Carlos Santana

Bats B Throws R5'11" 215 lbBorn 1986 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2010Team ARI1x All-Star

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, TSN All-Star

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.0FIELD+ 100.3 at 1BTotal -0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	320	281	59	11	0	9	35	63	2	0.208	0.297	0.345	0.643	0.137	0.288	19.7	10.9	79.1	0.18
2027	144	128	26	5	0	4	14	29	1	0.206	0.287	0.337	0.625	0.131	0.280	20.3	9.7	76.2	0.03

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 39

His ten closest age-39 comparables averaged 81 HIT+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Victor Martinez	2018	116.3	did not play
2	Eddie Murray	1995	130.8	85.4	637
3	Tony Perez	1981	123.7	100.7	215
4	Jake Daubert	1923	119.6	87.3	448
5	Don Baylor	1988	118.3	did not play
6	Fred Tenney	1911	116.2	did not play
7	Ernie Banks	1970	120.2	43.1	92
8	Rod Carew	1985	132.4	did not play
9	Ron Fairly	1978	118.2	did not play
10	Yuli Gurriel	2023	106.8	86.9	65

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			144		26	5	0	4		1	14	29	0.206	0.287	0.337	0.625	76.2
2026*	ARI	8	26	1	2	1	0	0		0	2	8	0.083	0.154	0.125	0.279	-24.5
2025	CHC	124	474	49	91	11	0	11	54	7	52	91	0.219	0.308	0.325	0.633	79.3
2024	MIN	150	594	63	124	26	0	23	71	4	65	99	0.238	0.328	0.420	0.749	110.2
2023	MIL	146	619	78	132	33	1	23	86	6	65	104	0.240	0.318	0.429	0.747	103.1
2022	SEA	131	506	52	87	18	0	19	60	0	71	88	0.202	0.316	0.376	0.692	102.8
2021	KC	158	659	66	121	15	0	19	69	2	86	102	0.214	0.319	0.342	0.660	80.6
2020	CLE	60	255	34	41	7	0	8	30	0	47	43	0.199	0.349	0.350	0.699	96.1
2019	CLE	158	686	110	161	30	1	34	93	4	108	108	0.281	0.397	0.515	0.911	134.4
2018	PHI	161	679	82	128	28	2	24	86	2	110	93	0.229	0.352	0.414	0.766	107.5
2017	CLE	154	667	90	148	37	3	23	79	5	88	94	0.259	0.363	0.455	0.818	113.0
2016	CLE	158	688	89	151	31	3	34	87	5	99	99	0.259	0.366	0.498	0.865	124.6
2015	CLE	154	666	72	127	29	2	19	85	11	108	122	0.231	0.357	0.395	0.752	104.9
2014	CLE	152	660	68	125	25	0	27	85	5	113	124	0.231	0.365	0.427	0.792	133.0
2013	CLE	154	642	75	145	39	1	20	74	3	93	110	0.268	0.377	0.455	0.832	139.8
2012	CLE	143	609	72	128	27	2	18	76	3	91	101	0.252	0.365	0.420	0.785	125.3
2011	CLE	155	658	84	132	35	2	27	79	5	97	133	0.239	0.351	0.457	0.808	124.9
2010	CLE	46	192	23	39	13	0	6	22	3	37	29	0.260	0.401	0.467	0.868	146.0
Career		2204	9254	1107	1880	404	17	335	1136	65	1330	1540	0.241	0.352	0.425	0.777	114.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	26	87.8	29.5	0.0	43.8	29.6	35.7	0.141	0.192	0.187	23.7
2025	474	87.6	16.7	4.9	37.8	24.3	25.0	0.216	0.346	0.290	25.6
2024	594	89.2	16.1	7.3	39.9	23.3	23.5	0.244	0.424	0.333	25.9
2023	619	88.8	12.8	6.7	36.4	22.1	24.1	0.237	0.382	0.309	25.9
2022	506	90.7	15.4	9.3	44.9	21.3	21.7	0.252	0.456	0.356	25.7
2021	659	89.9	12.9	6.9	41.9	22.3	22.6	0.238	0.422	0.333	25.0
2020	255	88.0	12.2	6.8	36.6	20.6	16.5	0.251	0.448	0.372	25.6
2019	686	91.8	11.7	10.3	44.9	20.4	17.8	0.266	0.480	0.367	25.7
2018	679	88.9	15.2	7.7	39.1	19.4	21.1	0.244	0.417	0.346	26.0
2017	667	88.6	13.0	8.3	38.6	19.4	19.7	0.266	0.463	0.359	26.1
2016	688	90.8	14.4	10.8	43.2	19.2	19.0	0.275	0.515	0.385	25.9
2015	666	89.2	12.4	8.2	39.7	19.4	19.3	0.240	0.407	0.345	25.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	1B	102	848	709	54	2	59	0.997	+7.8
2025	CLE	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	MIN	1B	146	1250	998	92	4	67	0.996	+11.1
2023	MIL	1B	135	1153	970	103	8	81	0.993	+10.1
2022	SEA	1B	76	655	573	50	2	54	0.997	+1.3
2022	SEA	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2021	KC	1B	136	1167	1001	50	7	117	0.993	+4.8
2020	CLE	1B	60	531	413	36	4	44	0.991	-0.5
2019	CLE	1B	135	1186	951	73	10	77	0.990	+4.2
2018	PHI	1B	149	1275	1167	76	10	114	0.992	+11.6
2018	PHI	3B	19	119	9	29	1	3	0.974	+0.4
2017	CLE	1B	140	1226	1055	95	5	129	0.996	+5.5
2017	CLE	OF	7	53	9	1	0	1	1.000
2016	CLE	1B	64	557	513	53	5	48	0.991	+1.8
2015	CLE	1B	132	1157	1061	77	3	110	0.997	-5.6
2014	CLE	1B	94	851	842	64	5	71	0.995
2014	CLE	3B	26	226	25	35	6	3	0.909
2014	CLE	C	11	93	94	10	0	1	1.000
2013	CLE	C	84	713	694	33	4	2	0.995
2013	CLE	1B	29	215	185	9	1	29	0.995
2012	CLE	C	100	851	628	65	7	3	0.990
2012	CLE	1B	21	163	160	13	2	21	0.989
2012	CLE	OF	1	4	2	0	0	0	1.000
2011	CLE	C	95	786	580	43	7	4	0.989
2011	CLE	1B	66	565	622	43	4	43	0.994
2010	CLE	C	40	340	245	22	3	2	0.989

