What years did Ervin Santana play?

Ervin Santana played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2021.

Was Ervin Santana a pitcher?

Yes. Ervin Santana pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1978 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ervin Santana hit?

Ervin Santana hit 0 career home runs with 13 hits.

What teams did Ervin Santana play for?

Ervin Santana played for 5 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–2012), the Kansas City Royals (2013, 2021), the Atlanta Braves (2014), the Minnesota Twins (2015–2018), and the Chicago White Sox (2019).

Did Ervin Santana win a Cy Young Award?

No. Ervin Santana did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Ervin Santana win?

Ervin Santana was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Ervin Santana's career stats?

In 425 games, Ervin Santana went 151-129 with a 4.11 ERA, 1,978 strikeouts, and 2,486.2 innings pitched.

What was Ervin Santana's salary?

Ervin Santana's last recorded salary was $13,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $14,100,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $350,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.

What position did Ervin Santana play?

Ervin Santana played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ervin Santana and how much did he weigh?

Ervin Santana was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 175 pounds.

What was Ervin Santana's career ERA?

Ervin Santana finished with a 4.11 career ERA, going 151-129 with 1,978 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ervin Santana have?

Ervin Santana recorded 1,978 career strikeouts.

Is Ervin Santana in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ervin Santana has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ervin Santana

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2021)

Ervin Santana was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2021 for 5 teams, including the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a span of 17 seasons. Across 425 career appearances, he went 151-129 with a 4.11 ERA and 1,978 strikeouts. Ervin Santana was a 2-time All-Star.

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 151–129

ERA 4.11

WHIP 1.27

SO 1,978

Pitcher PIV -9189.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 175 lb
Born: 12/12/1982 in La Romana, La Romana, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2005-05-17
Last Game: 2021-10-01
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Ervin Ramon Santana

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ervin Santana — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
151	129	425	386	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	331	776	1,978	4.11	-9189.1

Career ERA 4.11 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ervin Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	LAA	AL	12	8	23	23	1	1	133.2	139	69	47	99	4.65	4.29 (-8%)	-453.0
2006	LAA	AL	16	8	33	33	0	0	204.0	181	97	70	141	4.28	4.53 (+5%)	1238.3
2007	LAA	AL	7	14	28	26	0	0	150.0	174	96	58	126	5.76	4.47 (-29%)	-2474.4
2008	LAA	AL	16	7	32	32	2	1	219.0	198	85	47	214	3.49	4.32 (+19%)	5878.5
2009	LAA	AL	8	8	24	23	2	2	139.2	159	78	47	107	5.03	4.32 (-16%)	-2448.8
2010	LAA	AL	17	10	33	33	4	1	222.2	221	97	73	169	3.92	4.08 (+4%)	-1129.1
2011	LAA	AL	11	12	33	33	4	1	228.2	207	86	72	178	3.38	3.94 (+14%)	-307.6
2012	LAA	AL	9	13	30	30	1	1	178.0	165	102	61	133	5.16	4.01 (-28%)	-7181.4
2013	KCA	AL	9	10	32	32	0	0	211.0	190	76	51	161	3.24	3.87 (+16%)	-362.0
2014	ATL	NL	14	10	31	31	0	0	196.0	193	86	63	179	3.95	3.74 (-6%)	1774.9
2015	MIN	AL	7	5	17	17	0	0	108.0	104	48	36	82	4.00	3.96 (-1%)	-564.7
2016	MIN	AL	7	11	30	30	2	1	181.1	168	68	53	149	3.38	4.19 (+19%)	1794.3
2017	MIN	AL	16	8	33	33	5	3	211.1	177	77	61	167	3.28	4.36 (+25%)	-558.1
2018	MIN	AL	0	1	5	5	0	0	24.2	31	22	9	16	8.03	4.15 (-93%)	-2340.6
2019	CHA	AL	0	2	3	3	0	0	13.1	19	14	6	5	9.45	4.51 (-110%)	-1719.7
2021	KCA	AL	2	2	38	2	0	0	65.1	65	34	22	52	4.68	4.27 (-10%)	-335.7
Career · 16 seasons			151	129	425	386	21	11	2,486.2	2,391	1,135	776	1,978	4.11	—	-9,189

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

Ervin Santana — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
425	103	11	13	3	0	0	8	0	2	49	.126	.143	.155	.298	-602

Career AVG .126 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 55.9% below league average.

Career SLG .155 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 62.3% below league average.

Career OPS .298 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 59.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ervin Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	LAA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	LAA	AL	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	LAA	AL	28	5	1	1	1	2	0	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	LAA	AL	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	LAA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	LAA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	LAA	AL	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	LAA	AL	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	KCA	AL	32	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	ATL	NL	31	63	7	7	1	1	2	28	.111	.251 (-56%)	.313 (-56%)	.386 (-67%)	.700 (-62%)	-601.9
2015	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIN	AL	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	MIN	AL	33	10	3	2	1	5	0	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIN	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CHA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	KCA	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			425	103	11	13	3	8	2	49	.126	—	—	—	—	-602

