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Frank-Paul Santangelo (born October 24, 1967 in Livonia, Michigan) is a former American professional baseball player from the University of Miami, Sacramento City College and Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California). Santangelo played in the Major leagues from 1995 to 2001. During his career, Santangelo played for the Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland Athletics. Santangelo is currently a broadcaster for the Washington Nationals. ==Career== Santangelo was drafted in the 20th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft by the Montreal Expos organization and rose through the minor leagues, reaching the AAA with the Indianapolis Indians in 1992. He joined the AAA Ottawa Lynx the following year when the Expos changed AAA affiliation and wound up playing three seasons for Ottawa before making his major league debut in August 1995. Santangelo became the first player in Ottawa Lynx history to have his number, 24, retired and hold the club record with 86 runs scored in the 1993 season. Santangelo made his Major League debut on August 2, 1995 as the starting left fielder against the Florida Marlins. He ground out to third base in his first at-bat but tripled to right field off of Chris Hammond in the 5th inning for his first Major League hit. He was 2 for 3 with an RBI in his debut. He hit his first home run on August 24 off Sergio Valdez of the San Francisco Giants. Santangelo finished fourth in the National League in Rookie of the Year voting in 1996. He played six different positions while posting a .277 average with 7 HR and 56 RBI. He was hit by 11 pitches, starting a four-year streak of being in the top 10 in the NL in that category. In 4 seasons with Montreal, he hit .251 with 17 homers and 119 RBI in 439 games. He signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants on December 23, 1998 and played in 113 games for them over the 1999 season, hitting .260. He also stole 12 bases that season, the highest total of his career. He then signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 11, 2000 and hit .197 for them, in 81 games. The Dodgers released him on March 29, 2001 and he signed with the Oakland Athletics the next week, on April 5. With the Athletics, he was in 32 games in 2001 and hit only .197, while also playing 71 games for AAA Sacramento River Cats. He also played in his first (and only) post-season series in 2001, appearing in 2 games for the Athletics in the 2001 American League Division Series. In 2002 he played in 44 games for the River Cats, hitting .174 and also played in 7 games for the Columbus Clippers in the New York Yankees farm system, where he had 1 hit in 15 at-bats. In his MLB career, Santangelo played in a total of 665 games with 415 hits, 21 home runs, and 162 RBIs. His career batting average was .245. During his career, left field and center field were Santangelo's most frequent positions, though he also played at least one game each at second base, third base, shortstop, right field, and designated hitter. Santangelo, a switch hitter, hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game on June 7, 1997 against the Chicago Cubs.〔(Home Run from Each Side of the Plate in a Game )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. P. Santangelo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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