Roel Santos Martinez (born May 22, 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League and the Alazanes de Granma of the Cuban National Series. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
| Roel Santos | |||||||||||||||
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 Santos with the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
| Olmecas de Tabasco – No. 72 | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: September 15, 1987 Granma, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 31, 2017, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2017 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .250 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
editQuébec Capitales
editIn 2016, Santos played for the Québec Capitales of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball.[1] In 78 games for Québec, Santos slashed .301/.370/.353 with 1 home run and 34 RBI.
Chiba Lotte Marines
editOn May 18, 2017, Santos signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball. In 66 games for the club, Santos hit .250/.282/.356 with 3 home runs and 8 RBI.
Olmecas de Tabasco
editOn June 21, 2019, Santos signed with the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the LMB season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] He later became a free agent. On July 19, 2021, Santos re-signed with the Olmecas.[3]
In 2023, Santos played in 63 games for Tabasco, batting .310/.382/.452 with 4 home runs, 30 RBI, and 8 stolen bases.
Conspiradores de Querétaro
editOn March 5, 2024, Santos was traded to the Conspiradores de Querétaro of the Mexican League.[4] In 35 games, he batted .356/.447/.496 with 2 home runs, 22 RBI, and 9 stolen bases.
Olmecas de Tabasco (second stint)
editOn July 5, 2024, Santos was traded back to the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League.[5]
International career
editSantos played for the Cuba national baseball team in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2015 Pan American Games, 2017 World Baseball Classic, 2019 Pan American Games,[6] and 2023 World Baseball Classic.[7]
References
edit- ^ "How a Quebec baseball team is changing the game for Cuba". CBC. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Mexican League Cancels 2020 Season". MLB Trade Rumors. July 2020.
- ^ "Roel Santos regresa a Olmecas para aportar su explosividad". olmecastabasco.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "LMB: Movimientos en listas de reserva - 5 de marzo de 2024". milb.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Roel Santos Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News". milb.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Cuban outfielder Roel Santos says he will have great performance in WBC". www.cadenagramonte.cu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15.
- ^ "White Sox stars set to lead Team Cuba". MLB.com.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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