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'''Johan Alexander Santana Araque''' (born [[March 13]], [[1979]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] left-handed [[starting pitcher]] who plays for the [[Minnesota Twins]]. He is a 2-time [[American League]] [[Cy Young Award]] winner (both Unanimous selections).

==Early life==

Santana was born in [[Mérida State|Tovar, Mérida State]], [[Venezuela]] and attended Jordan High School, where he played [[baseball]] and [[soccer]].

==Professional career==
Santana was signed by the [[Houston Astros]] as an undrafted free agent in 1995 but remained in Venezuela, where he was named the Tovar Mérida Athlete of the Year in 1999. Later that year, he was selected by the [[Florida Marlins]] from Houston in the 1999 [[Rule 5 draft]] and then traded to the [[Minnesota Twins]] for minor leaguer [[Jared Camp]]. Santana made his [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] debut with the Twins on [[April 3]], [[2000]], coming from the bullpen vs. [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays|Tampa Bay]]. He made his first MLB start on [[April 7]], [[2000]], at [[Kansas City Royals|Kansas City]] and recorded his first Major League win in a relief appearance at [[Houston Astros|Houston]] on [[June 6]]. He put up a 6.49 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year. Santana and his wife, Yasmile, have two daughters, Jasmily & Jasmine.

In 2002, the Twins sent Santana to the minors for 2 months to work almost exclusively on perfecting his changeup. He did this for 10 starts and came back up to the majors with a terrific changeup to complement his very good fastball.

Santana is tough on both right-handed and left-handed hitters. He works quickly and throws a 91-95 [[Miles per hour|mph]] [[fastball]], a hard [[slider]] (which he has worked into a [[slurve]]), and a tailing [[changeup]] that is considered one of best changeups in baseball.<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam | last=Rittenberg | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3676-2004Sep7.html | title=Santana's Over-the-Top Delivery | publisher=Washingtonpost.com | date=September 4, 2004}}</ref> His pitches are too close to take, but difficult to drive, causing batters to lunge after balls that are down and out of the strike zone.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} He consistently works to eliminate the difference in his throwing motions, making it very difficult for opposing batters to guess which pitch he's throwing. Santana also has very good control, as evidenced by his 52 walks in 219 innings in 2007[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=4280].
Santana was used as a long [[Relief pitcher|reliever]] early in his career after finding little success as a starter. In 2003, Santana transitioned from relief to the Twins' starting rotation after spending the first four months of the season in the bullpen. He won his last eight decisions and pitched the ALDS opening game against the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]. He is regarded by many as the best pitcher in baseball today.

===2004 season===

In [[2004 in baseball|2004]], Santana enjoyed one of the great second halves of modern times. He became the first pitcher since [[1961 in sports|1961]] to give up four or fewer [[Hit (baseball statistics)|hits]] in ten straight starts, and his 13-0 record broke the old Major League second-half mark shared between [[Burt Hooton]] and [[Rick Sutcliffe]].

Santana's other second-half numbers were equally impressive: 11.13 [[strikeouts per nine innings]], 1.21 [[Earned run average|ERA]], 4.74 [[hits per nine innings]], and 6.73 [[Baserunning|baserunners per nine innings]]. In addition, Santana set a team season record with 265 strikeouts, surpassing the old 258 mark registered by [[Bert Blyleven]] in 1973.

Santana finished in good form with a 20-6 record and led the [[American League]] in strikeouts (265), ERA (2.61), strikeouts per nine innings pitched (10.46), [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]] (0.92), [[Opponents batting average|batting average allowed]] (.192), [[On base percentage|OBP]] (.249), [[Slugging percentage|SLG]] (.315), and [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]] (.564) and [[Base on balls|walked]] only 54 batters in 228 innings. Opponents [[Stolen base|stole]] just six bases in seven attempts against him, and his 20 victories ranked him second behind only [[Curt Schilling]], who won 21 games for the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]]. He easily won the [[Cy Young Award|AL Cy Young Award]] over Schilling with all 28 first-place votes.

===2005 season===

Santana struggled in his first outing of 2005, giving up four runs in the first inning, but quickly regained his composure and returned to Cy Young-winning form in an 8-4 victory over the [[Seattle Mariners]]. In his second game, he rocked the [[Chicago White Sox]] with 11 strikeouts as the Twins won 5-2. Following a brief slump in May 2005, Santana worked on improving his pitching form and was immediately rewarded with a seven-inning, two-run outing against the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], which the Twins won 7-2. Santana finished with an ERA of 2.87, second lowest in the American League behind Indians pitcher [[Kevin Millwood]] (2.86). However, the weak Twins club of the 2005 season cost him several otherwise-winnable games, and his winning percentage fell considerably in his second full year as a starter. He threw 238 strikeouts during the season, leading the majors. He finished third in the Cy Young voting, finishing behind winner [[Bartolo Colón]] of the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] and Yankees reliever [[Mariano Rivera]].

