Carlos Santana (baseball)
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Santana with the Cleveland Indians in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Guardians – No. 41 | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman / Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 8, 1986 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 11, 2010, for the Cleveland Indians | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through June 9, 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .242 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,843 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 331 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,112 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Carlos Santana (born April 8, 1986) is a Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman and catcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, and Minnesota Twins. He plays with the Dominican Republic national team internationally, winning the gold medal in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Santana was both an All-Star selection and Silver Slugger Award winner in 2019 with Cleveland. In 2024, he won a Gold Glove with Minnesota.