Has a devoted group of fans called “The Fantanders,” hundreds of scouts from the UK who sat behind him in left field at Oriole Park during a game in 2019...Did not watch a lot of baseball growing up but is a fan of Venezuelan players Asdrubal Cabrera, Carlos Carrasco and José Altuve...Began learning to play the harp during the COVID-19 shutdown...When he goes home, Sundays are when his whole family gets together and watches movies. He is close with his family and his parents attend most of the games.
2023
Appeared on his fifth career Opening Day roster, all with the Orioles and fourth straight...Named a finalist for the AL Silver Slugger at the outfield position for the second consecutive year...Slashed .257/.325/.472 (152-for-591) with 41 doubles, one triple, 28 home runs, 81 runs scored, 95 RBI, 55 walks (one IBB), six hit-by-pitches and five stolen bases in 153 games (151 GS). Set career highs in hits, doubles, extra-base hits (70), runs, RBI and stolen bases and tied a career-high in walks...Finished third in MLB in doubles behind TEX's Corey Seager (42) and LAD's Freddie Freeman (59). Ranked seventh in the AL in extra-base hits. The extra-base hits are tied for second-most by an O's switch hitter in team history (since 1954) with Eddie Murray (1980) and Brian Roberts (2005). Roberts owns the record with 73 in 2009...Became the first Oriole with 40+ doubles in a season since Manny Machado (40) in 2016. Became the first O's switch hitter with 95 RBI since Bobby Bonilla (116) in 1996...His 61 home runs over the last two years lead MLB switch hitters. Is the first O's switch hitter with 85+ RBI in back-to-back campaigns since Murray (1982-85). Has hit 25+ homers in each of the last two seasons, joining Murray (1977-80, 1982-85, 1987-88) as the only switch-hitters in Orioles history to accomplish the feat...One of seven AL hitters with 250+ hits, 150+ runs, 100+ walks and 60+ homers since the start of 2022, along with HOU's Yordan Álvarez, BOS' Rafael Devers, TEX's Adolis García and Corey Seager, NYY's Aaron Judge, LAA's Shohei Ohtani...Homered in three straight games from 6/23-25 for the second time in his career and five times in six games from 6/18-25...Tallied three multi-homer games - 5/5 at ATL, 7/9 at MIN and 8/23 vs. TOR. Now has 13 career games with two home runs. His second home run on 8/23 landed on Eutaw Street, the third-such homer by an Oriole and fifth overall in 2023. His nine Eutaw Street home runs rank second in ballpark history behind Chris Davis (11)...Set a career high with five RBI on 5/5 at ATL...Doubled twice in a game three times (5/6 at ATL, 5/30 vs. CLE, & 6/10 vs. KC), matching a career-high for the ninth time...Matched a career-high for the fifth time with three extra-base hits (2-2B, 3B) on 5/30 vs. CLE...Hit a walk-off solo home run in the ninth inning off Tommy Kahnle of a 1-0 win on 7/28 vs. NYY, his third career walk-off and second game-ending homer. Marked the fourth walk-off home run by the O's in a 1-0 victory in team history (since 1954), along with 5/16/75 (G1), vs. CAL, 9/23/81 vs. DET and 5/9/07 vs. TB...Hit .275 and slugged .497 with 13 doubles and seven homers on breaking pitches, compared to a .236 batting average and .385 slugging percentage with four doubles and six home runs in 2022 on breaking pitches per Statcast...Played for Team Venezuela in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Hit a solo home run off Sandy Alcantara on 3/11 vs. Team Dominican Republic and a three-run shot off José Berríos on 3/12 vs. Team Puerto Rico, helping sweep pool play...Voted the Orioles winner of the Heart & Hustle Award by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association...Made his postseason debut, starting all three games of the ALDS vs. TEX while going 3-for-11 with a home run, two runs, one RBI and two walks.
