What years did Sandy Alcantara play?

Sandy Alcantara played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.

Was Sandy Alcantara a pitcher?

Yes. Sandy Alcantara pitched in the major leagues, recording 65 wins and 1084 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Sandy Alcantara hit?

Sandy Alcantara hit 0 career home runs with 7 hits.

What teams has Sandy Alcantara played for?

Sandy Alcantara has played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (2017) and the Miami Marlins (2018–2023, 2025–2026).

How many Cy Young Awards has Sandy Alcantara won?

Sandy Alcantara has won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2022.

What awards has Sandy Alcantara won?

Sandy Alcantara has won the Cy Young Award (2022). He has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What are Sandy Alcantara's career stats?

In 213 games, Sandy Alcantara has gone 65-78 with a 3.69 ERA, 1,084 strikeouts, 1,289.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves.

What position does Sandy Alcantara play?

Sandy Alcantara plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Sandy Alcantara and how much does he weigh?

Sandy Alcantara is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 200 pounds.

What number does Sandy Alcantara wear?

Sandy Alcantara wears number 22, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Sandy Alcantara's career ERA?

Sandy Alcantara finished with a 3.69 career ERA, going 65-78 with 1,084 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Sandy Alcantara have?

Sandy Alcantara recorded 1,084 career strikeouts.

How many All-Star Games has Sandy Alcantara made?

Sandy Alcantara has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Sandy Alcantara

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2017-2026)

Sandy Alcantara is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2017 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins, a span of 10 seasons. Across 213 career appearances, he has gone 65-78 with a 3.69 ERA and 1,084 strikeouts. Sandy Alcantara is a 2-time All-Star and a Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 11382.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 65–78

ERA 3.69

WHIP 1.18

SO 1,084

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 11382.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 200 lb
Born: 9/7/1995 in Azua, Azua, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2017-09-03
Awards: 2× All-Star · Cy Young
Jersey: #22

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sandy Alcantara — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
65	78	213	202	13	5	3	1289.1	1,138	528	137	389	1,084	3.69	11382.0

Career ERA 3.69 vs. league average 4.25 across their career seasons — 13.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sandy Alcantara Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2017	SLN	NL	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	6	10	4.32	—	0.0
2018	MIA	NL	2	3	6	6	0	0	0	34.0	25	13	23	30	3.44	4.15 (+17%)	-510.0
2019	MIA	NL	6	14	32	32	2	2	0	197.1	179	85	81	151	3.88	4.51 (+14%)	-231.2
2020	MIA	NL	3	2	7	7	0	0	0	42.0	35	14	15	39	3.00	4.45 (+33%)	781.6
2021	MIA	NL	9	15	33	33	1	0	0	205.2	171	73	50	201	3.19	4.27 (+25%)	4542.1
2022	MIA	NL	14	9	32	32	6	1	0	228.2	174	58	50	207	2.28	3.97 (+42%)	5882.2
2023	MIA	NL	7	12	28	28	3	1	0	184.2	176	85	48	151	4.14	4.33 (+4%)	1448.7
2025	MIA	NL	11	12	31	31	0	0	0	174.2	165	104	57	142	5.36	4.16 (-29%)	-531.4
2026	MIA	NL	13	11	36	33	1	1	3	214.0	204	92	59	153	3.87	4.18 (+7%)	-
Career · 9 seasons			65	78	213	202	13	5	3	1,289.1	1,138	528	389	1,084	3.69	—	11,382

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Sandy Alcantara — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
177	128	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	5	99	.055	.104	.070	.174	-1,420

Career AVG .055 vs. league average .248 across their career seasons — 77.9% below league average.

Career OBP .104 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 67.5% below league average.

Career SLG .070 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 83.0% below league average.

