Danny Santana

Danny Santana
Danny Santana
	Santana with the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins – No. 39
	Shortstop / Center fielder
	Born: November 7, 1990 (age 33); Monte Plata, Dominican Republic
	Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
	May 5, 2014, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics ; (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.268
Home runs	9
Runs batted in	75
Stolen bases	40
Teams
	Minnesota Twins (2014–present);
Career highlights and awards
	Topps All-Star Rookie Team Outfield (2014);

Daniel Ernesto Santana (born November 7, 1990) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and center fielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

The Twins signed Santana as an undrafted free agent in December 2007. In November 2012, the Twins added Santana to the 40 man roster in order to protect him from the teams who wanted him.

2014

Santana was called up to the major leagues for the first time on May 2, 2014.^[1] After a solid start to his career, Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 27, 2014.^[2]

Santana finished 7th in Rookie of the Year voting, leading all MLB nominees in batting average (.319) and stolen bases (20).^[3] Additionally, Santana's rookie year batting average of .319 is a Twins franchise record (minimum 130 ABs).^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Minnesota Twins set to call up Danny Santana". TwinCities.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
^ Gleeman, Aaron (June 27, 2014). "Twins place Danny Santana on the disabled list".
^ "2014 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
^ "Twins Rookie stats".
^ Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award#Qualifications and voting

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Danny Santana on Twitter

[1] "Minnesota Twins set to call up Danny Santana". TwinCities.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

[2] Gleeman, Aaron (June 27, 2014). "Twins place Danny Santana on the disabled list".

[3] "2014 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

[4] "Twins Rookie stats".

[5] Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award#Qualifications and voting

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