What years did Anibal Sanchez play?

Anibal Sanchez played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2022.

Was Anibal Sanchez a pitcher?

Yes. Anibal Sanchez pitched in the major leagues, recording 116 wins and 1774 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Anibal Sanchez hit?

Anibal Sanchez hit 0 career home runs with 29 hits.

What was Anibal Sanchez's career batting average?

Anibal Sanchez batted .084 over his career, with 29 hits in 346 at bats.

How many RBI did Anibal Sanchez have?

Anibal Sanchez drove in 8 runs in his career.

What was Anibal Sanchez's career ERA?

Anibal Sanchez finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 116-119 with 1,774 strikeouts.

Anibal Sanchez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2022)

Anibal Sanchez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2022 for 5 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 17 seasons. Across 364 career appearances, he went 116-119 with a 4.06 ERA and 1,774 strikeouts. He also batted .084 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6992.6.

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 12, 2026

W–L 116–119

ERA 4.06

WHIP 1.31

SO 1,774

Pitcher PIV 6992.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 207 lb
Born: 2/27/1984 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2006-06-25
Last Game: 2022-10-01

Full name: Anibal Alejandro Sanchez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Anibal Sanchez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
116	119	364	341	9	7	0	2017.2	1,960	910	238	686	1,774	4.06	6992.6

Career ERA 4.06 vs. league average 4.17 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Anibal Sanchez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	FLO	NL	10	3	18	17	2	1	114.1	90	36	46	72	2.83	4.53 (+37%)	890.2
2007	FLO	NL	2	1	6	6	0	0	30.0	43	16	19	14	4.80	4.47 (-7%)	-924.9
2008	FLO	NL	2	5	10	10	0	0	51.2	54	32	27	50	5.57	4.32 (-29%)	-710.6
2009	FLO	NL	4	8	16	16	0	0	86.0	84	37	46	71	3.87	4.32 (+10%)	-592.0
2010	FLO	NL	13	12	32	32	1	1	195.0	192	77	70	157	3.55	4.08 (+13%)	3852.3
2011	FLO	NL	8	9	32	32	3	2	196.1	187	80	64	202	3.67	3.94 (+7%)	3044.3
2012	MIA	NL	5	7	19	19	0	0	121.0	119	53	33	110	3.94	4.01 (+2%)	1801.5
2012	DET	AL	4	6	12	12	1	1	74.2	81	31	15	57	3.74	4.01 (+7%)	626.6
2013	DET	AL	14	8	29	29	1	1	182.0	156	52	54	202	2.57	3.87 (+33%)	6945.9
2014	DET	AL	8	5	22	21	0	0	126.0	108	48	30	102	3.43	3.74 (+8%)	3325.5
2015	DET	AL	10	10	25	25	1	1	157.0	152	87	49	138	4.99	3.96 (-26%)	-3025.5
2016	DET	AL	7	13	35	26	0	0	153.1	171	100	53	135	5.87	4.19 (-40%)	-3350.6
2017	DET	AL	3	7	28	17	0	0	105.1	139	75	29	104	6.41	4.36 (-47%)	-2564.1
2018	ATL	NL	7	6	25	24	0	0	136.2	106	43	42	135	2.83	4.15 (+32%)	1852.1
2019	WAS	NL	11	8	30	30	0	0	166.0	153	71	58	134	3.85	4.51 (+15%)	266.3
2020	WAS	NL	4	5	11	11	0	0	53.0	70	39	18	43	6.62	4.45 (-49%)	-1328.1
2022	WAS	NL	4	6	14	14	0	0	69.1	55	33	33	48	4.28	3.97 (-8%)	-3116.4
Career · 17 seasons			116	119	364	341	9	7	2,017.2	1,960	910	686	1,774	4.06	—	6,993

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

Anibal Sanchez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
365	346	8	29	1	1	0	8	0	17	169	.084	.127	.092	.219	-1,708

Career AVG .084 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 67.3% below league average.

Career OBP .127 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 60.8% below league average.

Career SLG .092 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 77.5% below league average.

Career OPS .219 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — 70.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Anibal Sanchez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	FLO	NL	18	35	1	4	0	0	2	0	14	.114	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	FLO	NL	6	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	7	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	FLO	NL	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	FLO	NL	16	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	FLO	NL	33	59	3	6	0	0	1	4	28	.102	.257 (-60%)	.325 (-51%)	.402 (-75%)	.728 (-64%)	-601.8
2011	FLO	NL	32	57	1	7	0	0	3	4	23	.123	.255 (-52%)	.320 (-44%)	.399 (-69%)	.719 (-58%)	-514.0
2012	MIA	NL	19	30	1	3	0	1	0	1	18	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	DET	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	DET	AL	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	DET	AL	22	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	DET	AL	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	DET	AL	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	DET	AL	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	ATL	NL	25	41	0	1	0	0	0	1	25	.024	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	WAS	NL	30	52	1	6	0	0	1	0	24	.115	.252 (-54%)	.322 (-64%)	.434 (-73%)	.757 (-70%)	-591.9
2020	WAS	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	WAS	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			365	346	8	29	1	1	8	17	169	.084	—	—	—	—	-1,708

