Anthony Santander

Anthony Roger Santander

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190-235 lb.

• Debut August 18, 2017

• Born October 19, 1994 in Margarita, Nueva Esparta Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Anthony Santander was picked by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 Rule V Draft. He did not make the team out of spring training in 2017, but made his debut later that season, on August 18th. Starting in RF against the Los Angeles Angels, he went 1 for 4 with a run scored and a pair of strikeouts in a 9-7 win.

When Anthony had his 6th multi-home run game on May 17, 2022 against the New York Yankees and lost, 6-2, it marked the 6th time the Orioles had taken a loss when he had hit more than one homer. Santander is the only player in MLB history to lose the first 6 such games of his career. On May 19th, he hit a walk-off homer off Lucas Luetge of the New York Yankees to give the Orioles a 9-6 win; it was the first walk-of blast by an Orioles batter since Rio Ruiz had managed one back in 2019. The O's did not have to wait as long for the next one, as in their next game on May 20th it was teammate [Rougned Odor]] who hit a walk-off blast, this one against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Bizarrely, he has a rather large fan club in the United Kingdom. This came under accidental circumstances, when a large group of boy and girl scouts from the UK attending a jamboree in the Baltimore area came to watch a game at Camden Yards in August of 2019, with seats in the left field bleachers. They made Santander their hero of the day, he responded warmly, and a fan club was born. When they returned to their home country, the young spectators created a social media page in support of their now-favorite player and it became a hub for the small but passionate community of British baseball fans.

Notable Achievements

• 20-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2019, 2022 & 2023)
• 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2022)

Further Reading

• Joe Trezza: "This Oriole is absolutely beloved in the UK", mlb.com, March 23, 2021. [1]

Related Sites

• Anthony Santander on mlb.com