Raúl Casanova (born August 23, 1972) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player who was a catcher from 1996 to 2008 with the exception of 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2006.

In his 1991 season he had 18 at-bats with the Kingsport Mets, he collected one hit for a .056 batting average.

After the 1992 season, he was traded with Wally Whitehurst and D. J. Dozier to the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernández.

[4] After the 1995 season, he was traded with Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson and minor leaguer Cade Gaspar.

[6] Two days later in his very next game, he hit his first career home run, a solo shot off Kevin Appier.

He was the team's main starting catcher in 1997, although Matt Walbeck also got a fairly large amount of playing time.

He was recalled back to the Majors in July of that year, but only played three more games in the big leagues.

In two games with the GCL Tigers that year, he collected four hits (including a home run) in five at-bats.

Casanova, Henry Blanco and Tyler Houston all spent time catching for the Brewers in 2000.

He hit .247 with six home runs (including two grand slams) and 36 RBIs for the Brewers that year.

He started off with the Brewers, but after hitting only .184 in 31 games with them he was released and quickly signed by the Baltimore Orioles.

He played for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and Ottawa Lynx in 2003, hitting .301 while with the Sky Sox, who are in the Colorado Rockies farm system, and .286 with the Lynx, who are in the Orioles farm system.

Even after a great performance in their system, Casanova was released by the Royals and then signed by the Chicago White Sox.

He spent 70 games with their Triple-A team, the Charlotte Knights, before getting called up to the Majors in the latter part of the season.

Batting left-handed, he hit the home run to right-center field at Shea Stadium against Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz.