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Sergio Santos

Sergio Jose Santos

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: July 4, 1983 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2010
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/BlueJays 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$8.25M (12-14) & 15-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Joe Longo [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2009	25	CHW-min	AA,A+,A,AAA	0	3	.000	8.16	26	0	3	0	0	0	28.2	37	26	26	2	20	0	30	4	0	6	144		1.988	11.6	0.6	6.3	9.4	1.50	BIR,WSM,KAN,CHR · SOUL,CARL,SALL,IL
2010	26	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	2.96	56	0	13	0	0	1	51.2	53	18	17	2	26	3	56	3	0	8	235	145	1.529	9.2	0.3	4.5	9.8	2.15
2011	27	CHW	AL	4	5	.444	3.55	63	0	50	0	0	30	63.1	41	25	25	6	29	5	92	3	0	5	260	121	1.105	5.8	0.9	4.1	13.1	3.17
2012	28	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	6	0	4	0	0	2	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	24	51	2.000	10.8	1.8	7.2	7.2	1.00
3 Yrs				6	8	.429	3.53	125	0	67	0	0	33	120.0	100	48	47	9	59	8	152	6	0	14	519	122	1.325	7.5	0.7	4.4	11.4	2.58
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.429	3.53	68	0	36	0	0	18	65	54	26	26	5	32	4	83	3	0	8	282	122	1.325	7.5	0.7	4.4	11.4	2.58

CHW (2 yrs)				6	7	.462	3.29	119	0	63	0	0	31	115.0	94	43	42	8	55	8	148	6	0	13	495	131	1.296	7.4	0.6	4.3	11.6	2.69
TOR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	6	0	4	0	0	2	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	24	51	2.000	10.8	1.8	7.2	7.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2010	26	CHW	AL	51.2	56	0	18	3.14	4.58	-0.36	-0.35	102.5	4.71	9	0.9	1.2	-0.0	1.4	15	.516	.506	$400,000
2011	27	CHW	AL	63.1	63	0	25	3.55	4.47	-0.06	-0.34	104.1	4.36	6	0.6	1.7	0.0	1.2	13	.509	.504	$435,000
2012	28	TOR	AL	5.0	6	0	5	9.00	4.85	0.96	-0.36	102.5	3.61	-3	-0.3	2.2	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.449	.498	$
3 Seasons				120.0	125	0	48	3.60	4.54	-0.14	-0.35	103.3	4.48	11	1.2	1.5	-0.2	2.2	25	.510	.502	$835,000

CHW (2 yrs)				115.0	119	0	43	3.37	4.52	-0.19	-0.35	103.4	4.52	14	1.5	1.5	0.0	2.6	28	.513	.505	$835,000
TOR (1 yr)				5.0	6	0	5	9.00	4.85	0.96	-0.36	102.5	3.61	-3	-0.3	2.2	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.449	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2010	26	CHW	AL	56	235	203	18	53	10	0	2	4	1	26	56	.261	.352	.340	.692	.349	69	2	3	2	1	3	1
2011	27	CHW	AL	63	260	226	25	41	8	2	6	5	0	29	92	.181	.282	.314	.596	.271	71	4	3	1	1	5	1
2012	28	TOR	AL	6	24	19	5	6	2	0	1	2	0	4	4	.316	.417	.579	.996	.333	11	1	0	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				125	519	448	48	100	20	2	9	11	1	59	152	.223	.320	.337	.657	.314	151	7	6	3	3	8	2
162 Game Avg.				68	282	244	26	54	11	1	5	6	1	32	83	.223	.320	.337	.657	.314	82	4	3	2	2	4	1
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2010	26	CHW	AL	7.6	0.8	246	0.2	4.6	-4.4	1.23	0.1	0.0	3.1	0.3	1.23	4.0	20	13	20
2011	27	CHW	AL	5.6	0.6	275	0.5	8.1	-7.7	1.78	0.6	-0.4	7.2	0.7	1.78	8.3	34	11	17
2012	28	TOR	AL	-2.2	-0.2	28	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	2.13	-0.3	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	2.13	-2.7	4	0	2
3 Yrs				11.0	1.1	549	-0.0	13.5	-13.5	1.55	0.5	-0.5	8.5	0.8	1.55	9.6	58	24	39

