What years did Johan Santana play?

Johan Santana played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2012.

Was Johan Santana a pitcher?

Yes. Johan Santana pitched in the major leagues, recording 139 wins and 1988 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Johan Santana hit?

Johan Santana hit 1 career home run with 40 hits.

What teams did Johan Santana play for?

Johan Santana played for 2 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2000–2007) and the New York Mets (2008–2010, 2012).

How many Cy Young Awards did Johan Santana win?

Johan Santana won 2 Cy Young Awards, in 2004 and 2006.

What awards did Johan Santana win?

Johan Santana won 2 Cy Young Awards (2004 and 2006), the pitching Triple Crown (2006), and the Gold Glove (2007). He was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

What were Johan Santana's career stats?

In 360 games, Johan Santana went 139-78 with a 3.20 ERA, 1,988 strikeouts, 2,025.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 40 hits and 1 home runs.

What was Johan Santana's salary?

Johan Santana's last recorded salary was $23,145,011, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $23,145,011, in 2012, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2012.

What position did Johan Santana play?

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

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

Johan Santana was listed at 6 feet and 210 pounds.

What was Johan Santana's career ERA?

Johan Santana finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 139-78 with 1,988 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Johan Santana have?

Johan Santana recorded 1,988 career strikeouts.

Is Johan Santana in the Hall of Fame?

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

Johan Santana

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2012)

Johan Santana was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2012 for the Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets, a span of 13 seasons. Across 360 career appearances, he went 139-78 with a 3.20 ERA and 1,988 strikeouts. He also batted .161 with 1 home runs. Johan Santana was a 4-time All-Star, a 2-time Cy Young, a Gold Glove, and a Pitching Triple Crown. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 48732.2.

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 17, 2026

W–L 139–78

ERA 3.20

WHIP 1.13

SO 1,988

Pitcher PIV 48732.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 210 lb
Born: 3/13/1979 in Tovar, Mérida, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2000-04-03
Last Game: 2012-08-17
Awards: 4× All-Star · 2× Cy Young · Gold Glove · Pitching Triple Crown

Full name: Johan Alexander Santana

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Career Pitching Statistics

Johan Santana — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
139	78	360	284	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	220	567	1,988	3.20	48732.2

Career ERA 3.20 vs. league average 4.36 across their career seasons — 26.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Johan Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2000	MIN	AL	2	3	30	5	0	0	0	86.0	102	62	54	64	6.49	4.77 (-36%)	-1058.9
2001	MIN	AL	1	0	15	4	0	0	0	43.2	50	23	16	28	4.74	4.42 (-7%)	-481.2
2002	MIN	AL	8	6	27	14	0	0	1	108.1	84	36	49	137	2.99	4.28 (+30%)	4487.0
2003	MIN	AL	12	3	45	18	0	0	0	158.1	127	54	47	169	3.07	4.40 (+30%)	4740.3
2004	MIN	AL	20	6	34	34	1	1	0	228.0	156	66	54	265	2.61	4.46 (+42%)	9205.3
2005	MIN	AL	16	7	33	33	3	2	0	231.2	180	74	45	238	2.87	4.29 (+33%)	9073.6
2006	MIN	AL	19	6	34	34	1	0	0	233.2	186	72	47	245	2.77	4.53 (+39%)	9104.7
2007	MIN	AL	15	13	33	33	1	1	0	219.0	183	81	52	235	3.33	4.47 (+26%)	3739.6
2008	NYN	NL	16	7	34	34	3	2	0	234.1	206	66	63	206	2.53	4.32 (+41%)	5012.4
2009	NYN	NL	13	9	25	25	0	0	0	166.2	156	58	46	146	3.13	4.32 (+28%)	2304.2
2010	NYN	NL	11	9	29	29	4	2	0	199.0	179	66	55	144	2.98	4.08 (+27%)	2814.5
2012	NYN	NL	6	9	21	21	2	2	0	117.0	117	63	39	111	4.85	4.01 (-21%)	-209.3
Career · 12 seasons			139	78	360	284	15	10	1	2,025.2	1,726	721	567	1,988	3.20	—	48,732

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

Johan Santana — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
360	248	11	40	12	1	1	9	0	9	78	.161	.191	.230	.421	-1,037

Career AVG .161 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 38.9% below league average.