===2006 Season===

Santana won the Major League [[Triple crown (baseball)|pitching Triple Crown]], the first player to do so in the American League since [[Pedro Martinez]] in [[1999]] ([[Jake Peavy]] in [[2007]] was the last to win the Triple Crown for the National League). He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Yankees pitcher [[Chien-Ming Wang]] in wins (19). He is the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win the MLB triple crown with an ERA above 2.60.

Santana also led the American League in [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]] (1.0), opposing batting average (.216), and innings pitched (233.6). He continued to add to his reputation as a great second-half pitcher, losing only one game after the All-Star break while winning 10 and posting a 2.54 ERA. A brief slump cost him the opportunity to make his 20th win of the season. No pitcher in Major League Baseball won 20 games in the 2006 season, the first time in modern major league history this occurred in a non-shortened season.

Santana won his second [[Cy Young Award]] in 2006, becoming the 14th player in MLB history to win the award multiple times. He is the fifth pitcher to win the award by a unanimous vote twice, joining [[Roger Clemens]], [[Pedro Martínez]], and [[Greg Maddux]]; [[Sandy Koufax]] accomplished the feat three times.

From 2004-2006, Santana has led the league in strikeouts all three years, in ERA twice, and has also led in several other key statistical areas. In that three-year span, he has compiled a 55-19 record with an ERA of 2.75 and WHIP of 0.96, while striking out 748 batters.

===2007 Season===

After starting the season slow, and his record falling to 6-6 at one point, Johan jumpstarted his season with a four-hit shutout, followed by two wins. On [[July 1]], [[2007 in baseball|2007]], Santana was named as a member of the [[2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2007 MLB All-Star Game]], his third straight appearance.

The worst career night for Santana came on [[July 23]], [[2007]] in Toronto against the [[Toronto Blue Jays|Blue Jays]] as he allowed four home runs in four innings.

Santana had perhaps his best career game on [[August 19]]th against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], in which he set down 17 Texas batters by means of a [[strikeout]] in eight innings. The 17 Strikeouts in a game is a current Twins record. Santana walked none, and allowed only two hits, both to [[Sammy Sosa]].

While Santana did not have a bad season, he led the major leagues in home runs given up (33) and had the most losses of his career (13). Santana finished the season with only 15 wins, his lowest total since 2003, though he led the American League in WHIP, was 2nd in strikeouts with 235, and 7th in ERA. On the last game of the season, a rain delay in Detroit that lasted over an hour caused Santana to pitch only three innings, ending a 123-start streak where he pitched five innings or more, which was the third longest in the past half century.

In November, it was announced that Johan Santana was awarded the American League [[Gold Glove Awards|Gold Glove Award]] for pitcher. This was the first time he was selected for this award.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jordan Bastian | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071106&content_id=2293603&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb | title=AL Gold Gloves show changing of guard | publisher=MLB.com | date=November 6, 2007}}</ref> Santana's contract with the Twins runs out at the end of 2008. If the Twins are unable to extend his contract, it is likely he will be traded; teams rumored to be potential trade partners are the Red Soxs, the Mets, and the Yankees. However, the Yankees are more likely to get Johan Santana in a trade because they have more players to offer than the Red Soxs and the Mets.

