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Johan Santana

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 3, 2000

Born March 13, 1979 in Tovar, Venezuela

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2000 21 MIN AL   2   3  30   5   0   0   9  0   86.0  102   64   62  11   54   64   2   5   398   0   2  6.49  5.17   80 1.814
 2001 22 MIN AL   1   0  15   4   0   0   5  0   43.7   50   25   23   6   16   28   3   3   195   0   0  4.74  4.57   96 1.511
 2002 23 MIN AL   8   6  27  14   0   0   2  1  108.3   84   41   36   7   49  137   1  15   452   0   2  2.99  4.47  149 1.228
 2003 24 MIN AL  12   3  45  18   0   0   7  0  158.3  127   56   54  17   47  169   3   6   644   1   2  3.07  4.53  148 1.099 CYA-7
 2004 25 MIN AL  20   6  34  34   1   1   0  0  228.0  156   70   66  24   54  265   9   7   881   0   0  2.61  4.73  182 0.921 MVP-6,CYA-1
 2005 26 MIN AL  16   7  33  33   3   2   0  0  231.7  180   77   74  22   45  238   1   8   910   1   0  2.87  4.45  155 0.971 CYA-3,AS
 2006 27 MIN AL  19   6  34  34   1   0   0  0  233.7  186   79   72  24   47  245   4   4   923   0   1  2.77  4.47  161 0.997 MVP-7,CYA-1,AS
 2007 28 MIN AL  15  13  33  33   1   1   0  0  219.0  183   88   81  33   52  235   4   7   878   0   1  3.33  4.33  130 1.073 CYA-5,AS
 2008 29 NYM NL   8   7  21  21   0   0   0  0  138.7  130   55   47  17   38  120   2   9   578   4   1  3.05  4.11  135 1.212
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .664 101  51 272 196   6   4  23  1 1447.3 1198  555  515 161  402 1501  29  64  5859   6   9  3.20  4.50  141 1.105
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14   7  39  28   0   0   3  0  210.0  174   80   74  23   58  218   4   9   851   0   1  3.20  4.50  141 1.105
 Career High     20  13  45  34   3   2   9  1  233.7  186   88   81  33   54  265   9  15   923   4   2  2.61  5.17  182 0.921

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 21 MIN AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 23 MIN AL   2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   34    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 24 MIN AL   4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   77    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 25 MIN AL   2    8    0    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .375  .375  .375   95    3   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-6
 2005 26 MIN AL  33    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .167  .167  .167  -11    1   0   0   0   0   1 AS
 2006 27 MIN AL  34    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-7,AS
 2007 28 MIN AL   2    7    2    2   1  1   0    1   0  0   1   0  .286  .375  .714  184    5   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 2008 29 NYM NL  19   41    1    6   4  0   0    0   0  0   2  13  .146  .186  .244   14   10   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons       99   72    4   14   5  1   0    3   0  0   3  17  .194  .227  .292   37   21   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        118    7   23   8  2   0    5   0  0   5  28  .194  .227  .292   37   34   3   0   0   0   2
 Career High     34   41    2    6   4  1   0    2   0  0   2  13                          10   2   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 21 MIN AL    1    1    0   0.0   119| .000  .281| .000  .355| .000  .452| .000  .807|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2002 23 MIN AL    4    3    0   0.0   105| .250  .264| .250  .332| .250  .425| .500  .756|  34  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 2003 24 MIN AL    3    2    0   0.0   108| .333  .269| .333  .335| .333  .430| .666  .766|  77  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2004 25 MIN AL    8    5    1   5.4   112| .375  .274| .375  .342| .375  .440| .750  .782|  95  .515  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2005 26 MIN AL    6    6    0   0.0   107| .167  .270| .167  .333| .167  .429| .334  .762| -11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 2006 27 MIN AL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .273| .000  .338| .000  .434| .000  .772|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2007 28 MIN AL    8    5    2  10.7   103| .286  .266| .375  .333| .714  .416|1.089  .749| 184  .797   0.8   0.1   0%
 2008 29 NYM NL   45   37    2   1.4   104| .146  .262| .186  .333| .244  .419| .430  .752|  14  .097  -5.0  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons        77   61    5   2.2   106| .194  .265| .227  .335| .292  .424| .519  .758|  37  .184  -6.8  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2000 21 MIN AL P 30 5 13 1 2 .947 .957 0.60 0.46 1.88 1.62 5 86.0 2001 22 MIN AL P 15 0 6 2 1 .750 .952 0.40 0.49 1.24 1.75 4 43.7 2002 23 MIN AL P 27 4 9 2 0 .867 .956 0.48 0.48 1.08 1.69 14 108.3 2003 24 MIN AL P 45 3 11 3 1 .824 .959 0.31 0.49 0.80 1.73 18 158.3 2004 25 MIN AL P 34 9 24 4 2 .892 .948 0.97 0.45 1.30 1.66 34 228.0 2005 26 MIN AL P 33 12 25 2 0 .949 .954 1.12 0.46 1.44 1.69 33 231.7 AS 2006 27 MIN AL P 34 12 31 1 2 .977 .958 1.26 0.41 1.66 1.56 34 233.7 AS 2007 28 MIN AL P 33 14 26 0 1 1.000 .955 1.21 0.42 1.64 1.60 33 219.0 GG,AS 2008 29 NYM NL P 21 11 20 1 1 .969 .960 1.48 0.44 2.01 1.77 21 138.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 21 MIN AL P 30 5 13 1 2 .947 .957 0.60 0.46 1.88 1.62 5 86.0 2001 22 MIN AL P 15 0 6 2 1 .750 .952 0.40 0.49 1.24 1.75 4 43.7 2002 23 MIN AL P 27 4 9 2 0 .867 .956 0.48 0.48 1.08 1.69 14 108.3 2003 24 MIN AL P 45 3 11 3 1 .824 .959 0.31 0.49 0.80 1.73 18 158.3 2004 25 MIN AL P 34 9 24 4 2 .892 .948 0.97 0.45 1.30 1.66 34 228.0 2005 26 MIN AL P 33 12 25 2 0 .949 .954 1.12 0.46 1.44 1.69 33 231.7 2006 27 MIN AL P 34 12 31 1 2 .977 .958 1.26 0.41 1.66 1.56 34 233.7 2007 28 MIN AL P 33 14 26 0 1 1.000 .955 1.21 0.42 1.64 1.60 33 219.0 2008 29 NYM NL P 21 11 20 1 1 .969 .960 1.48 0.44 2.01 1.77 21 138.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 272 70 165 16 10 .936 .955 0.86 0.45 1.46 1.66 196 1447.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 272 70 165 16 10 .936 .955 0.86 0.45 1.46 1.66 196 1447
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   2   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   2   2   2 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   4   0  10.80  0  1  0  0   3.1   4   4   0   4 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   2   7.04  0  1  0  0   7.2   9   6   3   6 
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   2   0.75  1  0  0  0  12    14   1   4  12 
 2006   ALDS  MIN OAK     L   1   1   2.25  0  1  0  0   8     5   2   1   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       1-3   7   5   3.23  1  2  0  0  30.2  31  11  10  28 
  5 Postseason Ser      1-4  11   5   3.97  1  3  0  0  34    35  15  10  32 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  10   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2005   MIN AL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 2006   MIN AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2007   MIN AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      0  0  0  0   3     1   0   0   2   3  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2005   MIN AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 2006   MIN AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   MIN AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *

