Nelson Santovenia

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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

1982 College World Series, Miami beat Wichita State University, 9–3, and Santovenia was named to the all-tournament team for his role in the series.[5] As a result of his playing he was drafted in the secondary phase of the 1982 draft, again by the Expos, with the 19th pick in the first round.[2]

Professional career

Upon signing with the Expos, Santovenia spent his first season as a member of the

Jacksonville Suns, he spent the next two seasons moving between the AA-level Suns and the AAA-level Indianapolis Indians.[3] Santovenia spent most of the 1987 season with the Suns, playing 117 games for them. He had a batting average of .279, hit 19 home runs, and had a slugging percentage of .467.[3]

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,

mendoza line. He hit .190 that season in 59 games, and in 1991 he split time between Indianapolis and Montreal, hitting .261 and .250, respectively.[3]

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.

Omaha Royals, and spent four games with Kansas City in 1993, his final major league appearance coming on October 2, 1993.[2] After another season with Omaha, where he hit .164 in 45 games, he retired.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Spartan Alumni". Spartan-baseball.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nelson Santovenia Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Nelson Santovenia Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  4. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ISBN 0-7864-1842-7
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  6. ^ "Nelson Santovenia 1987 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
  7. ^ "Cards blank Expos; steal streak ends". Chicago Tribune. July 29, 1989. p. 5.
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