Roel Santos
Full name: Roel Santos Martínez
Also known as: Roel Santos
- Position
- Outfielder
- Bats / Throws
- Left / Left
- Born
- 1987-09-15 · Granma Province
- Debut
- 2009
Roel Santos is a Cuban outfielder, born on 15 September 1987 in Granma Province.
The record here covers 18 seasons in the Cuban Elite League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 2008 and 2025. Most of that was with Granma, 18 seasons of it, with the remainder for Industriales and Pinar del Río. He appears in 8 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .323, with 931 hits, 42 home runs and 297 runs batted in. His 155 stolen bases are the 27th highest total among the 2,244 players holding career records in this database. His highest recorded season average was .356, in 2014-15 (295 AB). His most home runs in a season was 6, in 2014-15.
Career summary
- Seasons 18 (2008–2025)
- Leagues Cuban Elite League, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- Teams
Granma, Industriales, Pinar del Río - AVG / OBP / SLG
.323 / .423 / .435
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 27 | 101 | 89 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | .281 | .343 | .382 | .725 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .350 | .458 | .550 | 1.008 |
| 2010-11 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 72 | 223 | 199 | 44 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 98 | .342 | .396 | .492 | .888 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .300 | .333 | .400 | .733 |
| 2011-12 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 94 | 349 | 308 | 59 | 97 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 128 | .315 | .388 | .416 | .804 |
| 2012-13 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 89 | 335 | 273 | 54 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 112 | .330 | .426 | .410 | .836 |
| 2013-14 · Postseason | Pinar del Río | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13 | 61 | 47 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .277 | .410 | .426 | .836 |
| 2013-14 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 41 | 189 | 162 | 45 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 | .296 | .387 | .407 | .794 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 |
| 2014-15 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 79 | 385 | 295 | 85 | 105 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 79 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 149 | .356 | .499 | .505 | 1.004 |
| 2015-16 · Postseason | Industriales | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 |
| 2015-16 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 87 | 411 | 339 | 68 | 97 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 59 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 127 | .286 | .400 | .375 | .775 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .283 | .346 | .370 | .716 |
| 2016-17 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 49 | 228 | 185 | 33 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64 | .297 | .418 | .346 | .764 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 56 | 45 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | .467 | .537 | .578 | 1.115 |
| 2017-18 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 40 | 187 | 153 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 69 | .333 | .443 | .451 | .894 |
| 2018-19 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 20 | 82 | 67 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .239 | .378 | .269 | .647 |
| 2019-20 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 25 | 112 | 94 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53 | .383 | .482 | .564 | 1.046 |
| 2020-21 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 56 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .436 | .600 | .744 | 1.344 |
| 2020-21 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 45 | 208 | 174 | 41 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 72 | .282 | .391 | .414 | .805 |
| 2021-22 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 20 | 96 | 81 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | .457 | .526 | .617 | 1.143 |
| 2022 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 81 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | .457 | .526 | .617 | — |
| 2023 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2024 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .556 | .667 | .889 | 1.556 |
| 2025 | Granma | Cuban Elite League | — | — | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | .556 | .667 | .889 | — |
| 2025-26 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .375 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 2886 | 638 | 931 | 133 | 33 | 42 | 297 | 155 | 54 | 448 | 302 | 66 | 41 | 53 | 14 | — | .323 | .423 | .435 | .858 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 177.0 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .956 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 22.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 404.0 | 94 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .928 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 81.2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 726.1 | 221 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .965 | 231 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 679.2 | 206 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 221 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 · Postseason | Pinar del Río | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 115.0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 346.0 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 42.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 667.2 | 185 | 11 | 4 | 5 | .980 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 · Postseason | Industriales | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 31.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 755.1 | 243 | 6 | 8 | 4 | .969 | 257 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 97.0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 401.2 | 112 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 119 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 104.2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 335.1 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 151.1 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 199.0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 · Postseason | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 97.2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 362.2 | 123 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .962 | 133 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 168.0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 15.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 37.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6414.1 | 1850 | 64 | 66 | 22 | .967 | 1980 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
International appearances
- 2017 — World Baseball Classic (Cuba 2–4)
- 2023 — World Baseball Classic (Cuba 3–3)
- 2023 — Caribbean Cup
- 2024 — WBSC Premier12
Awards and honours
- 2015-16 — led the league in stolen bases
Leaderships are computed from the season lines held here, using a qualification of 3.1 plate appearances or one inning per scheduled game. They describe this record rather than the league's own adjudication of its titles.
Frequently asked questions
When was Roel Santos born?
Roel Santos was born on 1987-09-15 in Granma Province.
Which teams did Roel Santos play for?
Roel Santos appears for Granma, Industriales, Pinar del Río across 18 recorded seasons.
What are Roel Santos's career statistics?
In 18 recorded seasons Roel Santos batted .323 with 931 hits, 42 home runs and 297 runs batted in.
What position did Roel Santos play?
Roel Santos is recorded as OF.
Sources and licences
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Roster details from Federación Cubana de Béisbol and INDER tournament bulletins and JIT squad announcements. Factual roster data only. (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- (retrieved 2026-08-29)
