Ramón Santiago
| Ramón Santiago | |||
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Santiago with the Detroit Tigers in 2010
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| Shortstop / Second baseman | |||
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Born: August 31, 1979 Las Matas de Farfán, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 17, 2002, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 2014, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .243 | ||
| Home runs | 30 | ||
| Runs batted in | 214 | ||
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Ramón DeJesus Santiago Dominguez (born August 31, 1979) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. Santiago played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 2002 to 2003, the Seattle Mariners from 2004 to 2005, again with the Tigers from 2006–2013 and with the Cincinnati Reds in 2014. He spent most of his major league career at shortstop, but also played a significant amount of time at second base, and occasionally third base.
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 first-inning lead-off home runs on consecutive days (June 3, 2002 and June 4, 2002). In the June 3 game, he hit a second home run in the seventh inning. In 2003, Santiago assumed the starting shortstop role for the Tigers.
Santiago struggled and was traded, along with minor league player Juan Gonzalez, to Seattle in exchange for Carlos Guillén.
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. He was also selected as the 2005 Top Second Baseman for the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. However, Santiago was released following the 2005 season.
The Mariners organization released Santiago after the 2005 season, and he was re-signed by the Tigers as a free agent for 2006.
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 205 2⁄3 innings of play. Santiago started at shortstop in Game 1 and Game 2 of the 2006 World Series.
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