Johan Santana

Full Name: Johan Alexander Santana	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: April 3, 2000
Birthdate: March 13, 1979	MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: Tovar, Merida (Venezuela)
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Born on March 13, 1979 in Tovar, Merida (Venezuela), Johan Santana (Johan Alexander Santana) played for the Minnesota Twins for his entire 7 year career. Santana broke into the bigs on April 3, 2000 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 6.49 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johan Santana's best season was 2004, when he posted a 2.61 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 265 batters.

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Career Highlights[]

A long reliever most of his career, in 2003 Santana took over a starting role after pitching in the bullpen nearly four months. He went 8-0 after August and pitched the ALDS opening game against the Yankees.

Scouting Report[]

Santana's best pitch is his changeup, because it comes out of his hand looking just like his fastball. Santana's other pitches include a slider and cutter, but it is those first two that have helped him to 3 consecutive strikeout titles.

Santana is tough on both righthanded and lefthanded hitters. He works quickly and throws a 91-95 mph (153 km/h) fastball, a hard slider and a changeup. His pitches are too close to take, but difficult to drive, then batters find themselves lunging after balls that are down and out of the strike zone. He frequently rolls up double-digit strikeout totals, and many of his fans write his name with the middle initial "K" (the baseball scoring symbol for a strikeout) in place of his real middle initial. He consistently works to eliminate the difference in his throwing motions, making it very difficult for opposing batters to guess which pitch he's throwing.

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Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2000	MIN	A	30	5	2	3	6.49	64	64	62	0	0	0	86	102	11	54	0	5	2
2001	MIN	A	15	4	1	0	4.74	28	25	23	0	0	0	43.2	50	6	16	0	3	3
2002	MIN	A	27	13	8	6	2.99	137	41	36	0	0	1	108.1	84	7	49	0	15	1
2003	MIN	A	45	18	12	3	3.07	169	56	54	0	0	0	158.1	127	17	47	1	6	3
2004	MIN	A	34	34	20	6	2.61	265	70	66	1	1	0	228	156	24	54	0	7	9
2005	MIN	A	33	33	16	7	2.87	238	77	74	3	2	0	231.2	180	22	45	1	8	1
2006	MIN	A	34	34	19	6	2.77	245	79	72	1	0	0	233.2	186	24	47	0	4	4
2007	MIN	A	33	33	15	13	3.33	235	88	81	1	1	0	219	183	33	52	0	7	4
Total			251	174	93	44	3.22	1381	500	468	6	4	1	1308.2	1068	144	364	2	55	27

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2000	MIN	A	P	30	5	86	5	13	1	2	1	0	1	2	.947
2001	MIN	A	P	15	4	43.2	0	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	.750
2002	MIN	A	P	27	13	108.1	4	9	2	0	1	3	3	2	.867
2003	MIN	A	P	45	18	158.1	3	11	3	1	0	4	2	2	.824
2004	MIN	A	P	34	34	228	9	24	4	2	1	6	7	4	.892
2005	MIN	A	P	33	33	231.2	12	25	2	0	2	4	5	0	.949
2006	MIN	A	P	34	34	233.2	12	32	1	2	1	4	5	0	.978
2007	MIN	A	P	33	33	219	14	26	0	1	0	6	5	4	1.000
Total			P	251	174	1308.2	59	146	15	9	6	28	29	14	.932

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	GDP
2000	MIN	A	30	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2001	MIN	A	15	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2002	MIN	A	27	4	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0
2003	MIN	A	45	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0
2004	MIN	A	34	8	0	3	2	.375	.375	.375	0	0	0	1	0
2005	MIN	A	33	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	0	1
2006	MIN	A	34	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
2007	MIN	A	33	7	2	2	1	.286	.375	.714	1	1	1	0	0
Total			251	31	3	8	3	.258	.281	.355	1	1	1	4	1

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Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Houston Astros (July 2, 1995).
Selected by Florida Marlins from Houston Astros in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 13, 1999).
Traded by Florida Marlins with cash to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jared Camp (December 13, 1999).