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	Rk	nan	Bat	21	1 HR, 0 SB	0.267	0.943
2026	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	41	1 HR, 0 SB	0.083	0.362
2026	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	104	2 HR, 2 SB	0.292	0.767
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	145	3 HR, 2 SB	0.232	0.651
2010	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	246	13 HR, 6 SB	0.316	1.044
2009	AA	Akron Aeros	Bat	535	23 HR, 2 SB	0.290	0.943
2008	A+	Inland Empire 66ers	Bat	434	14 HR, 7 SB	0.323	0.994
2008	A+	nan	Bat	560	20 HR, 10 SB	0.330	1.004
2008	A+	Kinston Indians	Bat	126	6 HR, 3 SB	0.352	1.042
2007	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	334	7 HR, 5 SB	0.223	0.688
2006	A+	Vero Beach Dodgers	Bat	223	3 HR, 0 SB	0.268	0.729
2006	Rk	Ogden Raptors	Bat	168	7 HR, 4 SB	0.303	0.938
2005	Rk	GCL Dodgers	Bat	97	1 HR, 0 SB	0.295	0.822

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.400	0.089	0.100	0.195
2025	0.303	0.285	0.277	0.302
2024	0.393	0.308	0.351	0.313
2023	0.363	0.324	0.357	0.314
2022	0.362	0.289	0.307	0.313
2021	0.331	0.298	0.320	0.295
2020	0.334	0.322	0.363	0.292
2019	0.427	0.382	0.402	0.391

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	2	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0.286	0.444	0.286	0.730
2022	5	22	1	5	2	1	4	2	8	0.227	0.292	0.455	0.746
2020	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.111	0.000	0.111
2017	5	19	2	4	0	1	4	3	4	0.211	0.318	0.368	0.687
2016	15	52	6	10	1	3	4	8	11	0.192	0.311	0.385	0.696
2013	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.750	1.250
Career	30	112	11	23	4	5	13	16	29	0.205	0.310	0.375	0.685

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	CLE	$8,450,000
2015	CLE	$6,000,000
2014	CLE	$3,500,000
2013	CLE	$750,000
2012	CLE	$501,900
2011	CLE	$416,600

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.