F. P. Santangelo

Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=#083884
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=F.P. Santangelo


caption=
position=Outfielder
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1967|10|24
debutdate=August 2
debutyear=1995
debutteam=Montreal Expos
finaldate=October 7
finalyear=2001
finalteam=Oakland Athletics
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.245
stat2label=HR
stat2value=21
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=162
teams=
*Montreal Expos (1995 - 1998)
*San Francisco Giants (1999)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (2000)
*Oakland Athletics (2001)
highlights=
* 4th in balloting for 1996 N.L. R.O.Y.

F.P. Santangelo (born Frank-Paul Santangelo on October 24, 1967 in Livonia, Michigan), is an American former 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 was drafted in 1989 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.

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. He played in three seasons afterwards, one with each of the Giants, Dodgers and Athletics, joining each team through free agency.

In his MLB career, Santangelo played in 665 games with 415 hits, 21 home runs, and 162 RBIs. His career batting average was .245. He weighs 165 pounds (75 kg) and is five feet, 10 inches (1.78 metres) tall. [cit needed]

Santangelo played every defensive position, plus designated hitter, except for first base, catcher, and pitcher at least once in his career. Left field and center field were his most frequent positions.

Santangelo is currently a sports radio talk show host for the "The Rise Guys" show on KHTK-1140 AM in Sacramento. He is also a reporter for the San Francisco Giants games on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area and Giants broadcasts on The Giants Radio Network in San Francisco.

He was once hit by a pitch from both sides of the plate in the same game.

Following the release of the Mitchell Report in which he was named by Kirk Radomski as having used Deca-Durabolin, HGH, and testosterone, Santangelo confirmed he abused HGH on two occasions in 1997 and 2000 to rehab from a quadracep and knee injury but denied the other allegations, including telling teammate Adam Piatt that Radomski "will get you what you need." cite news |firstname=Joe |lastname=Davidson |title=Regretful Santangelo comes clean |publisher=Sacramento Bee |url=http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/567282.html |date=2007-12-14 |accessdate=2007-12-14 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santaf.01.shtml Baseball-reference.com - F.P. Santangelo statistics]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=santaf01 Baseball Almanac - F.P. Santangelo Stats]