Awards
2004-AL-CYA
2004-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006-AL-CYA
2006-AL-Triple Crown
2006-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
2007-AL--P

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-6-0.30
2006-AL-7-0.29
Car-372-0.59 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-AL-7-0.01
2004-AL-1-1.00
2005-AL-3-0.36
2006-AL-1-1.00
2007-AL-5-0.01
2 Cy Youngs
Car-10-2.38 shares

ERA
2004 AL-2.61-1
2005 AL-2.87-2
2006 AL-2.77-1
2007 AL-3.33-7
2008 NL-3.05-9
Act-3.20-4

Wins
2004 AL-20-2
2005 AL-16-5
2006 AL-19-1

Won-Loss %
2003 AL-.800-1
2004 AL-.769-2
2005 AL-.696-6
2006 AL-.760-3
Act-.664-3
Car-.664-17

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2004 AL-.921-1
2005 AL-.971-1
2006 AL-.997-1
2007 AL-1.073-1
2008 NL-1.212-9
Act-1.105-2
Car-1.105-21

Hits Allowed/9IP
2004 AL-6.16-1
2005 AL-6.99-1
2006 AL-7.16-1
2007 AL-7.52-3
Act-7.45-4
Car-7.45-30

Bases on Balls/9IP
2004 AL-2.13-7
2005 AL-1.75-8
2006 AL-1.81-7
Act-2.50-17

Strikeouts/9IP
2004 AL-10.46-1
2005 AL-9.25-1
2006 AL-9.44-1
2007 AL-9.66-3
Act-9.33-4
Car-9.33-5

Innings
2004 AL-228.0-2
2005 AL-231.7-2
2006 AL-233.7-1
2007 AL-219.0-6
2008 NL-138.7-7

Strikeouts
2003 AL-169-8
2004 AL-265-1
2005 AL-238-1
2006 AL-245-1
2007 AL-235-2
2008 NL-120-8
Act-1501-22

Games Started
2004 AL-34-3
2005 AL-33-8
2006 AL-34-1
2007 AL-33-9

Comp. Games
2005 AL-3-4

Shutouts
2004 AL-1-4
2005 AL-2-2
2007 AL-1-5

Home Runs Allow.
2007 AL-33-1

SO to Walk
2004 AL-4.91-4
2005 AL-5.29-2
2006 AL-5.21-2
2007 AL-4.52-4
2008 NL-3.16-9
Act-3.73-4
Car-3.73-6

Losses
2007 AL-13-8

Wild Pitches
2002 AL-15-1
2005 AL-8-10
2008 NL-9-5
Act-64-22

Batters Faced
2005 AL-910-7
2006 AL-923-3
2008 NL-578-5

Adjusted ERA+
2004 AL-182-1
2005 AL-155-1
2006 AL-161-1
2007 AL-130-9
Act-141-3
Car-141-13

Youngest Player
2000 AL-21-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 37 (39) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 106 (191) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (124) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 63.0 (188) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


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).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$28,847,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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