What years did Sergio Romo play?

Sergio Romo played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022.

Was Sergio Romo a pitcher?

Yes. Sergio Romo pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 789 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Sergio Romo hit?

Sergio Romo hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Sergio Romo play for?

Sergio Romo played for 8 teams: the San Francisco Giants (2008–2016), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018), the Miami Marlins (2019), the Minnesota Twins (2019–2020), the Oakland Athletics (2021), the Seattle Mariners (2022), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2022).

Did Sergio Romo win a Cy Young Award?

No. Sergio Romo did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Sergio Romo win?

Sergio Romo was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Sergio Romo's career stats?

In 821 games, Sergio Romo went 42-36 with a 3.21 ERA, 789 strikeouts, 722.2 innings pitched, and 137 saves.

What was Sergio Romo's salary?

Sergio Romo's last recorded salary was $9,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $401,700, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.

What position did Sergio Romo play?

Sergio Romo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Sergio Romo and how much did he weigh?

Sergio Romo was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Sergio Romo's career ERA?

Sergio Romo finished with a 3.21 career ERA, going 42-36 with 789 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Sergio Romo have?

Sergio Romo recorded 789 career strikeouts.

Is Sergio Romo in the Hall of Fame?

No. Sergio Romo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Sergio Romo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2022)

Sergio Romo was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022 for 8 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 15 seasons. Across 821 career appearances, he went 42-36 with a 3.21 ERA, 789 strikeouts, and 137 saves. Sergio Romo was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 14858.6.

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 42–36

ERA 3.21

WHIP 1.05

SO 789

Pitcher PIV 14858.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 185 lb
Born: 3/4/1983 in Brawley, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-06-26
Last Game: 2022-07-14
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Sergio Francisco Romo

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sergio Romo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
42	36	821	5	0	0	137	722.2	579	258	85	179	789	3.21	14858.6

Career ERA 3.21 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 22.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Sergio Romo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	SFN	NL	3	1	29	0	0	34.0	16	8	8	33	2.12	4.32 (+51%)	869.0
2009	SFN	NL	5	2	45	0	2	34.0	30	15	11	41	3.97	4.32 (+8%)	1879.0
2010	SFN	NL	5	3	68	0	0	62.0	46	15	14	70	2.18	4.08 (+47%)	1773.5
2011	SFN	NL	3	1	65	0	1	48.0	29	8	5	70	1.50	3.94 (+62%)	3610.8
2012	SFN	NL	4	2	69	0	14	55.1	37	11	10	63	1.79	4.01 (+55%)	1843.3
2013	SFN	NL	5	8	65	0	38	60.1	53	17	12	58	2.54	3.87 (+34%)	1552.3
2014	SFN	NL	6	4	64	0	23	58.0	43	24	12	59	3.72	3.74 (avg)	-292.8
2015	SFN	NL	0	5	70	0	2	57.1	51	19	10	71	2.98	3.96 (+25%)	2971.3
2016	SFN	NL	1	0	40	0	4	30.2	26	9	7	33	2.64	4.19 (+37%)	301.8
2017	LAN	NL	1	1	30	0	0	25.0	23	17	12	31	6.12	4.36 (-40%)	-874.8
2017	TBA	AL	2	0	25	0	0	30.2	19	5	7	28	1.47	4.36 (+66%)	1077.0
2018	TBA	AL	3	4	73	5	25	67.1	65	31	20	75	4.14	4.15 (avg)	191.1
2019	MIA	NL	2	0	38	0	17	37.2	33	15	13	33	3.58	4.51 (+20%)	595.2
2019	MIN	AL	0	1	27	0	3	22.2	17	8	4	27	3.18	4.51 (+29%)	659.6
2020	MIN	AL	1	2	24	0	5	20.0	16	9	7	23	4.05	4.45 (+9%)	56.1
2021	OAK	AL	1	1	66	0	3	61.2	56	32	21	60	4.67	4.27 (-9%)	39.4
2022	SEA	AL	0	0	17	0	0	14.1	18	13	4	11	8.16	3.97 (-106%)	-1393.3
2022	TOR	AL	0	1	6	0	0	3.2	1	2	2	3	4.91	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			42	36	821	5	137	722.2	579	258	179	789	3.21	—	14,859

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

Sergio Romo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
821	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Sergio Romo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	SFN	NL	29	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SFN	NL	45	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SFN	NL	68	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SFN	NL	65	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SFN	NL	69	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	SFN	NL	65	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SFN	NL	64	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SFN	NL	70	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SFN	NL	40	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	30	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TBA	AL	25	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TBA	AL	73	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIA	NL	38	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIN	AL	27	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIN	AL	24	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	OAK	AL	66	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SEA	AL	17	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	TOR	AL	6	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			821	7	5	.000	—	—	—	—	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