==Career statistics==

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! SEASON !! AGE !! TM !! LG !! W !! L !! G !! GS !! CG !! SHO !! GF !! SV !! IP !! H !! R !! ER !! HR !! BB !! K !! HBP !! WP !! O-AVG !! ERA
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| 2000 || 21 || MIN || AL || 2 || 3 || 30 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 86.0 || 102 || 64 || 62 || 11 || 54 || 64 || 2 || 5 || .302 || 6.49
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| 2001 || 22 || MIN || AL || 1 || 0 || 15 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 43.7 || 50 || 25 || 23 || 6 || 16 || 28 || 3 || 3 || .292 || 4.74
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| 2002 || 23 || MIN || AL || 8 || 6 || 27 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 108.3 || 84 || 41 || 36 || 7 || 49 || 137 || 1 || 15 || .212 || 2.99
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| 2003 || 24 || MIN || AL || 12 || 3 || 45 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 158.3 || 127 || 56 || 54 || 17 || 47 || 169 || 3 || 6 || .216 || 3.07
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| 2004 || 25 || MIN || AL || 20 || 6 || 34 || 34 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 228.0 || 156 || 70 || 66 || 24 || 54 || 265 || 9 || 7 || .192 || 2.61
|-
| 2005 || 26 || MIN || AL || 16 || 7 || 33 || 33 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 231.7 || 180 || 77 || 74 || 22 || 45 || 238 || 1 || 8 || .210 || 2.87
|-
| 2006 || 27 || MIN || AL || 19 || 6 || 34 || 34 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 233.7 || 186 || 79 || 72 || 24 || 47 || 245 || 4 || 4 || .216 || 2.77
|-
| 2007 || 28 || MIN || AL || 15 || 13 || 32 || 32 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 216.0 || 181 || 85 || 79 || 33 || 49 || 231 || 4 || 7 || .226 || 3.29
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| TOTAL || 28 || MIN || AL || 91 || 40 || 244 || 168 || 6 || 4 || 23 || 1 || 1,264.7 || 1,023 || 474 || 443 || 135 || 351 || 1,337 || 27 || 55 || .219 || 3.15
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===Legend===
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|-
| SEASON || Year Season was played
|-
| AGE || Player's Age during season
|-
| TM || Team played for
|-
| LG || League team played in
|-
| W || Pitching Wins
|-
| L || Pitching Losses
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| G || Games pitched in
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| GS || Games Started
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| CG || Complete Games
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| SHO || Shutouts
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| GF || Games Finished as relief pitcher
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| SV || Saves
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| IP || Innings Pitched
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| H || Hits allowed
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| R || Runs allowed
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| ER || Earned Runs allowed
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| HR || Home Runs allowed
|-
| BB || Bases on Balls (Walks)
|-
| K || Strikeouts
|-
| HBP || Batters Hit
|-
| WP || Wild Pitches
|-
| O-AVG || Opponents Batting Average
|-
| ERA || Earned Run Average (Formula: 9 * ER / IP)
|}


==Highlights==
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2005]], [[2006]], [[2007]])
* [[American League]] [[Cy Young Award]] winner (2004 and 2006, both unanimous selections)
* Led American League in winning percentage in 2003, finishing the season at 12-3 (.800)
* Top 10 Cy Young Award (7th, [[2003 in baseball|2003]]; Winner, [[2004 in baseball|2004]]; 3rd, [[2005 in baseball|2005]]; Winner, [[2006 in baseball|2006]])
* Top 10 MVP Award (7th, 2006)
* Won the Triple Crown as the leader in wins (19), strikeouts (245), and ERA (2.77) in 2006
* Fanned former teammate [[David Ortiz]] for his 1,000th career strikeout (June 13, 2006). Coincidentally, later in the year he would give up Ortiz's 51st home run of the season (September 21), which set a record for home runs by a Red Sox player in one season.
* Set a [[Minnesota Twins]] record with 17 strikeouts over eight innings against the Rangers.(August 19, 2007)

==See also==
* [[List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball]]
* [[Triple crown (baseball)#American League winners 2|Triple Crown]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball ERA champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball wins champions]]

== External links==
*{{Baseballstats |mlb=276371 |espn=4280 |br=s/santajo02 |cube=S/Johan-Santana}}
*[http://citypages.com/databank/28/1384/article15538.asp The Art of Deception] - interview and profile in City Pages

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AL Cy Young}}

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Revision as of 22:33, 1 December 2007

Johan Santana
Minnesota Twins – No. 57
Starting Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
debut
April 3, 2000, for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
(through 2007 season)
Wins-Losses93-44
Earned Run Average3.22
Strikeouts1,381
Teams

Johan Alexander Santana Araque (born March 13, 1979) is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Minnesota Twins. He is a 2-time American League Cy Young Award winner (both Unanimous selections).

Early life

Santana was born in Tovar, Mérida State, Venezuela and attended Jordan High School, where he played baseball and soccer.

Professional career

Santana was signed by the Houston Astros as an undrafted free agent in 1995 but remained in Venezuela, where he was named the Tovar Mérida Athlete of the Year in 1999. Later that year, he was selected by the Florida Marlins from Houston in the 1999 Rule 5 draft and then traded to the Minnesota Twins for minor leaguer Jared Camp. Santana made his Major League debut with the Twins on April 3, 2000, coming from the bullpen vs. Tampa Bay. He made his first MLB start on April 7, 2000, at Kansas City and recorded his first Major League win in a relief appearance at Houston on June 6. He put up a 6.49 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year. Santana and his wife, Yasmile, have two daughters, Jasmily & Jasmine.

