Nelson Santovenia
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Nelson Gil Santovenia Mayol (born July 27, 1961) is a Cuban former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a catcher from 1987 to 1993. He played college baseball at the University of Miami. He is currently the hitting coach for the Lakeland Flying Tigers.
High school and college
Santovenia attended high school at
Professional career
Upon signing with the Expos, Santovenia spent his first season as a member of the
Santovenia made his major league debut on September 16, 1987, against the New York Mets.[2] He came in to give regular catcher Mike Fitzgerald some rest, and caught the ninth inning; his second and final appearance of the season came two days later against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he came in as a pinch hitter, getting his only at-bat of the season.[6]
The following two seasons saw Santovenia splitting time at catcher with Fitzgerald. On July 28, 1989,
On December 9, 1991, Santovenia was released by the Montreal Expos, and on February 3, 1992, he signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
References
- ^ "Spartan Alumni". Spartan-baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nelson Santovenia Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nelson Santovenia Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ISBN 0-7864-1842-7.
- ^ "Nelson Santovenia 1987 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "Cards blank Expos; steal streak ends". Chicago Tribune. July 29, 1989. p. 5.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Baseball Almanac, or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)