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Johan Santana
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 13, 1979 in Tovar, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000
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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
2000 21 MIN AL 2 3 .400 6.49 30 5 9 0 0 0 86.0 102 64 62 11 54 0 64 2 2 5 398 80 1.814 10.7 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.19
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 4.74 15 4 5 0 0 0 43.2 50 25 23 6 16 0 28 3 0 3 195 96 1.511 10.3 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.75
2002 23 MIN AL 8 6 .571 2.99 27 14 2 0 0 1 108.1 84 41 36 7 49 0 137 1 2 15 452 149 1.228 7.0 0.6 4.1 11.4 2.80
2003 24 MIN AL 12 3 .800 3.07 45 18 7 0 0 0 158.1 127 56 54 17 47 1 169 3 2 6 644 148 1.099 7.2 1.0 2.7 9.6 3.60 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 20 6 .769 2.61 34 34 0 1 1 0 228.0 156 70 66 24 54 0 265 9 0 7 881 182 0.921 6.2 0.9 2.1 10.5 4.91 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 16 7 .696 2.87 33 33 0 3 2 0 231.2 180 77 74 22 45 1 238 1 0 8 910 155 0.971 7.0 0.9 1.7 9.2 5.29 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 19 6 .760 2.77 34 34 0 1 0 0 233.2 186 79 72 24 47 0 245 4 1 4 923 161 0.997 7.2 0.9 1.8 9.4 5.21 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 15 13 .536 3.33 33 33 0 1 1 0 219.0 183 88 81 33 52 0 235 4 1 7 878 130 1.073 7.5 1.4 2.1 9.7 4.52 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 16 7 .696 2.53 34 34 0 3 2 0 234.1 206 74 66 23 63 5 206 4 2 9 964 166 1.148 7.9 0.9 2.4 7.9 3.27 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 9 6 .600 3.34 16 16 0 0 0 0 102.1 95 47 38 13 34 2 104 2 0 1 438 127 1.261 8.4 1.1 3.0 9.1 3.06
10 Seasons 118 57 .674 3.13 301 225 23 9 6 1 1645.1 1369 621 572 180 461 9 1691 33 10 65 6683 143 1.112 7.5 1.0 2.5 9.2 3.67
162 Game Avg. 15 7 .674 3.13 39 29 3 1 1 0 213 177 80 74 23 60 1 219 4 1 8 864 143 1.112 7.5 1.0 2.5 9.2 3.67
MIN (8 yrs) 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NYM (2 yrs) 25 13 .658 2.78 50 50 0 3 2 0 336.2 301 121 104 36 97 7 310 6 2 10 1402 152 1.182 8.0 1.0 2.6 8.3 3.20
AL (8 yrs) 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NL (2 yrs) 25 13 .658 2.78 50 50 0 3 2 0 336.2 301 121 104 36 97 7 310 6 2 10 1402 152 1.182 8.0 1.0 2.6 8.3 3.20

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
2002 23 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2002 23 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8
2003 24 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 7.04 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 6 6 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 34 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
2004 25 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 1 1 0 4 0 12 1 0 0 51 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2006 27 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 1 8 0.750 5.6 1.1 1.1 9.0 8.00
4 Seasons (5 Series) 1 3 .250 3.97 11 5 0 0 0 0 34.0 35 15 15 2 10 1 32 1 0 2 113 1.324 9.3 0.5 2.6 8.5 3.20
4 ALDS 1 2 .333 3.23 7 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 31 11 11 1 10 1 28 1 0 0 99 1.337 9.1 0.3 2.9 8.2 2.80
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2000 21 MIN AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 23 MIN AL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 24 MIN AL 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 2 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 95 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 2 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 184 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 32 83 78 5 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 24 .141 .173 .205 .378 -1 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 14 32 24 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .083 .120 .125 .245 -34 3 0 0 7 0 0 1
10 Seasons 62 147 133 8 21 7 1 0 5 0 0 5 36 .158 .188 .226 .414 9 30 1 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 384 348 21 55 18 3 0 13 0 0 13 94 .158 .188 .226 .414 9 78 3 0 24 0 0
MIN (8 yrs) 16 32 31 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .258 .281 .355 .636 66 11 1 0 0 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 46 115 102 5 13 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 32 .127 .160 .186 .347 -8 19 0 0 9 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 16 32 31 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .258 .281 .355 .636 66 11 1 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 46 115 102 5 13 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 32 .127 .160 .186 .347 -8 19 0 0 9 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 23 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 24 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 MIN AL 21 P 30 5 86.0 19 5 13 1 2 .947 1.88 0.60 .958 1.62 0.46
2001 MIN AL 22 P 15 4 43.2 8 0 6 2 1 .750 1.24 0.40 .962 1.75 0.49
2002 MIN AL 23 P 27 13 108.1 15 4 9 2 0 .867 1.08 0.48 .960 1.69 0.48
2003 MIN AL 24 P 45 18 158.1 17 3 11 3 1 .824 0.80 0.31 .965 1.73 0.49 CYA-7
2004 MIN AL 25 P 34 34 228.0 37 9 24 4 2 .892 1.30 0.97 .951 1.66 0.45 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 MIN AL 26 P 33 33 231.2 39 12 25 2 0 .949 1.44 1.12 .954 1.69 0.46 AS,CYA-3
2006 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 233.2 44 12 31 1 2 .977 1.66 1.26 .957 1.56 0.41 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 MIN AL 28 P 33 33 219.0 40 14 26 0 1 1.000 1.64 1.21 .952 1.60 0.42 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 NYM NL 29 P 34 34 234.1 41 13 27 1 1 .976 1.54 1.18 .959 1.73 0.43 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 NYM NL 30 P 16 16 102.1 18 3 13 2 3 .889 1.41 1.00 .956 1.66 0.41
10 Seasons P 301 224 1645.1 278 75 185 18 13 .935 1.42 0.86 .956 1.66 0.45
10 Seasons TOT 301 224 1645.1 278 75 185 18 13 .935 1.42 0.86 .891 1.66 0.45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2004-AL-Cy Young
2004-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006-AL-Cy Young
2006-AL-Triple Crown
2006-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
2007-AL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-6-30%
2006-AL-7-28%
2008-NL-14-7%
0.66 Career Shares (344th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2003-AL--7--1%
2004-AL--1--100%
2005-AL--3--36%
2006-AL--1--100%
2007-AL--5--1%
2008-NL--3--34%
2 Cy Youngs
2.72 Career Shares (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 AL--2.605--1st
2005 AL--2.875--2nd
2006 AL--2.773--1st
2007 AL--3.329--7th
2008 NL--2.535--1st
Active--3.129--4th
Career--3.129--212th