Sergio Romo — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Sergio Romo — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2020	ALWC3	MIN	1	0	0	.000
2019	ALDS2	MIN	2	0	0	.000
2016	NLDS1	SFN	2	0	0	.000
2014	NLCS	SFN	4	0	0	.000
2014	NLDS1	SFN	3	0	0	.000
2014	WS	SFN	2	0	0	.000
2012	NLCS	SFN	4	0	0	.000
2012	NLDS2	SFN	3	1	1	.000
2012	WS	SFN	3	0	0	.000
2010	NLCS	SFN	3	0	0	.000
2010	NLDS2	SFN	2	0	0	.000
2010	WS	SFN	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sergio Romo — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	2	30	0	4	26.0	22	10	6	23	3.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sergio Romo — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	ALWC3	MIN	0	1	1	0	0.2	2	0	1	0	0.00
2019	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	2	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	9.00
2016	NLDS1	SFN	0	0	2	0	2.0	2	3	1	2	13.50
2014	NLCS	SFN	1	1	4	0	1.2	2	1	0	1	5.40
2014	NLDS1	SFN	0	0	3	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
2014	WS	SFN	0	0	2	0	2.1	2	0	0	4	0.00
2012	NLCS	SFN	0	0	4	0	3.1	2	0	0	3	0.00
2012	NLDS2	SFN	1	0	3	1	4.1	2	1	1	1	2.08
2012	WS	SFN	0	0	3	3	3.0	0	0	0	5	0.00
2010	NLCS	SFN	0	0	3	0	2.1	2	0	1	3	0.00
2010	NLDS2	SFN	1	0	2	0	0.2	3	3	0	0	40.50
2010	WS	SFN	0	0	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Sergio Romo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	431	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	390	6	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Sergio Romo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	431	379.0	290	135	81	411	3.21
Away	390	343.2	289	123	98	378	3.22

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sergio Romo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-07-14	TOR	KCR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-07-08	TOR	SEA	L	0.0	1	3	2	1	0	1
2022-07-07	TOR	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-07-04	TOR	OAK	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-07-02	TOR	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-07-01	TOR	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0
2022-06-18	SEA	LAA	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2022-06-16	SEA	LAA	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1
2022-06-15	SEA	MIN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-06-13	SEA	MIN	—	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sergio Romo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
P	821	5	19	63	3	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sergio Romo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	SFN	P	29	0	2	5	0	0
2009	SFN	P	45	0	0	5	0	0
2010	SFN	P	68	0	1	5	0	0
2011	SFN	P	65	0	0	3	0	0
2012	SFN	P	69	0	1	5	0	0
2013	SFN	P	65	0	2	6	0	0
2014	SFN	P	64	0	3	7	1	0
2015	SFN	P	70	0	4	8	0	0
2016	SFN	P	40	0	2	0	0	0
2017	LAN	P	30	0	1	1	0	0
2017	TBA	P	25	0	0	4	0	0
2018	TBA	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	TBA	P	73	5	0	2	0	0
2019	MIA	P	38	0	0	3	1	1
2019	MIN	P	27	0	0	1	0	0
2020	MIN	P	24	0	0	2	0	0
2021	OAK	P	66	0	3	4	1	1
2022	SEA	P	17	0	0	2	0	0
2022	TOR	P	6	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Sergio Romo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	821
Third Base	1

Awards & Honors

Sergio Romo — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Sergio Romo's recorded salaries total $26,843,200 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Romo's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.

Sergio Romo — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SFN	NL	$9,000,000
2015	SFN	NL	$6,000,000
2014	SFN	NL	$5,500,000
2013	SFN	NL	$3,500,000
2012	SFN	NL	$1,575,000
2011	SFN	NL	$450,000
2010	SFN	NL	$416,500
2009	SFN	NL	$401,700
Total recorded salary (partial)			$26,843,200

College History

Sergio Romo — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Arizona Western College	Yuma	AZ	2002, 2003
Mesa State College	Grand Junction	CO	2005
University of North Alabama	Florence	AL	2004

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Sergio Romo: the record in brief

June 26, 2008 and July 14, 2022 bracket Sergio Romo's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Romo played for the San Francisco Giants (2008 to 2016), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Tampa Bay Rays (2017 through 2018), the Miami Marlins (2019), the Minnesota Twins (2019 through 2020), the Oakland Athletics (2021), the Seattle Mariners (2022), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2022). Romo played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on March 4, 1983, in Brawley, CA, USA and a listed size of 5'11" and 185 pounds. Sergio Romo was the playing name; the full given name is Sergio Francisco.

Across 821 games (5 starts), Romo recorded 42 wins against 36 losses with a 3.21 ERA. The same table counts 789 strikeouts and 137 saves. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same years, Romo was 22.2% better. Romo won 6 games in 2014, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sergio Romo

What years did Sergio Romo play?: Sergio Romo played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022.
Was Sergio Romo a pitcher?: Yes. Sergio Romo pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 789 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sergio Romo hit?: Sergio Romo hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Sergio Romo play for?: Sergio Romo played for 8 teams: the San Francisco Giants (2008–2016), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018), the Miami Marlins (2019), the Minnesota Twins (2019–2020), the Oakland Athletics (2021), the Seattle Mariners (2022), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2022).
Did Sergio Romo win a Cy Young Award?: No. Sergio Romo did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Sergio Romo win?: Sergio Romo was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Sergio Romo's career stats?: In 821 games, Sergio Romo went 42-36 with a 3.21 ERA, 789 strikeouts, 722.2 innings pitched, and 137 saves.
How much did Sergio Romo earn in his career?: Sergio Romo's recorded salaries total $26,843,200 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Romo's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.
What was Sergio Romo's salary?: Sergio Romo's last recorded salary was $9,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $401,700, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.
What position did Sergio Romo play?: Sergio Romo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Sergio Romo and how much did he weigh?: Sergio Romo was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Sergio Romo's career ERA?: Sergio Romo finished with a 3.21 career ERA, going 42-36 with 789 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Sergio Romo have?: Sergio Romo recorded 789 career strikeouts.
Is Sergio Romo in the Hall of Fame?: No. Sergio Romo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.