2015 Cleveland Indians postseason player profile: First baseman Carlos Santana

Over the next month, we’re going to recap our guys’ 2015 seasons — on and off the field — in alphabetical order. Previous installments:

• Adams
• Allen
• Almonte
• Anderson
• Armstrong
• Aviles
• Bauer
• Brantley
• Carrasco
• Chisenhall
• Crockett
• Gomes
• Johnson
• Kipnis
• Kluber
• Lindor
• Manship
• McAllister
• Perez
• Ramirez
• Salazar
• Sands

Name: Carlos Santana

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Height: 5–11

Weight: 210

Birthday: 4/8/86

Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Club control: 2017 (signed through 2016, club option for 2017)

Twitter: @TheRealSlamtana

The numbers:

• .231 (127–550)
• 19 homers, 85 RBI (both team highs)
• 108 walks (fifth in baseball)
• 50 extra-base hits

Behind the numbers:

• Owns the most homers in club history by a switch hitter (117); passed Carlos Baerga on June 13 with his 105th
• Has 502 walks from 2011–2015, second-most in MLB
• Has played in 112 consecutive games, fourth-most MLB
• Fifth consecutive season Carlos has finished in the top five in the AL in walks
• Finished in the top 20 in the AL in OBP (20th, .357), RBI (T19th, 85), times on base (12th, 238) and pitches per plate appearance (2nd, 4.3)
• Tied for 12th in the AL in post-All-Star break RBI (45)
• 11-game hit streak from Aug. 23-Sept. 4 was second longest of his career
• Set new career high with 11 steals (same amount as Mike Trout and Andrew McCutchen)
• Santana’s 399 RBI since 2011 are 13th-most in AL

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