He became the fourth switch hitter to hit at least 44 homers in a season, joining Mickey Mantle (twice), Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones. The Venezuelan slugger helped Baltimore get into the playoffs ...

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Santander’s total was the fifth-most home runs ever by a switch-hitter and the most since Lance Berkman cranked 45 in 2006. Berkman, Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle are the only both-siders ...

Santander signed with Cleveland as an international free agent in July 2011. He was selected by Baltimore in the Rule 5 draft ...

He became the fourth switch hitter to hit at least 44 homers in a season, joining Mickey Mantle (twice), Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones. The Venezuelan slugger helped Baltimore get into the ...

Milwaukee Brewers great Ryan Braun will almost certainly appear on next year's Hall of Fame ballot, and though it's essentially impossible to envision a scenario where he achieves selection into ...

Santander became the first switch-hitter to homer 40 or more times in a season since Carlos Beltrán and Lance Berkman both did it in 2006. Santander isn't a mindless slugger (not that there would ...

They were also the fifth most for a switch-hitter in a single season and the most for a switch-hitter since Lance Berkman hit 45 in 2006. Santander's shortcomings -- he has a .307 career on-base ...

Santander’s total was the fifth-most home runs ever by a switch-hitter and the most since Lance Berkman cranked 45 in 2006. Berkman, Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle are the only both-siders above ...

He became the fourth switch hitter to hit at least 44 homers in a season, joining Mickey Mantle (twice), Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones. The Venezuelan slugger helped Baltimore get into the ...