2022
Made his fourth career Opening Day roster and spent most of the season on the active roster...Set career highs in games (152), at-bats (574), hits (138), home runs (33), extra-base hits (57), total bases (261), runs scored (78), RBI (89), walks (55), hit-by-pitches (13) and on-base percentage (.318) and tied a career-high in doubles (24)...Led the Orioles in homers, extra-base hits, total bases, RBI, hit-by-pitches, and slugging percentage (.455)...Finished tied for fifth in the American League in home runs...His 33 homers as a switch-hitter were the most in MLB in 2022 and the most by an O's switch-hitter since Eddie Murray also hit 33 in 1983; became one of three Orioles switch-hitters in team history (since 1954) with at least 33 home runs, along with Murray and Ken Singleton (35 in 1979)...Homered from both sides of the plate in a game four times, setting an O's record and tying the MLB record set by SD's Ken Caminiti in 1996...Tied for the team lead with 11 game-winning RBI (Ramón Urías), the most by an Oriole since Adam Jones and Jonathan Schoop both tallied 13 GW RBI in 2017...Slashed .269/.348/.472 (77-for-286) with 13 doubles, 15 home runs, 41 runs, 45 RBI, 30 walks and six hit-by-pitches in 79 home games compared to .212/.289/.438 (61-for-288) with 11 doubles, 18 homers, 37 runs, 44 RBI, 25 walks, and seven hit-by-pitches in 73 road games...Hit .293/.365/.548 (46-for-157) with seven doubles, 11 homers, 27 RBI, 18 walks and one hit-by-pitch against left-handed pitching and .221/.301/.420 (92-for-417) with 17 doubles, 22 home runs, 62 RBI, 37 walks and 12 hit-by-pitches against righties...Among AL leaders after the All-Star Break, was second in home runs (18), tied for seventh in RBI (43), ninth in total bases (129) and tied for ninth in extra-base hits (30)...Recorded his first walk-off with a three-run home run in the ninth inning off of Lucas Luetge on 5/19 vs. NYY; also added a walk-off single in the 11th inning on 8/25 vs. CWS...Delivered the go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning on 5/27 at BOS as the Orioles rallied from down 8-2 after six frames...Tied the game with an RBI single in the eighth inning on 4/30 vs. BOS, a two-run single in the 10th inning on 5/20 vs. TB, and a solo homer in the eighth inning on 7/31 at CIN...Had 23 RBI against the Red Sox, most by an MLB player against one opponent in 2022, the most by an MLB player vs. Boston since 2009, and the second-most in one season in O's history against the Red Sox (Ron Hansen, 28 in 1960); also tied for the fourth-most RBI vs. a single opponent in one season in Orioles history, and the most by an O's batter against one opponent in a year since Trey Mancini drove in 25 runs vs. Toronto in 2019...His first home run on 9/5 (G1) vs. TOR landed on Eutaw Street; marked the eighth such homer of his career, second-most in ballpark history (Chris Davis, 11)...Hit a go-ahead two-run home run off of Rafael Montero in the eighth inning on 9/24 vs. HOU...Tied a career high with 10 total bases on 9/27 at BOS, joining 8/18/20 vs. TOR...Registered back-to-back multi-homer games from 9/26-27, the first Orioles batter to do so since Cedric Mullins from 6/18-19/21...Became the third Oriole in team history with six home runs in a four-game span from 9/24-27, joining Luke Scott (5/27-30/09) and Albert Belle (6/14-17/00)...Had a 16-game hitting streak from 7/16-8/6, the longest by an O's batter last season and second-longest of his career (18 G, 8/5-23/20); slashed .354/.408/.646 (23-for-65) with seven doubles, four homers, 10 runs, 13 RBI, one walk and five hit-by-pitches during stretch...Reached base safely in 18 straight games to begin the season through 4/27 and a career-high 19 consecutive games dating back to 9/26/21; the 18-game stretch to start the year was tied for the 10th-longest to start a season in O’s history (since 1954).
