Ervin Santana

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 175 lb

BornDecember 12, 1982 · La Romana, La Romana, D.R.

MLB debutMay 17, 2005

Final gameOctober 1, 2021

Seasons16 (2005–2021)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005–2012; Kansas City Royals 2013; Atlanta Braves 2014; Minnesota Twins 2015–2018; Chicago White Sox 2019; Kansas City Royals 2021

Percentile snapshot

2017 season — qualified pitchers

75.4

80.7

82.5

71.9

98.2

SHO

98.2

177

47.4

59.6

31.6

167

49.1

8.8

211.3

98.2

ERA

3.28

82.5

WHIP

1.126

K/9

7.11

24.6

FIP

4.45

28.1

FIP-

100.2

29.8

ERA+

135.4

77.2

sWAR

4.9

82.5

of 58 qualified 2017 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

101.5

sWAR

26.6

95.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2005	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
2006	33	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	25.0	31.3	.224	2.6
2007	28	5	5	1	1	1	2	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	45.9	53.6	.255	-0.5
2008	32	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.2	-100.0	.000	4.4
2009	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
2010	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
2011	33	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	193.1	186.4	.448	3.5
2012	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.1	-100.0	.000	-0.9
2013	32	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	29.0	38.5	.224	4.1
2014	31	73	63	7	7	1	1	2	28	.111	.138	.127	.265	-41.5	-23.9	.126	0.9
2015	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
2016	30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-127.8	-100.0	.000	3.6
2017	33	10	10	3	2	1	5	0	3	.200	.200	.300	.500	21.5	30.5	.212	4.9
2018	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8
2019	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6
2021	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2005	23	23	12	8	1	1	139	69	47	99	17	133.7	4.65	1.392	6.67	4.46	104.8	91.6	0.8
2006	33	33	16	8	0	0	181	97	70	141	21	204.0	4.28	1.230	6.22	4.34	96.0	105.5	2.6
2007	28	26	7	14	0	0	174	96	58	126	26	150.0	5.76	1.547	7.56	5.20	115.4	78.3	-0.5
2008	32	32	16	7	2	1	198	85	47	214	23	219.0	3.49	1.119	8.79	3.33	75.5	126.1	4.4
2009	24	23	8	8	2	2	159	78	47	107	24	139.7	5.03	1.475	6.89	5.07	115.2	87.6	0.5
2010	33	33	17	10	4	1	221	97	73	169	27	222.7	3.92	1.320	6.83	4.25	106.5	101.8	2.4
2011	33	33	11	12	4	1	207	86	72	178	26	228.7	3.38	1.220	7.01	4.03	105.5	112.9	3.5
2012	30	30	9	13	1	1	165	102	61	133	39	178.0	5.16	1.270	6.72	5.58	144.1	75.1	-0.9
2013	32	32	9	10	0	0	190	76	51	161	26	211.0	3.24	1.142	6.87	3.96	97.8	125.0	4.1
2014	31	31	14	10	0	0	193	86	63	179	16	196.0	3.95	1.306	8.22	3.36	93.7	90.9	0.9
2015	17	17	7	5	0	0	104	48	36	82	12	108.0	4.00	1.296	6.83	4.14	101.4	102.1	1.2
2016	30	30	7	11	2	1	168	68	53	149	19	181.3	3.38	1.219	7.40	3.77	88.3	126.5	3.6
2017	33	33	16	8	5	3	177	77	61	167	31	211.3	3.28	1.126	7.11	4.45	100.2	135.4	4.9
2018	5	5	0	1	0	0	31	22	9	16	9	24.7	8.03	1.622	5.84	7.98	185.8	53.5	-0.8
2019	3	3	0	2	0	0	19	14	6	5	6	13.3	9.45	1.875	3.38	9.71	213.3	48.1	-0.6
2021	38	2	2	2	0	0	65	34	22	52	9	65.3	4.68	1.332	7.16	4.51	101.1	95.3	0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

425

115

103

RBI

.1262

OBP

.1429

SLG

.1553

OPS

.2982

Pitching

G (P)

425

386

159th-most career GS

151

258th-most career W

129

283rd-most career L

SHO

2,487

261st-most career IP

SO (P)

1,978

95th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

776

281st-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.108

WHIP

1.2736

442nd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.16

185th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
2017-06-09	MIN @ SF Gameday	4	0	1	1	3	2
2007-06-09	LAA @ STL Gameday	3	1	1	1	2	2
2014-09-26	ATL @ PHI Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	2
2017-08-02	MIN @ SD Gameday	3	1	1	0	2	1
2006-06-23	LAA @ AZ Gameday	3	0	1	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-07-28	SD @ ATL Gameday	8.0	5	0	0	0	11	0
2015-09-05	MIN @ HOU Gameday	8.0	6	1	1	2	11	0
2012-09-21	CWS @ LAA Gameday	7.0	2	1	1	1	11	1
2014-04-14	ATL @ PHI Gameday	6.0	4	1	1	2	11	1
2007-07-03	LAA @ TEX Gameday	5.1	7	5	4	2	11	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.