In 2002, the Twins sent Santana to the minors for 2 months to work almost exclusively on perfecting his changeup. He did this for 10 starts and came back up to the majors with a terrific changeup to complement his very good fastball.

Santana is tough on both right-handed and left-handed hitters. He works quickly and throws a 91-95 mph fastball, a hard slider (which he has worked into a slurve), and a tailing changeup that is considered one of best changeups in baseball.[1] His pitches are too close to take, but difficult to drive, causing batters to lunge after balls that are down and out of the strike zone.[citation needed] He consistently works to eliminate the difference in his throwing motions, making it very difficult for opposing batters to guess which pitch he's throwing. Santana also has very good control, as evidenced by his 52 walks in 219 innings in 2007[1]. Santana was used as a long reliever early in his career after finding little success as a starter. In 2003, Santana transitioned from relief to the Twins' starting rotation after spending the first four months of the season in the bullpen. He won his last eight decisions and pitched the ALDS opening game against the Yankees. He is regarded by many as the best pitcher in baseball today.

2004 season

In 2004, Santana enjoyed one of the great second halves of modern times. He became the first pitcher since 1961 to give up four or fewer hits in ten straight starts, and his 13-0 record broke the old Major League second-half mark shared between Burt Hooton and Rick Sutcliffe.

Santana's other second-half numbers were equally impressive: 11.13 strikeouts per nine innings, 1.21 ERA, 4.74 hits per nine innings, and 6.73 baserunners per nine innings. In addition, Santana set a team season record with 265 strikeouts, surpassing the old 258 mark registered by Bert Blyleven in 1973.

Santana finished in good form with a 20-6 record and led the American League in strikeouts (265), ERA (2.61), strikeouts per nine innings pitched (10.46), WHIP (0.92), batting average allowed (.192), OBP (.249), SLG (.315), and OPS (.564) and walked only 54 batters in 228 innings. Opponents stole just six bases in seven attempts against him, and his 20 victories ranked him second behind only Curt Schilling, who won 21 games for the Red Sox. He easily won the AL Cy Young Award over Schilling with all 28 first-place votes.

2005 season

Santana struggled in his first outing of 2005, giving up four runs in the first inning, but quickly regained his composure and returned to Cy Young-winning form in an 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. In his second game, he rocked the Chicago White Sox with 11 strikeouts as the Twins won 5-2. Following a brief slump in May 2005, Santana worked on improving his pitching form and was immediately rewarded with a seven-inning, two-run outing against the Toronto Blue Jays, which the Twins won 7-2. Santana finished with an ERA of 2.87, second lowest in the American League behind Indians pitcher Kevin Millwood (2.86). However, the weak Twins club of the 2005 season cost him several otherwise-winnable games, and his winning percentage fell considerably in his second full year as a starter. He threw 238 strikeouts during the season, leading the majors. He finished third in the Cy Young voting, finishing behind winner Bartolo Colón of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera.

2006 Season

Santana won the Major League pitching Triple Crown, the first player to do so in the American League since Pedro Martinez in 1999 (Jake Peavy in 2007 was the last to win the Triple Crown for the National League). He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang in wins (19). He is the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win the MLB triple crown with an ERA above 2.60.

Santana also led the American League in WHIP (1.0), opposing batting average (.216), and innings pitched (233.6). He continued to add to his reputation as a great second-half pitcher, losing only one game after the All-Star break while winning 10 and posting a 2.54 ERA. A brief slump cost him the opportunity to make his 20th win of the season. No pitcher in Major League Baseball won 20 games in the 2006 season, the first time in modern major league history this occurred in a non-shortened season.

Santana won his second Cy Young Award in 2006, becoming the 14th player in MLB history to win the award multiple times. He is the fifth pitcher to win the award by a unanimous vote twice, joining Roger Clemens, Pedro Martínez, and Greg Maddux; Sandy Koufax accomplished the feat three times.

From 2004-2006, Santana has led the league in strikeouts all three years, in ERA twice, and has also led in several other key statistical areas. In that three-year span, he has compiled a 55-19 record with an ERA of 2.75 and WHIP of 0.96, while striking out 748 batters.

