24 SLC PL 45 84 9 23 10 0 0 10 3 3 12 18 .274 .384 .393 .777 11.9 1.3
  MIN PL 15 13 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 .154 .353 .231 .584 1.4 0.0
  TOT   60 97 12 25 11 0 0 12 4 4 16 20 .258 .379 .371 .750 13.4 1.3
    AAA   68 253 44 82 22 5 3 34 11 4 29 51 .324 .394 .486 .880 45.5  
1953 25 MIN PL 29 31 9 8 2 0 1 5 4 0 3 5 .258 .378 .419 .798 5.7 0.9
    AAA   98 380 77 135 34 6 10 61 21 4 31 64 .355 .404 .555 .959 77.1  
1954 26 MIN PL 81 147 18 36 8 4 2 20 2 7 8 26 .245 .287 .395 .681 15.2 0.6
1955 27 MIN PL 83 145 26 37 11 1 2 16 10 7 21 25 .255 .357 .386 .743 20.9 2.3
4 Years Sim 253 420 65 106 32 5 5 53 20 18 48 76 .252 .341 .388 .729 55.0 5.2
2 Years AAA 166 633 121 217 56 11 13 95 32 8 60 115 .343 .400 .528 .928 122.6  
162 Game Average 268 41 67 20 3 3 33 12 11 30 48 .252 .341 .388 .729 35.2  
Career Highs 83 147 26 37 11 4 2 20 10 7 21 26 .258 .379 .419 .798 20.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   326 51 85 28 4 2 42 16 17 35 58 .261 .344 .390 .734 38.9
vs LH   94 14 21 4 1 3 11 4 1 13 18 .223 .330 .383 .713 12.6
Home 115 204 35 56 17 2 4 31 11 5 22 33 .275 .354 .436 .790 30.2
Away 138 216 30 50 15 3 1 22 9 13 26 43 .231 .329 .343 .672 21.2
RISP   121 0 36 10 2 0 45 0 0 19 23 .298 .403 .413 .816 19.6
Pinch Hitting   124 21 35 10 1 4 21 3 5 16 23 .282 .378 .476 .853 19.8
Close/Late   89 16 23 6 1 2 13 0 1 5 20 .258 .313 .416 .728 10.3
Mar/Apr 18 25 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .400 .444 .480 .924 4.0
May 51 93 8 20 10 1 0 11 5 4 14 22 .215 .330 .344 .674 10.1
June 59 87 20 27 8 0 1 12 7 2 14 12 .310 .419 .437 .856 15.8
July 34 48 10 13 2 3 1 9 2 2 5 6 .271 .364 .500 .864 7.6
August 40 85 9 17 4 1 2 8 3 6 6 21 .200 .253 .341 .594 5.9
Sep/Oct 51 82 14 19 6 0 1 11 3 3 8 13 .232 .308 .341 .649 8.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 24 SLC PL LF 16 8 93.9 24 0 1 0 .960 2.30   0.5
    CF 4 2 30.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    RF 1 1 9.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.64   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MIN PL LF 5 2 16.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.1
    CF 1 1 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    RF 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 21 10 110.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.29   0.5
      CF 5 3 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
      RF 1 1 11.4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1953 25 MIN PL CF 6 2 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1954 26 MIN PL CF 32 20 194.0 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.5
    LF 12 6 61.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.36    
1955 27 MIN PL CF 32 23 228.0 68 1 2 0 .972 2.72   0.7
    LF 10 5 49.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.84    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 75 48 485.0 132 3 2 0 .985 2.51   1.3
  LF 45 22 230.7 66 0 2 0 .971 2.58   0.5
  RF 1 1 11.4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   125 71 732.1 205 3 4 0 .981 2.56   1.8
Career Highs   45 28 280.0 79 2 3 0 1.000 3.41    
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History
Drafted in 20th round, 400th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/22/1952, off Ron Strong (DEN)
Traded from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis on 6/16/1952 (Going to SLC: SS Pedro Rico, CF Gary Jones. Going to MIN: SS Shawn Cosentino, CF Miguel Santa)
Injured on 5/27/1953 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1953, off James Johnson (OMA)
2/13/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/14/1955 with a Sore Back, out for 2 weeks
 
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