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

Ervin Santana — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ervin Santana — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2017	ALWC	MIN	1	.000
2009	ALCS	LAA	4	.000
2008	ALDS1	LAA	1	.000
2007	ALDS1	LAA	1	.000
2005	ALCS	LAA	1	.000
2005	ALDS2	LAA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ervin Santana — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	9	3	0	24.2	24	18	11	14	6.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ervin Santana — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	ALWC	MIN	0	0	1	1	2.0	3	4	2	0	18.00
2009	ALCS	LAA	1	1	4	0	5.2	5	1	4	5	1.59
2008	ALDS1	LAA	0	0	1	1	5.1	8	5	0	3	8.44
2007	ALDS1	LAA	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2005	ALCS	LAA	0	1	1	1	4.1	3	5	3	2	10.38
2005	ALDS2	LAA	1	0	1	0	5.1	5	3	2	2	5.06

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ervin Santana — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	212	28	4	3	0	0	.107
Away	213	75	7	10	0	8	.133

Pitching — Home / Away

Ervin Santana — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	212	1284.2	1223	552	371	1020	3.87
Away	213	1202.0	1168	583	405	958	4.37

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ervin Santana — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2021-10-01	KCR	MIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2021-09-28	KCR	CLE	—	3.0	3	0	0	2	3
2021-09-25	KCR	DET	—	0.0	3	2	2	1	0
2021-09-14	KCR	OAK	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	2
2021-09-10	KCR	MIN	W	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-09-04	KCR	CHW	—	2.1	5	3	3	1	2
2021-09-01	KCR	CLE	L	1.0	2	2	1	1	1
2021-08-26	KCR	SEA	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
2021-08-24	KCR	HOU	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
2021-08-23	KCR	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ervin Santana — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	425	386	196	194	16	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ervin Santana — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	LAA	P	23	23	10	10	0	2
2006	LAA	P	33	33	13	12	2	3
2007	LAA	P	28	26	6	13	0	2
2008	LAA	P	32	32	19	13	0	0
2009	LAA	P	24	23	6	9	1	1
2010	LAA	P	33	33	15	17	0	2
2011	LAA	P	33	33	11	20	5	3
2012	LAA	P	30	30	17	16	1	1
2013	KCA	P	32	32	22	19	1	2
2014	ATL	P	31	31	17	20	1	1
2015	MIN	P	17	17	10	14	1	2
2016	MIN	P	30	30	20	8	1	3
2017	MIN	P	33	33	19	16	2	0
2018	MIN	P	5	5	3	3	0	0
2019	CHA	P	3	3	2	0	0	0
2021	KCA	P	38	2	6	4	1	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ervin Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	425

Awards & Honors

Ervin Santana — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-07-31

Salary History

Ervin Santana's recorded salaries total $84,295,000 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Santana's career ran from 2005 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005.

Ervin Santana — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	MIN	AL	$13,500,000
2015	MIN	AL	$13,500,000
2014	ATL	NL	$14,100,000
2013	KCA	AL	$13,000,000
2012	LAA	AL	$11,200,000
2011	LAA	AL	$8,000,000
2010	LAA	AL	$6,000,000
2009	LAA	AL	$3,800,000
2008	LAA	AL	$420,000
2007	LAA	AL	$425,000
2006	LAA	AL	$350,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$84,295,000

Award Voting History

Ervin Santana — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2017	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	3.0	210	0
2008	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	2.0	140	0

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

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Ervin Santana: the record in brief

The profile opens with Ervin Santana's first major league game on May 17, 2005; the last one listed came on October 1, 2021. By club, Santana's seasons break down as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005 to 2012), the Kansas City Royals (2013 through 2021), the Atlanta Braves (2014), the Minnesota Twins (2015 through 2018), and the Chicago White Sox (2019). Santana, born on December 12, 1982, in La Romana, La Romana, D.R., is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 175 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. On the record, Ervin Santana was born Ervin Ramon Santana.

Santana went 151-129 with a 4.11 ERA in 425 games, 386 of them starts. Santana had 1,978 strikeouts, 21 complete games, and 11 shutouts. Santana's 4.11 ERA was close to the 4.19 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 17 wins of 2010. The strikeout high was 214 in 2008.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ervin Santana

What years did Ervin Santana play?: Ervin Santana played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2021.
Was Ervin Santana a pitcher?: Yes. Ervin Santana pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1978 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ervin Santana hit?: Ervin Santana hit 0 career home runs with 13 hits.
What teams did Ervin Santana play for?: Ervin Santana played for 5 teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–2012), the Kansas City Royals (2013, 2021), the Atlanta Braves (2014), the Minnesota Twins (2015–2018), and the Chicago White Sox (2019).
Did Ervin Santana win a Cy Young Award?: No. Ervin Santana did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Ervin Santana win?: Ervin Santana was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Ervin Santana's career stats?: In 425 games, Ervin Santana went 151-129 with a 4.11 ERA, 1,978 strikeouts, and 2,486.2 innings pitched.
How much did Ervin Santana earn in his career?: Ervin Santana's recorded salaries total $84,295,000 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Santana's career ran from 2005 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005.
What was Ervin Santana's salary?: Ervin Santana's last recorded salary was $13,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $14,100,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $350,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.
What position did Ervin Santana play?: Ervin Santana played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ervin Santana and how much did he weigh?: Ervin Santana was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 175 pounds.
What was Ervin Santana's career ERA?: Ervin Santana finished with a 4.11 career ERA, going 151-129 with 1,978 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ervin Santana have?: Ervin Santana recorded 1,978 career strikeouts.
Is Ervin Santana in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ervin Santana has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.