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

Anibal Sanchez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Anibal Sanchez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2019	NLCS	WAS	1	4	2	.000
2019	NLDS1	WAS	1	1	1	.000
2019	WS	WAS	1	2	2	.000
2018	NLDS2	ATL	1	1	0	.000
2014	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2013	ALCS	DET	2	0	0	.000
2013	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2012	WS	DET	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Anibal Sanchez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	6	11	10	0	61.1	51	20	19	64	2.93

Playoff Pitching by Year

Anibal Sanchez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	NLCS	WAS	1	0	1	1	7.2	1	0	1	5	0.00
2019	NLDS1	WAS	0	0	1	1	5.0	4	1	2	9	1.80
2019	WS	WAS	0	1	1	1	5.1	10	4	1	4	6.75
2018	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	1	1	4.2	5	3	1	3	5.79
2014	ALDS2	DET	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2013	ALCS	DET	1	1	2	2	12.0	9	3	6	17	2.25
2013	ALDS2	DET	0	1	1	1	4.1	8	5	2	6	10.38
2012	ALCS	DET	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	0	3	7	0.00
2012	ALDS2	DET	0	1	1	1	6.1	5	2	2	3	2.84
2012	WS	DET	0	1	1	1	7.0	6	2	1	8	2.57

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Anibal Sanchez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	184	142	4	13	0	3	.092
Away	181	204	4	16	0	5	.078

Pitching — Home / Away

Anibal Sanchez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	183	1027.2	933	449	339	961	3.93
Away	181	990.0	1027	461	347	813	4.19

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Anibal Sanchez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-10-01	WAS	PHI	W	5.0	5	4	4	3	6	0
2022-09-25	WAS	MIA	W	5.0	2	0	0	2	4	0
2022-09-18	WAS	MIA	L	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	1
2022-09-11	WAS	PHI	—	2.0	2	1	1	3	0	0
2022-09-05	WAS	STL	W	5.0	2	0	0	2	3	0
2022-08-31	WAS	OAK	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	4	1
2022-08-24	WAS	SEA	—	4.1	2	0	0	2	2	0
2022-08-18	WAS	SDP	—	5.0	1	1	1	2	4	1
2022-08-13	WAS	SDP	—	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	2
2022-08-08	WAS	CHC	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	3	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Anibal Sanchez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	364	341	177	234	32	15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Anibal Sanchez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	FLO	P	18	17	15	13	1	2
2007	FLO	P	6	6	2	8	2	0
2008	FLO	P	10	10	2	5	4	0
2009	FLO	P	16	16	6	10	2	2
2010	FLO	P	32	32	14	25	5	2
2011	FLO	P	32	32	18	26	1	1
2012	MIA	P	19	19	10	13	1	3
2012	DET	P	12	12	6	13	1	1
2013	DET	P	29	29	17	19	1	0
2014	DET	P	22	21	11	18	0	2
2015	DET	P	25	25	21	15	0	0
2016	DET	P	35	26	13	13	2	1
2017	DET	P	28	17	4	6	3	0
2018	ATL	P	25	24	12	23	2	0
2019	WAS	P	30	30	17	18	4	0
2020	WAS	P	11	11	5	5	1	1
2022	WAS	P	14	14	4	4	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Anibal Sanchez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	364

Awards & Honors

Anibal Sanchez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-09-09
2006	Rookie of the Month	September

Salary History

Anibal Sanchez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	DET	AL	$16,800,000
2015	DET	AL	$16,800,000
2014	DET	AL	$15,800,000
2013	DET	AL	$8,800,000
2012	MIA	NL	$8,000,000
2011	FLO	NL	$3,700,000
2010	FLO	NL	$1,250,000
2009	FLO	NL	$400,000
2008	FLO	NL	$390,000
2007	FLO	NL	$381,000
Total Career Earnings			$72,321,000

Award Voting History

Anibal Sanchez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2013	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	46.0	210	1
2006	Rookie of the Year	NL	9th	1.0	160	0

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Career Spans

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Anibal Sanchez: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 25, 2006 and the final game on October 1, 2022, Anibal Sanchez built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Florida Marlins (2006 to 2011), the Miami Marlins (2012), the Detroit Tigers (2012 to 2017), the Atlanta Braves (2018), and the Washington Nationals (2019 to 2022). Sanchez, born on February 27, 1984, in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Sanchez's listed size is 6'0" and 207 pounds. The given name on file is Anibal Alejandro Sanchez.

Sanchez went 116-119 with a 4.06 ERA in 364 games, 341 of them starts. The same table counts 1,774 strikeouts and 7 shutouts. Sanchez's 4.06 ERA was close to the 4.17 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 14, in 2013. 2011 produced Sanchez's most strikeouts, 202. In 2013, one of the busiest seasons, Sanchez posted a 2.57 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.87.

Frequently Asked Questions about Anibal Sanchez

What years did Anibal Sanchez play?: Anibal Sanchez played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2022.
Was Anibal Sanchez a pitcher?: Yes. Anibal Sanchez pitched in the major leagues, recording 116 wins and 1774 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Anibal Sanchez hit?: Anibal Sanchez hit 0 career home runs with 29 hits.
What was Anibal Sanchez's career batting average?: Anibal Sanchez batted .084 over his career, with 29 hits in 346 at bats.
How many RBI did Anibal Sanchez have?: Anibal Sanchez drove in 8 runs in his career.
What was Anibal Sanchez's career ERA?: Anibal Sanchez finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 116-119 with 1,774 strikeouts.