What years did Santiago Casilla play?

Santiago Casilla played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2018.

Was Santiago Casilla a pitcher?

Yes. Santiago Casilla pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 583 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Santiago Casilla hit?

Santiago Casilla hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Santiago Casilla play for?

Santiago Casilla played for 2 teams: the Oakland Athletics (2004–2009, 2017–2018) and the San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).

What were Santiago Casilla's career stats?

In 655 games, Santiago Casilla went 42-31 with a 3.29 ERA, 583 strikeouts, 645.1 innings pitched, and 144 saves.

What was Santiago Casilla's salary?

Santiago Casilla's last recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $400,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Santiago Casilla play?

Santiago Casilla played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Santiago Casilla and how much did he weigh?

Santiago Casilla was listed at 6 feet and 210 pounds.

What was Santiago Casilla's career ERA?

Santiago Casilla finished with a 3.29 career ERA, going 42-31 with 583 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Santiago Casilla have?

Santiago Casilla recorded 583 career strikeouts.

Is Santiago Casilla in the Hall of Fame?

No. Santiago Casilla has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Santiago Casilla

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2018)

Santiago Casilla was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2018 for the Athletics and the San Francisco Giants, a span of 15 seasons. Across 655 career appearances, he went 42-31 with a 3.29 ERA, 583 strikeouts, and 144 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4015.8.

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

W–L 42–31

ERA 3.29

WHIP 1.28

SO 583

Pitcher PIV 4015.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 210 lb
Born: 7/25/1980 in San Cristobal, San Cristóbal, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2004-08-09
Last Game: 2018-07-13

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Career Pitching Statistics

Santiago Casilla — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
42	31	655	0	0	0	144	645.1	552	236	58	277	583	3.29	4015.8

Career ERA 3.29 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 21.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Santiago Casilla Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2004	OAK	AL	0	0	4	0	5.2	5	8	9	5	12.71	—	0.0
2005	OAK	AL	0	0	3	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	3.00	—	0.0
2006	OAK	AL	0	0	2	0	2.1	2	3	2	2	11.57	—	0.0
2007	OAK	AL	3	1	46	2	50.2	43	25	23	52	4.44	4.47 (+1%)	416.7
2008	OAK	AL	2	1	51	2	50.1	60	22	20	43	3.93	4.32 (+9%)	302.8
2009	OAK	AL	1	2	46	0	48.1	61	32	25	35	5.96	4.32 (-38%)	-820.2
2010	SFN	NL	7	2	52	2	55.1	40	12	26	56	1.95	4.08 (+52%)	1299.0
2011	SFN	NL	2	2	49	6	51.2	33	10	25	45	1.74	3.94 (+56%)	1096.0
2012	SFN	NL	7	6	73	25	63.1	55	20	22	55	2.84	4.01 (+29%)	-193.5
2013	SFN	NL	7	2	57	2	50.0	39	12	25	38	2.16	3.87 (+44%)	249.6
2014	SFN	NL	3	3	54	19	58.1	35	11	15	45	1.70	3.74 (+55%)	822.0
2015	SFN	NL	4	2	67	38	58.0	51	18	23	62	2.79	3.96 (+29%)	481.1
2016	SFN	NL	2	5	62	31	58.0	50	23	19	65	3.57	4.19 (+15%)	367.2
2017	OAK	AL	4	5	63	16	59.0	58	28	22	57	4.27	4.36 (+2%)	-79.5
2018	OAK	AL	0	0	26	1	31.1	18	11	20	22	3.16	4.15 (+24%)	74.6
Career · 15 seasons			42	31	655	144	645.1	552	236	277	583	3.29	—	4,016

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

Santiago Casilla — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
655	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .400 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — +22.9% above league average.

Career SLG .250 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 39.4% below league average.

Career OPS .650 vs. league average .738 across their career seasons — 11.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Santiago Casilla Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	OAK	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	OAK	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	OAK	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	OAK	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	OAK	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SFN	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SFN	NL	49	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SFN	NL	73	3	1	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	SFN	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SFN	NL	54	1	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SFN	NL	67	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SFN	NL	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	OAK	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			655	4	1	1	1	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0

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

Santiago Casilla — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Santiago Casilla — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2016	NLDS1	SFN	1	.000
2014	NLCS	SFN	4	.000
2014	NLDS1	SFN	3	.000
2014	WS	SFN	2	.000
2012	NLCS	SFN	4	.000
2012	NLDS2	SFN	5	.000
2012	WS	SFN	2	.000
2010	NLCS	SFN	2	.000
2010	NLDS2	SFN	1	.000
2010	WS	SFN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Santiago Casilla — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	25	0	4	19.2	15	2	5	20	0.92

