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2013 TIGERS
Earned both mid- and post-season all-star honors in the Midwest League during the 2000 season while playing with
Single A West Michigan.
• Recorded a season-high seven-game hitting streak April 14-24, batting .333 (11x33) with a double and six RBI.
• Batted .350 (28x80) with 16 runs scored, six doubles and 13 RBI in 21 games during June.
• Forced to serve as the designated hitter in each game he played after July 23 due to an impingement in his right
shoulder...sidelined for most of August with the injury, which forced him to undergo surgery in the off-season.
• Swiped four bases on September 1 at Burlington.
• In three games during the Midwest League playoffs, he hit .100 (1x10) with three stolen bases.
• Selected as the 92nd-best prospect in baseball prior to the season by Baseball America.
• Named the second-best prospect in the Tigers organization and sixth-best prospect in the Midwest League following
the season by Baseball America.
• Named the best defensive shortstop in the Midwest League by Baseball America.
Saw action with both the Gulf Coast League Tigers and Single A Oneonta in 1999.
• Combined to hit .326 between his two stops, second-best among short-season league switch-hitters and fourth-best
among short-season league shortstops.
• Led the Gulf Coast League Tigers with 20 stolen bases.
• Posted a 12-game hitting streak July 7-27, batting .400 (20x50) with four doubles, a triple and four RBI.
• Hit safely in 11 of his 12 games with Oneonta August 22-September 2...batted .340 (17x50) with nine runs scored, a
double, two triples, a home run and eight RBI.
• Swiped four bases on August 31 versus Lowell.
• Named the second-best prospect in the Gulf Coast League following the season by Baseball America.
Signed by the Tigers as a non-drafted free agent on July 29, 1998.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS
He, his wife Andrea and sons Raymond and Andres reside in Las Matas de Farfan, DR during the off-season.
• Actively participates with Tigers Dreams Come True, Play Baseball Detroit and the Detroit Tigers Autographed
Memorabilia Donation Program, participated in a pre-game ceremony prior to the annual Fiesta Tigres! game and
attended the Ilitch Charities Gala and “Keeping Kids in the Game.”
• Recommended/signed by Ramon Pena for the Tigers.
RAMON D. SANTIAGO’S CAREER RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
1999 GCL Tigers .321 35 134 25 43 56 9 2 0 11 4 3 1 9 17 20 7 .361 .418 4
Oneonta .340 12 50 9 17 25 1 2 1 8 1 0 1 2 12 5 0 .377 .500 1
2000 West Michigan .272 98 379 69 103 123 15 1 1 42 15 6 12 34 60 39 12 .346 .325 8
2001 Lakeland .268 120 429 64 115 142 15 3 2 46 14 4 11 54 60 34 8 .361 .331 0
2002 Erie .280 22 75 9 21 28 0 2 1 7 2 1 3 3 12 6 0 .329 .373 3
Toledo .429 9 28 8 12 19 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 .515 .679 2
DETROIT .243 65 222 33 54 81 5 5 4 20 4 2 8 13 48 8 5 .306 .365 7
2003 DETROIT .225 141 444 41 100 126 18 1 2 29 18 2 10 33 66 10 4 .292 .284 20
2004 Tacoma .193 71 243 35 47 61 7 2 1 24 12 4 10 24 31 9 6 .288 .251 6
Seattle .179 19 39 8 7 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 .256 .205 3
2005 Tacoma .252 129 441 68 111 169 22 3 10 50 17 6 15 38 62 18 7 .328 .383 6
Seattle .125 8 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 .417 .125 1
2006 Toledo .253 25 83 13 21 33 6 0 2 12 7 0 1 9 18 2 1 .333 .398 3
DETROIT .225 43 80 9 18 21 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 14 2 0 .244 .263 0
2007 Toledo .263 91 365 40 96 132 19 4 3 30 11 1 9 16 61 8 9 .309 .362 11
DETROIT .284 32 67 10 19 26 5 1 0 7 3 0 3 1 10 3 0 .324 .388 2
2008 Toledo# .214 8 28 3 6 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 .313 .286 1
DETROIT .282 58 124 30 35 57 6 2 4 18 5 0 5 22 17 1 0 .411 .460 5
2009 DETROIT .267 93 262 29 70 101 6 2 7 35 10 3 4 17 57 1 2 .318 .385 6
2010 DETROIT .263 112 320 38 84 104 9 1 3 22 8 2 7 30 56 2 2 .337 .325 8
2011 DETROIT .260 101 258 29 67 99 11 3 5 30 11 4 4 17 38 0 0 .311 .384 3
2012 DETROIT .206 93 228 19 47 62 7 1 2 17 5 1 5 20 39 1 0 .283 .272 6
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .263 620 2255 343 592 796 97 19 23 239 84 25 67 194 344 141 52 .336 .353 45
DETROIT TOTALS .246 738 2005 238 494 677 68 17 27 181 68 14 47 154 345 28 13 .313 .338 57
MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .245 765 2052 248 502 686 69 17 27 183 71 14 51 158 350 28 13 .313 .334 61
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