Career OBP .191 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 42.7% below league average.

Career SLG .230 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — 45.3% below league average.

Career OPS .421 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 44.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Johan Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2000	MIN	AL	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	MIN	AL	27	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	MIN	AL	45	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	MIN	AL	34	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	MIN	AL	33	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	MIN	AL	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	MIN	AL	33	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYN	NL	34	78	5	11	5	0	0	1	3	24	.141	.263 (-47%)	.333 (-48%)	.416 (-51%)	.749 (-50%)	-647.3
2009	NYN	NL	25	42	1	7	3	0	0	4	5	14	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	NYN	NL	29	62	2	11	3	0	1	1	0	22	.177	.257 (-31%)	.325 (-45%)	.402 (-32%)	.728 (-38%)	-389.9
2012	NYN	NL	21	35	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	.086	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			360	248	11	40	12	1	1	9	9	78	.161	—	—	—	—	-1,037

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

Johan Santana — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Johan Santana — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	ALDS2	MIN	1	.000
2004	ALDS2	MIN	2	.000
2003	ALDS1	MIN	2	.000
2002	ALCS	MIN	4	.000
2002	ALDS2	MIN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Johan Santana — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	3	11	5	0	34.0	35	15	10	32	3.97

Playoff Pitching by Year

Johan Santana — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	ALDS2	MIN	0	1	1	1	8.0	5	2	1	8	2.25
2004	ALDS2	MIN	1	0	2	2	12.0	14	1	4	12	0.75
2003	ALDS1	MIN	0	1	2	2	7.2	9	6	3	6	7.04
2002	ALCS	MIN	0	1	4	0	3.1	4	4	0	4	10.80
2002	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	2	2	2	6.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Johan Santana — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	186	118	5	16	1	5	.136
Away	174	130	6	24	0	4	.185

Pitching — Home / Away

Johan Santana — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	186	1055.1	882	356	295	1075	3.04
Away	174	970.1	844	365	272	913	3.39

Last 10 Games — Batting

Johan Santana — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
2012-08-17	NYN	WAS	L	2	0	0
2012-08-11	NYN	ATL	L	0	0	0
2012-07-20	NYN	LAD	L	0	0	0
2012-07-15	NYN	ATL	L	2	0	1
2012-07-06	NYN	CHC	L	2	0	2
2012-06-30	NYN	LAD	W	3	1	0
2012-06-25	NYN	CHC	L	2	0	0
2012-06-19	NYN	BAL	W	2	1	1
2012-06-14	NYN	TBR	W	0	0	0
2012-06-08	NYN	NYY	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Johan Santana — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-08-17	NYN	WAS	L	5.0	7	6	6	0	4	2
2012-08-11	NYN	ATL	L	1.1	8	8	8	1	2	0
2012-07-20	NYN	LAD	L	3.0	7	6	6	3	3	2
2012-07-15	NYN	ATL	L	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	1
2012-07-06	NYN	CHC	L	4.2	13	7	7	0	6	3
2012-06-30	NYN	LAD	W	8.0	3	0	0	2	3	0
2012-06-25	NYN	CHC	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	1
2012-06-19	NYN	BAL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0
2012-06-14	NYN	TBR	W	5.0	6	4	4	4	6	0
2012-06-08	NYN	NYY	L	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	4

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Johan Santana — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	360	283	98	232	19	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Johan Santana — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2000	MIN	P	30	5	5	13	1	2
2001	MIN	P	15	4	0	6	2	1
2002	MIN	P	27	13	4	9	2	0
2003	MIN	P	45	18	3	11	3	1
2004	MIN	P	34	34	9	24	4	2
2005	MIN	P	33	33	12	26	2	0
2006	MIN	P	34	34	12	32	1	2
2007	MIN	P	33	33	14	26	0	1
2008	NYN	P	34	34	13	27	1	1
2009	NYN	P	25	25	7	24	2	3
2010	NYN	P	29	29	12	18	1	1
2012	NYN	P	21	21	7	16	0	2

Career Games by Position

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Johan Santana Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	360