2007 Season

After starting the season slow, and his record falling to 6-6 at one point, Johan jumpstarted his season with a four-hit shutout, followed by two wins. On July 1, 2007, Santana was named as a member of the 2007 MLB All-Star Game, his third straight appearance.

The worst career night for Santana came on July 23, 2007 in Toronto against the Blue Jays as he allowed four home runs in four innings.

Santana had perhaps his best career game on August 19th against the Texas Rangers, in which he set down 17 Texas batters by means of a strikeout in eight innings. The 17 Strikeouts in a game is a current Twins record. Santana walked none, and allowed only two hits, both to Sammy Sosa.

While Santana did not have a bad season, he led the major leagues in home runs given up (33) and had the most losses of his career (13). Santana finished the season with only 15 wins, his lowest total since 2003, though he led the American League in WHIP, was 2nd in strikeouts with 235, and 7th in ERA. On the last game of the season, a rain delay in Detroit that lasted over an hour caused Santana to pitch only three innings, ending a 123-start streak where he pitched five innings or more, which was the third longest in the past half century.

In November, it was announced that Johan Santana was awarded the American League Gold Glove Award for pitcher. This was the first time he was selected for this award.[2] Santana's contract with the Twins runs out at the end of 2008. If the Twins are unable to extend his contract, it is likely he will be traded; teams rumored to be potential trade partners are the Red Soxs, the Mets, and the Yankees. However, the Yankees are more likely to get Johan Santana in a trade because they have more players to offer than the Red Soxs and the Mets.

Career statistics

SEASON AGE TM LG W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB K HBP WP O-AVG ERA
2000 21 MIN AL 2 3 30 5 0 0 9 0 86.0 102 64 62 11 54 64 2 5 .302 6.49
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 15 4 0 0 5 0 43.7 50 25 23 6 16 28 3 3 .292 4.74
2002 23 MIN AL 8 6 27 14 0 0 2 1 108.3 84 41 36 7 49 137 1 15 .212 2.99
2003 24 MIN AL 12 3 45 18 0 0 7 0 158.3 127 56 54 17 47 169 3 6 .216 3.07
2004 25 MIN AL 20 6 34 34 1 1 0 0 228.0 156 70 66 24 54 265 9 7 .192 2.61
2005 26 MIN AL 16 7 33 33 3 2 0 0 231.7 180 77 74 22 45 238 1 8 .210 2.87
2006 27 MIN AL 19 6 34 34 1 0 0 0 233.7 186 79 72 24 47 245 4 4 .216 2.77
2007 28 MIN AL 15 13 32 32 1 1 0 0 216.0 181 85 79 33 49 231 4 7 .226 3.29
TOTAL 28 MIN AL 91 40 244 168 6 4 23 1 1,264.7 1,023 474 443 135 351 1,337 27 55 .219 3.15

Legend

Abbrev Explanation
SEASON Year Season was played
AGE Player's Age during season
TM Team played for
LG League team played in
W Pitching Wins
L Pitching Losses
G Games pitched in
GS Games Started
CG Complete Games
SHO Shutouts
GF Games Finished as relief pitcher
SV Saves
IP Innings Pitched
H Hits allowed
R Runs allowed
ER Earned Runs allowed
HR Home Runs allowed
BB Bases on Balls (Walks)
K Strikeouts
HBP Batters Hit
WP Wild Pitches
O-AVG Opponents Batting Average
ERA Earned Run Average (Formula: 9 * ER / IP)


Highlights

  • All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • American League Cy Young Award winner (2004 and 2006, both unanimous selections)
  • Led American League in winning percentage in 2003, finishing the season at 12-3 (.800)
  • Top 10 Cy Young Award (7th, 2003; Winner, 2004; 3rd, 2005; Winner, 2006)
  • Top 10 MVP Award (7th, 2006)
  • Won the Triple Crown as the leader in wins (19), strikeouts (245), and ERA (2.77) in 2006
  • Fanned former teammate David Ortiz for his 1,000th career strikeout (June 13, 2006). Coincidentally, later in the year he would give up Ortiz's 51st home run of the season (September 21), which set a record for home runs by a Red Sox player in one season.
  • Set a Minnesota Twins record with 17 strikeouts over eight innings against the Rangers.(August 19, 2007)

See also

References

  1. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (September 4, 2004). "Santana's Over-the-Top Delivery". Washingtonpost.com.
  2. ^ Jordan Bastian (November 6, 2007). "AL Gold Gloves show changing of guard". MLB.com.
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