Francisco Alejandro Santos Carmona (born March 9, 1974) is a former

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who played for the

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in . He played for six seasons in the minor leagues. During the 2001 season with the

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, he was selected for the

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All-Star Game. During this season, he had personal season highs in the areas of plate appearances, at bats, runs, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases and bases on balls. At the time he was known as a 20-year-old 1st baseman, Deivis Santos. However, it was revealed in 2003 that Santos' first name was in fact named Francisco and that he was 29 years old. Therefore, when he had his All Star season in Hagerstown he was in fact 27 years old. He played his final professional season in with the

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of the independent Atlantic League.

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