2021
His home run on 8/24 vs. LAA traveled 443 ft., the longest of his career, and landed on Eutaw Street, making it the 113th Eutaw Street home run in Oriole Park history (since 1992), 53rd by an Orioles batter, and the seventh of Santander’s career; his seven career Eutaw Street home runs rank second all-time among Orioles batters behind only Chris Davis (11)...Santander’s four Eutaw Street home runs in 2021 are a single-season ballpark record...Recorded a season-high four hits on 8/24 vs. LAA, tallying three extra-base hits (HR, 2-2B) for the second time in his career (last: 8/18/20 vs. TOR)...Recorded three-or-more hits in consecutive games (8/24-25) for the first time in his career...His eight homers in August were tied for 11th in the AL; 24 of his 50 career home runs have come in the month of August, 16 more than the next closest month (September - 9)...Homered in a career-long three-straight games (8/8-11), had a 2.231 OPS in that span...Hit safely in 10 of his last 13 games, including four home runs and two doubles for an .819 OPS, as well as in 12 of his last 16 games...Slashed .262/.303/.545 (49-for-187) with 15 homers and eight doubles in 51 home games, compared to .224/.271/.338 (49-for-219) with three homers and 16 doubles in 59 road games...Slugged his 18th home run of the season on 9/26 vs. TEX; each of his last 13 home runs have come at Oriole Park, and he has not homered on the road since 6/29 at HOU...Slashed .258/.303/.490 (50-for-194) with 12 homers and nine doubles in 52 games after the All-Star Break, compared to .226/.271/.382 (48-for-212) in 58 games prior to the break...His 90.7 MPH average exit velocity led the O’s, according to Statcast (min. 100 Batted Balls)...Hit .257/.293/.405 (38-for-148) with 10 doubles and four home runs against LHP compared to .233/.282/.450 (60-for-258) with 14 home runs and 14 doubles against RHP...His 11-game hitting streak from 4/18-5/29 G2 was tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak by an O’s batter in 2021 and ranks as the third-longest streak of Santander’s career...Placed on the 10-day Injured List (right knee sprain) on 9/28, ending his season; also had a stint on the 10-day Injured List (left ankle sprain) from 4/21-5/21.
2020
Named the recipient of the Most Valuable Oriole Award...Placed on the Injured List on 9/5 with a strained right oblique...Was leading the American League in extra-base hits (25), ranked tied for second in doubles (13), third in total bases (88), tied for third in RBI (32), sixth in slugging percentage (.575), and tied for sixth in home runs (11) at the time of his injury...Led the Orioles in WAR (1.5) according to Baseball Reference, ranked second (0.9) according to FanGraphs, and third (1.1) according to STATS, LLC...Recorded a career-high 18-game hitting streak (8/5 G2-23); tied for the second-longest hitting streak in the majors and the longest by an Oriole since Nick Markakis’ 18-game hit-streak (4/21-5/11/14)... Recorded an RBI in a career-high eight consecutive games from 8/6-14 (13 total); the longest RBI streak by an Oriole since 2017 (Schoop)...25 of his 40 hits were for extra-bases (13-2B, 3B, 11 HR)...His 47 hard hit balls (95+ MPH) were the third-most on the O’s, according to FanGraphs...His single on 8/2 vs. TB was the hardest hit ball by an Oriole (113.2 MPH), according to Statcast...His 32 RBI were tied for the team lead; finished second on the O’s with 10 multi-RBI games...His four outfield assists led the Orioles, and as a right fielder were tied for the fourth-most in baseball...His 8 DRS (defensive runs saved) were the second-most among AL right fielders, according to Sports Info Solutions...Recorded two multi-homer games in a span of three games (8/16 vs. WSH and 8/18 vs. TOR); has three multi-homer games for his career...Hit his third career Eutaw Street home run on 8/16 vs. WSH; his second home run of the game against Max Scherzer and the homer traveled 400 ft....Batted .324 (12-for-37) with two outs and .385 (5-for-13) with RISP and two outs...Hit .285 (35-for-123) against right-handers, compared to .167 (5-for-30) against left-handers... Made 35 starts in right field, one start in left field, and one start as the DH...Appeared on his second career Opening Day roster (2018, 2020).
2019
Had a career-high 12-game hitting streak from 8/25-9/7; the longest hit-streak by an Oriole during the season... Served as the 26th player for the doubleheader on 5/1 at CWS; started in right field in game two of the doubleheader (1-for-2, HR, 2 R, RBI, BB, HBP)... Led the Orioles with five outfield assists; made 37 starts in right field, 32 starts in left field and 20 starts in center field... Made 20 starts in center field; entered the season with zero career games in center field in his professional career (minors or majors)... Recorded a career-high five hits on 8/25 vs. TB (5-for-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI)... Homered in consecutive games (6/28-29 vs. CLE) for the first time in his career; did so four different times throughout the season... After being recalled from Triple-A on 6/7, he was second on the Orioles in doubles (20), home runs (19), and RBI (58), and fourth in hits (98) and runs scored (44)... Recorded his first career multi-home run game on 8/31 at KC; hit a home run from each side of the plate; seventh different Oriole (15th time) to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game... Homered on 9/20 vs. SEA, becoming the fourth Oriole to record at least 20 home runs during the season... Scored a career-high three runs on 7/19 vs. BOS... Batted .320/.346/.526 (31-for-97) in 24 games in July; ranked tied for 11th in the AL in hits in the month... Hit .307 (43-for-140) with eight home runs and 31 RBI with two outs... Batted .361 (44-for-122) in 30 Orioles wins and .213 (55-for-258) in 63 Orioles losses... Earned his first career Play of the Week honor for his home run-saving catch on 6/8 at HOU... In 48 games with Triple-A Norfolk, he hit .259/.311/.415 (50-for-193), with 15 doubles, five home runs, 30 runs scored, and 28 RBI.