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL--20--2nd
2005 AL--16--5th
2006 AL--19--1st
2008 NL--16--7th
2009 NL--9--2nd
Active--118--27th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL--.769--2nd
2005 AL--.696--5th
2006 AL--.760--2nd
2008 NL--.696--7th
Active--.674--3rd
Career--.674--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 AL--.921--1st
2005 AL--.971--1st
2006 AL--.997--1st
2007 AL--1.073--1st
2008 NL--1.148--6th
Active--1.112--4th
Career--1.112--27th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--6.158--1st
2005 AL--6.993--1st
2006 AL--7.164--1st
2007 AL--7.521--3rd
2008 NL--7.912--7th
Active--7.489--6th
Career--7.489--35th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--2.132--7th
2005 AL--1.748--8th
2006 AL--1.810--7th
Active--2.522--16th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--10.461--1st
2005 AL--9.246--1st
2006 AL--9.437--1st
2007 AL--9.658--3rd
2009 NL--9.147--7th
Active--9.250--5th
Career--9.250--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2004 AL--228.0--2nd
2005 AL--231.7--2nd
2006 AL--233.7--1st
2007 AL--219.0--6th
2008 NL--234.3--1st
Active--1645.3--38th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2003 AL--169--8th
2004 AL--265--1st
2005 AL--238--1st
2006 AL--245--1st
2007 AL--235--2nd
2008 NL--206--2nd
2009 NL--104--6th
Active--1691--12th
Career--1691--109th

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL--34--3rd
2005 AL--33--8th
2006 AL--34--1st
2007 AL--33--9th
2008 NL--34--1st
Active--225--49th

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL--3--4th
2008 NL--3--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL--1--4th
2005 AL--2--2nd
2007 AL--1--5th
2008 NL--2--3rd
Active--6--26th

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--33--1st
Active--180--36th

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL--206--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2004 AL--4.907--4th
2005 AL--5.289--2nd
2006 AL--5.213--2nd
2007 AL--4.519--4th
2008 NL--3.270--7th
Active--3.668--6th
Career--3.668--11th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--.855--7th
Active--.985--43rd

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL--13--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 AL--15--1st
2005 AL--8--10th
2008 NL--9--10th
Active--65--18th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2005 AL--910--7th
2006 AL--923--3rd
2008 NL--964--1st
Active--6683--44th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 AL--182--1st
2005 AL--155--1st
2006 AL--161--1st
2007 AL--130--9th
2008 NL--166--2nd
Active--143--4th
Career--143--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 NL--7--7th

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL--$16,984,216--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
2000 AL--born 1979-03-13--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 45 (30), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 127 (137), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 71 (159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 36 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Tim Hudson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 2, 1995: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1999: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Houston Astros in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

December 13, 1999: Traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).

February 2, 2008: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets for Deolis Guerra (minors), Kevin Mulvey (minors), Carlos Gomez and Philip Humber.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2000Minnesota Twins$200,000
2001Minnesota Twins$212,500
2003Minnesota Twins$335,000
2004Minnesota Twins$1,600,000
2005Minnesota Twins$4,750,000
2006Minnesota Twins$8,750,000
2007Minnesota Twins$13,000,000
2008New York Mets$16,984,216
Career (may be incomplete)$45,831,716
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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