Valerio de los Santos

Valerio de los Santos
Valerio de los Santos
	De los Santos with the New York Mets in 2009
	Pitcher
	Born: October 6, 1972; Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
	July 31, 1998, for the Milwaukee Brewers
Last MLB appearance
	August 2, 2008, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	9–13
Earned run average	4.57
Strikeouts	207
Teams
	Milwaukee Brewers (1998–2003); Philadelphia Phillies (2003); Toronto Blue Jays (2004); Florida Marlins (2005); Colorado Rockies (2008); Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (2009–2010);
Career highlights and awards
	Taiwan Series champion (2009);

Valerio Lorenzo de los Santos (born October 6, 1972) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher.

De los Santos was originally signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1993. He started his professional career in the minor leagues in 1995, and spent the next four seasons in the Brewers' farm system. He pitched in the major leagues from 1998-2005 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Florida Marlins.

On July 9, 2005, pitching in the 9th inning against the Chicago Cubs, de los Santos hit Adam Greenberg directly in the back of his head with a 92 mph fastball on the very first pitch of the plate appearance. "The first thing going through your mind is, 'This guy's dead,'" de los Santos said. Greenberg suffered a concussion as a result of the beaning, and still suffers from positional vertigo.

De los Santos pitched for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League in 2007. De los Santos signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies in January 2008. After starting the year with the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox, he was called up on July 28, 2008. He was designated for assignment on August 4 and became a free agent at the end of the season.

In January 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.^[1] He was released on March 25 after being cut from spring training.

On March 10, 2011, De Los Santos signed a contract with the Long Island Ducks.^[2]

References

↑ The Associated Press (2009-01-29). "Mets sign four to minor league deals". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
↑ "Atlantic League transactions". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-03-14.

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[1] The Associated Press (2009-01-29). "Mets sign four to minor league deals". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

[2] "Atlantic League transactions". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-03-14.