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[horseofcourse]

I have long harped on this about guitar hero Carlos Santana and playing first base only for years it seems like now. With the internets you can actually get these stats pretty easily now. In the first half he played exclusively catcher and allegedly improved on defense but he hit under .220....he started to play some more first base in the second half and ended up at .252.

Here you go, Santana in his over 100 games catching... 349 at bats, 10 home runs, .241 average, .345 on base percentage, .393 slugging.


Santana in 20 starts at first base..... 61 at bats, 5 home runs, .344 average, .475 on base percentage, .656 slugging.


If even an idiot like me can figure this out...."hey kid, go stand at first base, catch it when it's thrown to you and hit the crap out of the ball", is all the coaching required for this guy and they refuse to figure out what is staring them in the face. I dont' get it.

(although I looked and in 2011 he actually hit a hair better while playing catcher! so I'm just manipulating stats to make my point, it's fun, I should be a politician.)