Ervin Santana
Ervin Ramon Santana
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 10, 1983 in La Romana, D.R.
Signed by the Anaheim Angels as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 22 LAA AL 12 8 .600 4.65 23 23 0 1 1 0 133.2 139 73 69 17 47 2 99 8 0 4 583 91 1.392 9.4 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.11
2006 23 LAA AL 16 8 .667 4.28 33 33 0 0 0 0 204.0 181 106 97 21 70 2 141 11 2 10 846 107 1.230 8.0 0.9 3.1 6.2 2.01
2007 24 LAA AL 7 14 .333 5.76 28 26 1 0 0 0 150.0 174 103 96 26 58 3 126 8 0 7 675 78 1.547 10.4 1.6 3.5 7.6 2.17
2008 25 LAA AL 16 7 .696 3.49 32 32 0 2 1 0 219.0 198 89 85 23 47 2 214 8 1 5 897 127 1.119 8.1 0.9 1.9 8.8 4.55 AS,CYA-6
2009 26 LAA AL 8 8 .500 5.03 24 23 0 2 2 0 139.2 159 83 78 24 47 4 107 10 0 4 614 90 1.475 10.2 1.5 3.0 6.9 2.28
5 Seasons 59 45 .567 4.52 140 137 1 5 4 0 846.1 851 454 425 111 269 13 687 45 3 30 3615 99 1.323 9.0 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.55
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .567 4.52 34 34 0 1 1 0 208 209 111 104 27 66 3 169 11 1 7 887 99 1.323 9.0 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.55

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 22 LAA AL ALDS W NYY 1 0 1.000 5.06 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 23 1.313 8.4 1.7 3.4 3.4 1.00
2005 22 LAA AL ALCS L CHW 0 1 .000 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 6 5 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 20 1.385 6.2 4.2 6.2 4.2 0.67
2007 24 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2008 25 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 1.500 13.5 1.7 0.0 5.1
2009 26 LAA AL ALCS L NYY 1 1 .500 1.59 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 5 3 1 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 26 1.588 7.9 0.0 6.4 7.9 1.25
4 Seasons (5 Series) 2 2 .500 5.56 8 2 3 0 0 0 22.2 21 17 14 4 9 1 14 3 0 0 101 1.324 8.3 1.6 3.6 5.6 1.56
3 ALDS 1 0 1.000 5.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 13 8 8 2 2 0 7 1 0 0 55 1.184 9.2 1.4 1.4 5.0 3.50
2 ALCS 1 2 .333 5.40 5 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 9 6 2 7 1 7 2 0 0 46 1.500 7.2 1.8 6.3 6.3 1.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 LAA AL 25 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 18.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 22 LAA AL 23 583 523 73 139 34 5 17 8 5 47 99 .266 .333 .447 .781 .297 234 9 8 1 4 2
2006 23 LAA AL 33 846 751 106 181 41 6 21 5 9 70 141 .241 .311 .395 .707 .267 297 19 11 4 10 2
2007 24 LAA AL 28 675 604 103 174 38 5 26 11 3 58 126 .288 .357 .497 .854 .326 300 13 8 3 2 3
2008 25 LAA AL 32 897 834 89 198 32 4 23 16 4 47 214 .237 .283 .368 .651 .291 307 10 8 3 5 2
2009 26 LAA AL 24 613 553 83 159 28 3 24 15 5 47 107 .288 .354 .479 .833 .319 265 19 10 2 1 4
5 Seasons 140 3614 3265 454 851 173 23 111 55 26 269 687 .261 .324 .430 .753 .297 1403 70 45 13 22 13
162 Game Avg. 34 887 802 111 209 42 6 27 14 6 66 169 .261 .324 .430 .753 .297 344 17 11 3 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 22 LAA AL 23 23 12 8 3 3 1 13 10 .565 3 1 1 1 13 57% 49 83 14 15 5 0 11 4.4 4.9 5.8 97 3 9 11 0 115
2006 23 LAA AL 33 33 16 8 9 4 2 20 13 .606 1 3 0 0 18 55% 52 75 20 14 6 0 14 5.7 5.7 6.2 97 2 13 18 0 118
2007 24 LAA AL 28 26 7 14 5 0 3 11 15 .423 1 3 0 0 12 46% 44 68 9 15 7 0 14 4.6 4.3 5.6 97 2 9 15 0 118
2008 25 LAA AL 32 32 16 7 9 2 1 19 13 .594 5 3 2 1 22 69% 58 88 21 10 4 0 17 4.3 4.5 6.8 107 0 4 28 0 118
2009 26 LAA AL 24 23 8 8 7 2 2 12 11 .522 0 4 2 2 11 48% 47 85 7 11 2 0 10 4.6 4.6 6.0 99 2 9 12 0 116
5 Seasons 140 137 59 45 33 11 9 75 62 .547 10 14 5 4 76 55% 51 88 7 65 24 0 66 4.7 4.8 6.1 100 9 44 84 0 118
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 24 LAA AL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.958 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 32
2009 26 LAA AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.930 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31
2 Seasons 52 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.945 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0 32

