Domingo Santana (minors01)

Domingo Santana

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born December 20, 1910 in Pozos, Guanajuato Mexico

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Biographical Information

Domingo Santana was a second baseman for six seasons in the Mexican League who was later a manager for over a decade.

Santana was with Agrario de México in 1937, the first season for which Mexican League statistics are available; he went 21 for 66 with a walk, two doubles and five steals. He was with the Mexican national team in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1939, he hit .253/.280/.304 for the Indios de Anáhuac. He did not play in 1940-1941, when the league was heavily populated by Negro League and Cuban players. When the foreign players departed (for the most part) in 1942, Santana returned to bat .282/.359/.334 as a starter for the Mexico City Red Devils. He did not play in 1943, then split 1944 between Mexico City and the Veracruz Blues (.268/.369/.348). He saw little action for the Tuneros de San Luis Potosi (1 for 4) in 1946 and the Jalisco Charros (2 for 4) in 1951. Overall, he had a .275/.343/.333 batting line in 224 LMB games.

Santana managed the Dorados de Chihuahua for part of the 1952 Arizona-Texas League season then spent most of the 1960s managing in the Mexican Center League.

Source: The Mexican League: Comprehensive Player Statistics by Pedro Treto Cisneros

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	4Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1952	Dorados de Chihuahua	Arizona-Texas League		--		--	replaced by Marvin Williams
1957	Saraperos de Saltillo	Central Mexican League		--		--	replaced by Jose Luis St. Claire
1960	Tuneros de San Luis	Mexican Center League	47-52	5th		none
1961	Tuneros de San Luis	Mexican Center League	56-64	4th	Sultanes de Monterrey	none
1962	Tuneros de San Luis	Mexican Center League	56-64	4th	Sultanes de Monterrey	none
1963	Guanajuato Tuzos	Mexican Center League	69-41	1st		none League Champs
1964	Guanajuato Tuzos	Mexican Center League	67-52	2nd		none
1965	Guanajuato Tuzos	Mexican Center League	80-59	3rd		none
1966	Guanajuato Tuzos	Mexican Center League	77-57	2nd		League Champs
1967	Guanajuato Tuzos	Mexican Center League	55-84	6th		none
1969	Ciudad Mante Broncos	Mexican Center League	68-58	4th