Domingo Santana


Domingo Alberto Santana is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, and Seattle Mariners.

Career

Houston Astros

Santana signed as an international free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in March 2009, receiving a $330,000 signing bonus. The Phillies traded Santana to the Houston Astros on July 31, 2011, with Jon Singleton, Jarred Cosart, and Josh Zeid, in exchange for Hunter Pence. He was added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2013.
The Astros promoted Santana to the major leagues from the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on July 1, 2014. He debuted the same day, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. After batting 0-for-13 with 11 strikeouts, the Astros demoted Santana to Oklahoma City on July 6.
On March 13, 2015, Santana was optioned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the PCL. He was recalled on June 16. That same day, he collected his first major league hit on an RBI single to right that scored Evan Gattis.

Milwaukee Brewers

On July 30, 2015, the Astros traded Santana, Brett Phillips, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gómez and Mike Fiers. The Brewers assigned Santana to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the PCL, and promoted him to the major leagues on August 21. He missed most of the 2016 season with a shoulder and an elbow injury.
In spring training of 2017, Santana competed for the starting right field job, ultimately winning the job. On July 26, 2017, Santana hit the longest home run in the history of Nationals Park, a shot which landed on the concourse behind the left field stands. Santana continued as the starting right fielder for the remainder of the season, finishing with 30 home runs and 85 RBIs in 151 games.
Before the 2018 season, the Brewers acquired Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain, leaving Santana to serve as a bench player for the beginning of the season. Through 189 at bats, he was hitting.249 with three home runs and 17 RBIs off the bench before being demoted to Colorado Springs on June 23. He batted.283 with eight home runs in 55 games for the Sky Sox. The Brewers recalled Santana on September 1. As a pinch hitter, Santana batted 9-for-22 in the final month of the season.

Seattle Mariners

On December 21, 2018, the Brewers traded Santana to the Seattle Mariners for Ben Gamel and Noah Zavolas. In the Mariners season opener in Japan on March 20, Santana hit a grand slam to help lift the Mariners to the win over the Athletics.
In 2019 he batted.253/.329/.441. He had the highest strikeout percentage in the major leagues. In 2019, on defense he led all major league outfielders in errors, with 9. On December 2, 2019, Santana was non-tendered by Seattle and became a free agent.

Cleveland Indians

On February 14, 2020, Santana was signed to a one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians, with a club option for the 2021 season.

Personal life

Santana's father played for the Astros' organization.