Omir Santos
| Omir Santos | |||
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Santos with the New York Mets
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: April 29, 1981 Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 5, 2008, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 9, 2013, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .248 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 41 | ||
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Omir Santos Rios (born April 29, 1981) is a former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Mets, the Detroit Tigers, and the Cleveland Indians and is currently the bench coach for the Akron RubberDucks, the Indians' AA affiliate.
He attended East Central College in Union, Missouri. The New York Yankees drafted Santos in the 21st round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, but he made his major league debut in 2008 for the Baltimore Orioles. In January 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. After not playing in 2010 Santos left to sign with the Detroit Tigers.
In September Omir Santos was called up from the Norfolk tides and was giving number 67. Santos played in 11 games and had 10 at-bats, recording one hit. In that season he caught nine games, starting three.
On April 17, 2009, Santos was called up to the Mets to replace the injured Brian Schneider after starting the season with the AAA Buffalo Bisons.
On April 27, 2009, Santos hit his first career home run, a grand slam off the Florida Marlins Aníbal Sánchez. It was the first grand slam hit in Citi Field. The home run also produced his first career RBI.
On May 23, 2009, Santos hit a two-run go-ahead home run off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon at Fenway Park in the ninth inning with two outs, which was the difference maker in the game.
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