page_title: Danny Santana
section_title: Minnesota Twins
hierarchical_section_title: Danny Santana / Career / Minnesota Twins
caption_attribution_description: Danny Santana
context_page_description: Daniel Ernesto Santana is a Dominican professional baseball infielder and outfielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He has played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves.
context_section_description: The Minnesota Twins signed Santana as an undrafted free agent in December 2007. In November 2012, the Twins added him to the 40-man roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
  Santana was called up to the  major leagues for the first time on May 2, 2014. After a solid start to his career, Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 27. He spent the season splitting time between center field and shortstop, and he accumulated a .319 batting average, 7 home runs, 20 stolen bases in 101 games, leading all rookies. He finished seventh in American League Rookie of the Year Award voting. Additionally, Santana's rookie year batting average of .319 is a Twins franchise record (minimum 130 at bats).
  Santana began the 2015 season as the Twins' shortstop. He regressed throughout the season, being demoted to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings. He finished the major league season hitting just .215 with no home runs. Santana continued to see his playing time decrease in 2016 due to other players on the team performing better. Despite this, Santana continued to see playing time at shortstop, but an injury cost him half the season. He was designated for assignment on May 5, 2017.
caption: Santana batting for the New Britain Rock Cats in 2013
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