Hector Santiago
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Santiago with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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| Minnesota Twins – No. 53 | |||||||||||||
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Born: December 16, 1987 Newark, New Jersey |
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| Win–loss record | 38–39 | ||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.78 | ||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 655 | ||||||||||||
| WHIP | 1.33 | ||||||||||||
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Hector Felipe Santiago (born December 16, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox from 2011 to 2013 and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2014 to 2016. He played one year of college ball at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Florida.
Santiago graduated in 2006 from Bloomfield Tech High School in Essex County, New Jersey. He played one year at Okaloosa-Walton Community College (Now Northwest Florida State College). He is of Puerto Rican descent.
Santiago was drafted by the White Sox in the 30th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. Santiago, who split time with the Winston-Salem Dash and Birmingham Barons in the first half of 2011, was called up to the Majors for the first time on June 26, 2011.
Santiago made his MLB debut on July 6, 2011, pitching a perfect ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. On April 7, 2012, Santiago earned his first career save by striking out Elvis Andrus to seal a 4–3 victory for the White Sox. On May 8, 2012, Santiago earned his first career win during a 5–3 victory over the Cleveland Indians pitching one inning yielding two hits and striking out one. He remained the majority of the season in the bullpen while also starting on four occasions. He finished 4-1 in 42 games with 4 saves. In 2013, Santiago split between the White Sox bullpen and the rotation, finishing with 23 starts while also appearing 11 times out of the bullpen. Although his ERA for the season was 3.56, his record was just 4-9 for the White Sox.
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