Career OPS .174 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 76.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sandy Alcantara — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2017	SLN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIA	NL	6	12	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIA	NL	32	58	2	5	1	4	1	46	.086	.252 (-66%)	.322 (-64%)	.434 (-76%)	.757 (-71%)	-679.1
2020	MIA	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIA	NL	33	58	0	2	1	0	3	45	.034	.243 (-86%)	.317 (-69%)	.410 (-87%)	.727 (-80%)	-740.8
2022	MIA	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	MIA	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	MIA	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			177	128	2	7	2	4	5	99	.055	—	—	—	—	-1,420

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Sandy Alcantara — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Sandy Alcantara — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2020	NLDS2	MIA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2020	NLWC3	MIA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sandy Alcantara — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	2	2	0	12.2	11	6	4	12	4.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sandy Alcantara — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	NLDS2	MIA	0	1	1	1	0	6.0	8	5	1	8	7.50
2020	NLWC3	MIA	1	0	1	1	0	6.2	3	1	3	4	1.35

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Sandy Alcantara — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	88	62	1	5	0	3	.081
Away	89	66	1	2	0	1	.030

Pitching — Home / Away

Sandy Alcantara — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	88	555.1	448	200	152	483	3.24
Away	89	520.0	486	236	178	448	4.08

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sandy Alcantara — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-26	MIA	NYN	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1
2025-09-18	MIA	COL	W	6.2	5	3	3	2	8	2
2025-09-12	MIA	DET	W	7.0	4	2	2	0	8	1
2025-09-06	MIA	PHI	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1
2025-08-31	MIA	NYN	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0
2025-08-26	MIA	ATL	—	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	1
2025-08-20	MIA	STL	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	9	1
2025-08-15	MIA	BOS	—	6.0	2	1	1	1	7	0
2025-08-09	MIA	ATL	L	5.0	7	5	5	4	4	2
2025-08-04	MIA	HOU	L	7.0	9	6	6	1	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sandy Alcantara — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	177	169	79	112	14	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sandy Alcantara — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2017	SLN	P	8	0	0	2	1	2
2018	MIA	P	6	6	2	3	0	0
2019	MIA	P	32	32	10	20	4	0
2020	MIA	P	7	7	1	4	0	0
2021	MIA	P	33	33	24	26	4	1
2022	MIA	P	32	32	20	28	0	2
2023	MIA	P	28	28	14	16	5	1
2025	MIA	P	31	31	8	13	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Sandy Alcantara — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	177

Awards & Honors

Sandy Alcantara — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2022	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2022	Cy Young Award
2022	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2022	Pitcher of the Month	June
2022	Player of the Week	Week of 2022-05-21
2022	TSN All-Star	SP
2022	TSN Pitcher of the Year

Award Voting History

Sandy Alcantara — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2022	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	210.0	210	30
2022	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	39.0	420	0

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Sandy Alcantara: the record in brief

Sandy Alcantara's major league record starts with the debut on September 3, 2017 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. The season rows list, in order, the St. Louis Cardinals (2017) and the Miami Marlins (2018 through 2025). Alcantara, born on September 7, 1995, in Azua, Azua, D.R., is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds.

The pitching table credits Alcantara with a 65-78 record and a 3.69 ERA in 213 games. The same table counts 1,084 strikeouts, 13 complete games, and 5 shutouts. The leagues Alcantara pitched in allowed 4.25 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 13.3% better than average. No season topped the 14 wins of 2022. 2022 was Alcantara's sharpest full season, a 2.28 ERA against the league's 3.97. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 11,382.0 for Alcantara's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sandy Alcantara

What years did Sandy Alcantara play?: Sandy Alcantara played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.
Was Sandy Alcantara a pitcher?: Yes. Sandy Alcantara pitched in the major leagues, recording 65 wins and 1084 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sandy Alcantara hit?: Sandy Alcantara hit 0 career home runs with 7 hits.
What teams has Sandy Alcantara played for?: Sandy Alcantara has played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (2017) and the Miami Marlins (2018–2023, 2025–2026).
How many Cy Young Awards has Sandy Alcantara won?: Sandy Alcantara has won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2022.
What awards has Sandy Alcantara won?: Sandy Alcantara has won the Cy Young Award (2022). He has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What are Sandy Alcantara's career stats?: In 213 games, Sandy Alcantara has gone 65-78 with a 3.69 ERA, 1,084 strikeouts, 1,289.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
What position does Sandy Alcantara play?: Sandy Alcantara plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Sandy Alcantara and how much does he weigh?: Sandy Alcantara is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 200 pounds.
What number does Sandy Alcantara wear?: Sandy Alcantara wears number 22, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Sandy Alcantara's career ERA?: Sandy Alcantara finished with a 3.69 career ERA, going 65-78 with 1,084 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Sandy Alcantara have?: Sandy Alcantara recorded 1,084 career strikeouts.
How many All-Star Games has Sandy Alcantara made?: Sandy Alcantara has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.