Playoff Pitching by Year

Santiago Casilla — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	NLDS1	SFN	0	1	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0.00
2014	NLCS	SFN	0	4	2	3.2	2	0	2	3	0.00
2014	NLDS1	SFN	0	3	2	3.0	0	0	1	2	0.00
2014	WS	SFN	0	2	0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0.00
2012	NLCS	SFN	0	4	0	2.1	2	0	0	3	0.00
2012	NLDS2	SFN	0	5	0	3.1	6	1	1	5	2.70
2012	WS	SFN	1	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2010	NLCS	SFN	0	2	0	1.2	2	1	1	2	5.40
2010	NLDS2	SFN	0	1	0	1.2	1	0	0	2	0.00
2010	WS	SFN	0	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Santiago Casilla — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	328	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	327	3	0	1	0	1	.333

Pitching — Home / Away

Santiago Casilla — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	328	325.0	272	109	133	294	3.02
Away	327	320.1	280	127	144	289	3.57

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Santiago Casilla — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2018-07-13	OAK	SFG	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	1
2018-07-10	OAK	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-07-06	OAK	CLE	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-07-01	OAK	CLE	—	1.0	2	2	2	1	1
2018-06-30	OAK	CLE	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	1
2018-06-23	OAK	CHW	—	0.1	1	1	1	1	0
2018-06-19	OAK	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
2018-06-17	OAK	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2018-06-14	OAK	HOU	—	1.2	2	0	0	0	0
2018-06-12	OAK	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Santiago Casilla — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	655	0	28	76	7	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Santiago Casilla — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2004	OAK	P	4	1	2	0	0
2005	OAK	P	3	0	0	0	0
2006	OAK	P	2	0	1	1	0
2007	OAK	P	46	1	1	0	0
2008	OAK	P	51	7	3	0	1
2009	OAK	P	46	2	5	1	1
2010	SFN	P	52	0	12	1	0
2011	SFN	P	49	0	6	0	0
2012	SFN	P	73	1	7	2	1
2013	SFN	P	57	1	8	0	2
2014	SFN	P	54	3	9	1	2
2015	SFN	P	67	2	8	0	1
2016	SFN	P	62	3	5	0	0
2017	OAK	P	63	4	5	1	2
2018	OAK	P	26	3	4	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Santiago Casilla Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	655

Salary History

Santiago Casilla's recorded salaries total $24,486,667 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Casilla's career ran from 2004 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 5 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.

Santiago Casilla — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SFN	NL	$6,500,000
2015	SFN	NL	$5,000,000
2014	SFN	NL	$4,500,000
2013	SFN	NL	$4,166,667
2012	SFN	NL	$2,200,000
2011	SFN	NL	$1,300,000
2009	OAK	AL	$420,000
2008	OAK	AL	$400,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$24,486,667

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Santiago Casilla: the record in brief

The profile opens with Santiago Casilla's first major league game on August 9, 2004; the last one listed came on July 13, 2018. Casilla played for the Oakland Athletics (2004 to 2018) and the San Francisco Giants (2010 to 2016). At 6 feet, 0 inches and 210 pounds, Casilla is listed as a pitcher. Casilla threw and hit right-handed, per the bio block. Casilla was born on July 25, 1980, in San Cristobal, San Cristóbal, D.R.

Across 655 games (0 starts), Casilla recorded 42 wins against 31 losses with a 3.29 ERA. Casilla had 583 strikeouts and 144 saves. That 3.29 ERA compares with a 4.18 league average across the same seasons, 21.3% better. The best win total was 7, in 2010. 2016 produced Casilla's most strikeouts, 65. The most saves in one season was 38, in 2015. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.70 in 2014, when the league's was 3.74. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 4,015.8 for Casilla's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Santiago Casilla

What years did Santiago Casilla play?: Santiago Casilla played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2018.
Was Santiago Casilla a pitcher?: Yes. Santiago Casilla pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 583 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Santiago Casilla hit?: Santiago Casilla hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Santiago Casilla play for?: Santiago Casilla played for 2 teams: the Oakland Athletics (2004–2009, 2017–2018) and the San Francisco Giants (2010–2016).
What were Santiago Casilla's career stats?: In 655 games, Santiago Casilla went 42-31 with a 3.29 ERA, 583 strikeouts, 645.1 innings pitched, and 144 saves.
How much did Santiago Casilla earn in his career?: Santiago Casilla's recorded salaries total $24,486,667 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Casilla's career ran from 2004 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 5 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.
What was Santiago Casilla's salary?: Santiago Casilla's last recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $400,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Santiago Casilla play?: Santiago Casilla played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Santiago Casilla and how much did he weigh?: Santiago Casilla was listed at 6 feet and 210 pounds.
What was Santiago Casilla's career ERA?: Santiago Casilla finished with a 3.29 career ERA, going 42-31 with 583 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Santiago Casilla have?: Santiago Casilla recorded 583 career strikeouts.
Is Santiago Casilla in the Hall of Fame?: No. Santiago Casilla has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.