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	26	CHW	AL	56	56	13	2	2	3	1	2	33%	17	14	31	10	32%	8	1.231	20	13	20	28	11	17	17	39	10	21	13	4	2.8	16
2011	27	CHW	AL	63	63	50	4	5	36	30	6	83%	38	2	16	2	13%	9	1.782	34	11	17	48	8	7	9	54	12	14	13	10	3.0	16
2012	28	TOR	AL	6	6	4	0	1	4	2	2	50%	4	0	2	0	0%	9	2.126	4	0	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	2.5	17
3 Yrs				125	125	67	6	8	43	33	10	77%	59	16	49	12	24%		1.548	58	24	39	82	19	24	27	98	22	38	26	14	2.9	16

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2010	26	CHW	AL	235	61%	0.9%	23.8%	11.1%	5.1%	23%	0.73	0.87	62%	19%	2.7%	11%	49	2	4%
2011	27	CHW	AL	260	50%	2.3%	35.4%	11.2%	6.2%	39%	0.73	0.96	50%	19%	9.0%	14%	46	4	9%
2012	28	TOR	AL	24	42%	4.2%	16.7%	16.7%	12.5%	50%	1.00	2.67	63%	25%	14.3%	13%	2	1	50%
3 Yrs				519	55%	1.7%	29.3%	11.4%	6.0%	31%	0.75	0.96	56%	20%	6.1%	12%	97	7	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2010	26	CHW	AL	235	887	3.77	529	60%	25%	20%	27%	28%	75%	3%	45%	73%	57%	6%	13	7	17%	40	19	2	13%	8	3	0	0	0
2011	27	CHW	AL	261	992	3.80	621	63%	30%	23%	24%	22%	70%	5%	44%	66%	59%	7%	18	10	27%	71	47	2	18%	23	3	-1	0	0
2012	28	TOR	AL	24	103	4.29	61	59%	33%	15%	26%	26%	67%	0%	40%	78%	54%	0%	0	0	21%	5	4	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				520	1982	3.81	1211	61%	28%	21%	26%	25%	72%	4%	44%	70%	58%	6%	31	17	22%	116	70	4	16%	31	6	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2010	26	CHW	AL	235	53	12	1	2	1	14	2	0	1	1	17	7	2	41%	1	8	0	88	4	1	80%	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	16	0
2011	27	CHW	AL	260	41	3	0	6	0	3	3	3	4	2	10	5	2	50%	1	5	0	90	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2012	28	TOR	AL	24	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	50%	0	1	1	7	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				519	100	16	1	9	1	17	5	4	5	4	29	13	5	45%	2	14	1	185	11	1	92%	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	26	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2010	26	2	2	.500	2.96	56	13	1	51.2	53	18	17	2	26	3	56	3	8	235	145	1.529	9.2	0.3	4.5	9.8	2.15	145
2011	27	6	7	.462	3.29	119	63	31	115.0	94	43	42	8	55	8	148	6	13	495	131	1.296	7.4	0.6	4.3	11.6	2.69	131
2012	28	6	8	.429	3.53	125	67	33	120.0	100	48	47	9	59	8	152	6	14	519	122	1.325	7.5	0.7	4.4	11.4	2.58	122

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2010	26	3	2	.600	3.18	51.0	54	20	18	2	26	55	3	1.569	9.5	4.6	9.7	2.12	0.4	56
2011	27	3	3	.500	3.63	62.0	41	28	25	6	29	91	3	1.129	6.0	4.2	13.2	3.14	0.9	63
2012	28	0	0		9.00	5.0	6	6	5	1	4	4	0	2.000	10.8	7.2	7.2	1.00	1.8	6
3 Yrs		6	5	.545	3.66	118.0	101	54	48	9	59	150	6	1.356	7.7		11.4	2.54	0.7	125

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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