Johan Santana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Johan Santana
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 13, 1979(1979-03-13)
Age	45
Birthplace	Colonia Tovar
Country	Venezuela
Birth City	Aragua
Horoscope	Pisces

Johan Santana Biography

Johan Santana is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on March 13, 1979 in Colonia Tovar, Aragua, Venezuela. Two-time 2-time Cy Young award winning pitcher who starred for the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets. award winner, who played in two teams: the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets.

He together with He and Francisco Liriano formed a dominant 1-2 pitching combo on the Twins. formed an impressive 1-2 pitching duo for the Twins.

Johan Alexander Santana Araque (/ˈ j oʊ h ɑː n / ; born March 13, 1979) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball starting pitcher. Santana pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012, sidelined by injury challenges since the 2012 season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana is a four-time All-Star and earned a pitching triple crown in 2006. On June 1, 2012, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, which is to date the only no-hitter in New York Mets history.

Santana won the pitching Major League Triple Crown, the first pitcher to do so since Dwight Gooden in 1985. He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Chien-Ming Wang in wins (19). He became the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win it with an ERA above 2.60.

He married Yasmile Garcia Santana in 1998. The couple has daughters Jasmine as well as Jasmily, and Johan Jr., his son. Johan Jr.

Johan Santana Net Worth

Johan Santana is one of the richest Baseball Player from Venezuela. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johan Santana 's net worth $70 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was spotted by an Houston Astros scout at age fifteen.

He pitched the very first Mets no-hitter on June 1, 2012.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Johan Santana Dating?

According to our records, Johan Santana married to Yasmile Garcia Santana. As of December 1, 2023, Johan Santana’s is not dating anyone.

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Santana was used as a long reliever early in his career after finding little success as a starter. In 2002, he led the majors in wild pitches, with 15.

Facts & Trivia

Johan Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Venezuela. Johan Santana celebrates birthday on March 13 of every year.

He led the major leagues in home runs allowed (33) and had the most losses of his career (13). Santana finished the season with only 15 wins, his lowest total since 2003. However, Santana led the AL in WHIP, was second in strikeouts with 235, and seventh in ERA. On the last game of the season, a rain delay in a road game against the Detroit Tigers that lasted over an hour caused Santana to pitch only three innings. This ended a 123 consecutive start streak in which he pitched five innings or more. This is the third longest consecutive-game streak for a pitcher in the past half century. In November, it was announced Santana was awarded the AL Gold Glove Award for pitcher, his first selection. He was also honored with a Fielding Bible Award as the best fielding pitcher in MLB, and finished 5th in the AL Cy Young Award voting, despite a controversial home run call during his second to last start of the season significantly negatively affecting his ERA, WHIP, and Win/Loss total for the year.

Why did Johan Santana retire?

2014 season On June 6, Santana tore his Achilles tendon during an extended spring training start. He missed the rest of the 2014 MLB season.

Did Johan Santana throw a no-hitter?

Despite an unfortunate end to Santana’s career after the 2012 season, his no-hitter 10 years ago remains one of the greatest achievements in the history of the franchise.

When was Johan Santana's no-hitter?

On the night of June 1, 2012 , in the 8,020th game in franchise history, Johan Santana delivered the Mets’ first no-hitter. It required a Herculean pitch count, a questionable foul call and a generational catch by a Queens native at Citi Field. Ten years later, those who were present offered their recollections.

Who saved Johan Santana's no-hitter?

Baxter snared it but didn’t have enough time to brace himself for the impending collision. He slammed shoulder-first against the left-field wall before falling in a heap on the warning track. Santana responded with a celebratory clap to his glove, rejuvenated by the survival of his no-hit bid.

Did Johan Santana use steroids?

Johan Santana Is Evidence That Performance-Enhancers Were Huge In Baseball. It is clear to me now, as if it wasn’t before that the Mets ace, Johan Santana was using steroids in the early portion of his career.