2018
Hit his first Major League home run on 4/8 at NYY, a three-run homer off of RHP Domingo Germán...Recorded his first career outfield assist on 4/7 at NYY...Stole his first career base on 4/5 at NYY...Entered the season ranked as the Orioles No. 8 prospect, according to Baseball America and MLB Pipeline...Appeared in 72 games across three minor league levels; Short-Season A Aberdeen (seven games), Double-A Bowie (54 games), and Triple-A Norfolk (11 games)...Batted .249 (70-for-281) with 17 doubles, eight home runs, 35 runs, and 34 RBI in his 72 minor league games...Homered twice in his final three games of the season, recording four hits, 12 total bases, and four RBI in this stretch... Recorded his first career three double game on 8/17 at Connecticut.
2017
Made his Major League debut on 8/18 vs. LAA...Recorded his first Major League hit in the ninth inning of his debut...Recorded his first multi-hit game on 9/27 at PIT, going 3-4 with two doubles and one RBI...In 16 rehab games with Frederick and Bowie, batted .382 (21-for-55) with five doubles, five home runs, 13 runs, and 14 RBI...Reinstated from the 60-day DL on 6/14...Placed on the 10-day DL on 4/2 (retroactive to 3/30; strained right forearm)...Transferred to the 60-day DL on 6/14.
2016
Enters 2017 as the Orioles No. 9 prospect, according to Baseball America...Selected to Baseball America's High-A Minor League Classifcation All-Star Team...Played 128 games with Class A-Advanced Lynchburg...Named a Carolina League post-season All-Star...Named Player of the...Week for the period ending 7/17 after hitting .435 (10-for-23) with four home runs, nine RBI, and seven runs scored...Led the Carolina League in doubles (42) and extra-base hits (62), fnished second in runs scored (90) and total bases (247), third in home runs (20), RBI (95), hits (145), and slugging percentage (.494), and fourth in OBP (.368) and at-bats (500)...Had a season-long 12-game hitting streak, 6/30-7/13, hitting .354 (17-for-48) with six doubles, three home runs, 13 runs scored, and 12 RBI during that span...Homered and collected three hits in the opening game of the season on 4/7 vs. Winston-Salem...Tied a season-high with four hits, including three doubles on 8/25 vs. Wilmington...Drove in a season-high six runs on 7/16 vs. Wilmington, going 2-for-6 with two home runs, including a grand slam...Scored at least one run in 10 straight games, 8/16-25...Recorded 38 multi-hit games, including three four-hit games, and 10 three-hit games...Homered in back-to-back games four different times (4/7-8, 6/17-18, 7/5-6, and 7/16-17)...Batted .342 (38-for-111) with 10 doubles, nine home runs, 23 runs scored, and 29 RBI in 28 games during July...Hit .556 (5-for-9) with a home run and 16 RBI with the bases loaded.
2015
Began the season with Short-Season A Mahoning Valley and was promoted to Class-A Lake County after batting .419 (13-for-31) in his first eight games...Ranked second on the Captains in home runs with 10...Set single-season career highs in games played (72), runs scored (52), hits (82), doubles (22), home runs (13), and RBI (51).
2014
Missed part of the season due to a right elbow strain...Entered the season ranked as the 20 th-best prospect in the Indians organization by Baseball America.
2013
Entered the season ranked the 14 th-best prospect in the organization, according to Baseball America ...Missed time due to a right elbow injury.
2012
Finished eighth in the organization in batting (.305).
