Ramón Santiago
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| Ramón Santiago | Image:Ramon Santiago.JPG |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: August 31, 1979 Las Matas de Farfán, Dominican Republic | |
| Bats: Switch | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 17, 2002 for the Detroit Tigers | Career statistics (through 2008 season) |
| Batting average | .238 |
| Home runs | 10 |
| Runs batted in | 79 |
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Ramón D. Santiago (born August 31, 1979 in Las Matas de Farfán, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. He has spent most of his major league career at shortstop, but has also played a significant amount of time at second base. Santiago played for the Tigers from 2002 to 2003, the Seattle Mariners from 2004 to 2005, and again with the Tigers from 2006 to present.
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Santiago made his major league debut for the Tigers in 2002. Used mainly as a backup, he was still named to the 2002 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster. During his rookie season, Santiago hit 1st inning leadoff home runs on consecutive days (June 3, 2002<ref>"June 3, 2002 Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200206030.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-08-09.</ref> and June 4, 2002<ref>"June 4, 2002 Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200206040.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-08-09.</ref>). In the June 3 game, he hit a second home run in the 7th inning.
In 2003, Santiago assumed the starting shortstop role for the Tigers. However, Santiago struggled—winning the Triple Crown loser—and was traded, along with Juan Gonzalez, to Seattle in exchange for Carlos Guillén.
After playing in the Seattle organization in 2004 and 2005, Santiago was released and re-signed as a free agent for the 2006 season.
Santiago played in 43 regular season games and started in 18 games for the American League Champion Tigers in 2006. He played shortstop, second base and third base and did not make an error in 205⅔ innings of play. Santiago started at shortstop in Game 1 and Game 2 of the 2006 World Series.
[edit] Seattle Mariners
During Santiago's two seasons with the Mariners, he played in only 27 games, spending most of his time in the minor leagues for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. While playing for the Rainiers, Santiago was selected as the team's MVP and Best Glove in 2005[citation needed]. He was also selected as the 2005 Top Second Baseman for the Triple-A Pacific Coast League[citation needed]. However, Santiago was released following the 2005 season.
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[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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