Awards & Honors

Johan Santana — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Player of the Week	Week of 2012-06-03
2009	Pitcher of the Month	April
2008	Pitcher of the Month	September
2008	Player of the Week	Week of 2008-08-16
2007	Gold Glove	P
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-08-18
2006	Cy Young Award
2006	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2006	Pitcher of the Month	June
2006	Pitcher of the Month	September
2006	Pitching Triple Crown
2006	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2004	Cy Young Award
2004	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2004	Pitcher of the Month	August
2004	Pitcher of the Month	July
2004	Pitcher of the Month	September
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-06-19
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-09-18
2004	TSN All-Star	P
2004	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2004	This Year in Baseball Starter of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2003	Pitcher of the Month	August

Salary History

Johan Santana's recorded salaries total $129,642,280 over 12 seasons, 2000 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Santana's career ran from 2000 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 2002.

Johan Santana — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	NYN	NL	$23,145,011
2011	NYN	NL	$21,644,707
2010	NYN	NL	$20,144,707
2009	NYN	NL	$18,876,139
2008	NYN	NL	$16,984,216
2007	MIN	AL	$13,000,000
2006	MIN	AL	$8,750,000
2005	MIN	AL	$4,750,000
2004	MIN	AL	$1,600,000
2003	MIN	AL	$335,000
2001	MIN	AL	$212,500
2000	MIN	AL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$129,642,280

Award Voting History

Johan Santana — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2008	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	55.0	160	4
2008	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	30.0	448	0
2007	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	1.0	140	0
2006	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	140.0	140	28
2006	Most Valuable Player	AL	7th	114.0	392	1
2005	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	51.0	140	3
2004	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	140.0	140	28
2004	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	117.0	392	0
2003	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	1.0	140	0

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Johan Santana: the record in brief

April 3, 2000 and August 17, 2012 bracket Johan Santana's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Minnesota Twins (2000 through 2007) and the New York Mets (2008 through 2012). The bio lists Santana as a pitcher who batted and threw left-handed. The recorded size is 6'0" and 210 pounds. The birth record reads March 13, 1979, in Tovar, Mérida, Venezuela. The given name on file is Johan Alexander Santana.

Across 360 games (284 starts), Santana recorded 139 wins against 78 losses with a 3.20 ERA. Santana had 1,988 strikeouts, 15 complete games, and 10 shutouts. Against a 4.36 league ERA for the same years, Santana was 26.6% better. 2004 brought Santana a season-high 20 wins. In 2008, one of the busiest seasons, Santana posted a 2.53 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.32. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Santana's career adds up to 48,732.2.

Frequently Asked Questions about Johan Santana

What years did Johan Santana play?: Johan Santana played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2012.
Was Johan Santana a pitcher?: Yes. Johan Santana pitched in the major leagues, recording 139 wins and 1988 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Johan Santana hit?: Johan Santana hit 1 career home run with 40 hits.
What teams did Johan Santana play for?: Johan Santana played for 2 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2000–2007) and the New York Mets (2008–2010, 2012).
How many Cy Young Awards did Johan Santana win?: Johan Santana won 2 Cy Young Awards, in 2004 and 2006.
What awards did Johan Santana win?: Johan Santana won 2 Cy Young Awards (2004 and 2006), the pitching Triple Crown (2006), and the Gold Glove (2007). He was selected to 4 All-Star Games.
What were Johan Santana's career stats?: In 360 games, Johan Santana went 139-78 with a 3.20 ERA, 1,988 strikeouts, 2,025.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 40 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Johan Santana earn in his career?: Johan Santana's recorded salaries total $129,642,280 over 12 seasons, 2000 to 2012. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Santana's career ran from 2000 to 2012. No salary is recorded for 2002.
What was Johan Santana's salary?: Johan Santana's last recorded salary was $23,145,011, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $23,145,011, in 2012, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2012.
What position did Johan Santana play?: Johan Santana played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Johan Santana and how much did he weigh?: Johan Santana was listed at 6 feet and 210 pounds.
What was Johan Santana's career ERA?: Johan Santana finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 139-78 with 1,988 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Johan Santana have?: Johan Santana recorded 1,988 career strikeouts.
Is Johan Santana in the Hall of Fame?: No. Johan Santana has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.