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 22 LAA AL 583 51% 2.9% 17.0% 8.1% 9.6% 40% 0.55 0.71 71% 16% 7.2% 14% 99 9 9%
2006 23 LAA AL 846 47% 2.5% 16.7% 8.3% 8.0% 38% 0.62 0.75 71% 16% 6.2% 11% 144 19 13%
2007 24 LAA AL 675 47% 3.9% 18.7% 8.6% 10.2% 40% 0.57 0.69 67% 19% 9.7% 12% 145 13 9%
2008 25 LAA AL 897 52% 2.6% 23.9% 5.2% 6.6% 30% 0.64 0.79 67% 18% 7.3% 16% 151 10 7%
2009 26 LAA AL 614 53% 3.9% 17.5% 7.7% 9.0% 35% 0.64 0.91 69% 17% 10.2% 13% 137 19 14%
5 Seasons 3615 50% 3.1% 19.0% 7.4% 8.5% 36% 0.60 0.76 69% 17% 8.0% 13% 676 70 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 22 LAA AL 583 2237 3.84 1430 64% 28% 14% 27% 30% 72% 1% 46% 80% 61% 4% 25 14 21% 121 59 8 20% 18 9 0 0 0
2006 23 LAA AL 846 3209 3.79 1994 62% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 1% 45% 81% 58% 5% 45 26 22% 187 96 12 30% 16 17 0 0 0
2007 24 LAA AL 675 2575 3.81 1581 61% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 1% 43% 82% 60% 5% 33 22 19% 129 59 5 29% 16 9 0 0 0
2008 25 LAA AL 897 3422 3.81 2255 66% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 0% 47% 76% 66% 2% 21 12 30% 266 136 18 24% 38 7 0 0 0
2009 26 LAA AL 614 2300 3.75 1422 62% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 2% 44% 80% 62% 4% 26 15 22% 133 59 11 24% 15 7 0 0 1
5 Seasons 3615 13743 3.80 8682 63% 29% 15% 27% 30% 71% 1% 45% 80% 61% 4% 150 89 23% 836 409 54 26% 103 49 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 22 LAA AL 583 139 9 1 17 0 8 10 7 7 10 22 12 2 55% 3 4 1 219 8 5 62% 6 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 0
2006 23 LAA AL 846 181 14 0 21 0 13 9 12 8 13 36 25 3 69% 8 10 1 291 5 9 36% 5 8 0 1 0 0 4 2 26 0
2007 24 LAA AL 675 174 15 2 26 0 3 15 11 7 19 37 20 1 54% 7 7 0 272 11 3 79% 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2008 25 LAA AL 897 198 22 3 23 0 24 9 14 15 8 57 25 14 44% 8 5 1 279 16 4 80% 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2009 26 LAA AL 614 159 12 0 24 0 17 12 12 14 10 39 17 9 44% 5 4 1 236 15 5 75% 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
5 Seasons 3615 851 72 6 111 0 65 55 56 51 60 191 99 29 52% 31 30 4 1297 55 26 68% 52 22 2 4 1 0 7 3 66 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 22 12 8 .600 4.65 23 23 0 1 1 0 133.2 139 73 69 17 47 2 99 8 0 4 583 91 1.392 9.4 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.11 91
2006 23 28 16 .636 4.42 56 56 0 1 1 0 337.2 320 179 166 38 117 4 240 19 2 14 1429 100 1.294 8.5 1.0 3.1 6.4 2.05 100
2007 24 35 30 .538 4.84 84 82 1 1 1 0 487.2 494 282 262 64 175 7 366 27 2 21 2104 92 1.372 9.1 1.2 3.2 6.8 2.09 92
2008 25 51 37 .580 4.42 116 114 1 3 2 0 706.2 692 371 347 87 222 9 580 35 3 26 3001 101 1.293 8.8 1.1 2.8 7.4 2.61 101
2009 26 59 45 .567 4.52 140 137 1 5 4 0 846.1 851 454 425 111 269 13 687 45 3 30 3615 99 1.323 9.0 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.55 99

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 22 6 8 .429 4.92 128.0 142 78 70 17 48 95 8 1.484 10.0 3.4 6.7 1.98 1.2 23
2006 23 10 11 .476 4.20 197.0 177 102 92 21 68 136 11 1.244 8.1 3.1 6.2 2.00 1.0 33
2007 24 5 11 .313 5.67 146.0 172 102 92 26 57 123 8 1.568 10.6 3.5 7.6 2.16 1.6 28
2008 25 13 10 .565 3.43 215.0 196 91 82 23 47 210 8 1.130 8.2 2.0 8.8 4.47 1.0 32
2009 26 5 9 .357 5.04 134.0 157 83 75 24 46 103 10 1.515 10.5 3.1 6.9 2.24 1.6 24
5 Seasons 39 49 .443 4.51 820.0 844 456 411 111 266 667 45 1.354 9.3 7.3 2.51 1.2 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-AL--6--1%
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL--16--8th
2008 AL--16--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2006 AL--.667--8th
2008 AL--.696--6th
Active--.567--28th
Career--.567--233rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 AL--1.230--7th
2008 AL--1.119--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL--7.985--2nd
2008 AL--8.137--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.932--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--8.795--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL--219.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL--214--2nd

Games Started s c a p y
2006 AL--33--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--2--9th
2009 AL--2--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
2005 AL--1--5th
2008 AL--1--9th
2009 AL--2--3rd
Active--4--40th

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--26--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL--70--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--4.553--5th

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL--14--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 AL--10--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL--11--5th
2007 AL--8--10th
2009 AL--10--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL--897--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--127--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 35 (682), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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