Ervin Santana
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 175LBS | Age: 41
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 0 1 8.03 5 5 0 24.2 16 1.62
2019 0 2 9.45 3 3 0 13.1 5 1.88
2021 2 2 4.68 38 2 0 65.1 52 1.33
16 Seasons 151 129 4.11 425 386 0 2,486.2 1,978 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 5 0-1 8.03 24.2 16 1.62
2019 3 0-2 9.45 13.1 5 1.88
2021 38 2-2 4.68 65.1 52 1.33
16 Seasons 425 151-129 4.11 2,486.2 1,978 1.27
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 32 1678 335 16 4.8 3.5 89.6 110.9 14.4 36.7 .278 .441 .317 .341 .386 40.9 17.9 7.9 4.00 4.90
2016 33 2931 542 32 5.9 4.3 88.3 116.8 13.1 32.8 .253 .411 .296 .313 .363 31.7 19.9 7.1 3.38 4.13
2017 34 3235 627 37 5.9 4.3 86.0 110.9 16.1 29.8 .235 .398 .291 .300 .339 30.1 19.4 7.1 3.28 3.84
2018 35 429 87 12 13.8 10.5 89.2 107.7 22.6 40.2 .289 .641 .426 .419 .461 36.8 14.0 7.9 8.03 8.27
2019 36 250 53 11 20.8 17.2 89.2 110.2 19.0 34.0 .319 .745 .471 .465 .484 39.6 7.8 9.4 9.45 11.38
2021 38 1063 201 22 10.9 7.9 90.2 115.5 13.8 38.8 .277 .532 .328 .369 .427 43.8 18.8 7.9 4.68 6.03
Player 9586 1845 130 7.0 5.2 88.0 116.8 15.1 33.6 .257 .444 .312 .329 .374 34.6 18.7 7.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Santana relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(51.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(45.1%) ,
Changeup
(3.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 42.7 20.6 27.8 9.0 39.4 39.4 21.2 2.7 31.6 24.5 28.7 6.3 4.8 3.5
2016 43.5 23.4 25.6 7.4 36.5 38.2 25.3 3.0 31.4 24.9 26.0 4.2 5.9 4.3
2017 42.6 25.4 21.4 10.7 41.8 35.9 22.3 6.2 28.9 30.8 22.5 4.0 5.9 4.3
2018 23.0 36.8 29.9 10.3 36.8 34.5 28.7 3.4 17.2 36.8 20.7 8.0 13.8 10.5
2019 32.1 35.8 18.9 13.2 34.0 39.6 26.4 1.9 28.3 30.2 15.1 3.8 20.8 17.2
2021 36.8 30.8 27.4 5.0 33.3 35.8 30.8 4.5 28.4 25.4 22.4 8.0 10.9 7.9
Player 41.0 25.4 24.8 8.8 38.4 37.2 24.3 4.2 29.5 27.6 24.3 5.1 7.0 5.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC R 479 93.4 17.2 -2.2 -15 4.5 -2.6 -36
2021 Slider KC R 549 84.4 36.5 -0.4 -1 4.4 -0.7 -13
2021 Changeup KC R 35 87.2 23.0 -5.8 -20 8.0 -5.8 -42
2019 Slider CWS R 106 82.2 38.7 -2.2 -5 4.6 -1.1 -19
2019 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 103 90.0 19.8 -2.5 -14 4.8 -1.5 -23
2019 Changeup CWS R 15 83.4 28.3 -2.8 -9 6.1 -6.8 -53
2019 Sinker CWS R 26 90.1 20.9 -2.7 -11 8.7 -5.5 -38
2018 Changeup MIN R 87 82.8 26.8 -5.4 -17 8.6 -4.3 -34
2018 Sinker MIN R 77 88.5 22.7 -2.0 -8 9.2 -4.4 -32
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 129 89.2 21.1 -3.2 -18 4.3 -2.0 -32
2018 Slider MIN R 135 81.4 39.1 -2.6 -6 4.9 -1.1 -18
2017 Sinker MIN R 643 92.3 16.9 -3.1 -15 11.3 -3.1 -21
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 1,066 93.2 12.1 2.1 15 4.8 -2.9 -37
2017 Slider MIN R 1,193 84.5 31.1 -4.5 -13 5.3 1.0 24
2017 Changeup MIN R 329 85.8 21.4 -6.1 -22 11.1 -2.2 -16
2016 Sinker MIN R 48 91.7 23.7 1.6 7 12.1 -1.5 -11
2016 Slider MIN R 1,105 84.1 36.3 -1.0 -3 8.2 2.4 42
2016 Changeup MIN R 216 85.6 26.2 -3.5 -12 9.1 -3.2 -26
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 1,450 93.4 16.6 -1.0 -7 4.8 -2.4 -34
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 844 93.2 17.7 -2.0 -13 4.7 -2.2 -32
2015 Slider MIN R 603 84.7 34.8 -1.9 -5 7.4 2.2 41
2015 Sinker MIN R 30 88.9 28.5 4.2 17 9.3 -4.1 -31
2015 Changeup MIN R 167 85.6 27.5 -1.9 -7 9.4 -2.9 -24
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 Slider 1.9 10 549 51.6 137 .165 .228 .211 34.7 28.5 20.0 .218 .375 .282 31.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -8 479 45.1 128 .342 .623 .439 14.5 10.2 11.5 .325 .657 .437 52.9
2021 Changeup -7.1 -2 35 3.3 11 .500 1.200 .705 5.6 0.0 0.0 .488 1.127 .669 60.0
2019 Slider -0.5 -1 106 42.4 20 .263 .632 .388 23.4 15.0 8.1 .316 .740 .444 31.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -1 103 41.2 32 .310 .690 .420 5.7 6.3 8.0 .290 .606 .379 35.7
2019 Sinker -7.6 -2 26 10.4 8 .600 1.800 .781 10.0 0.0 0.0 .421 1.170 .746 66.7
2019 Changeup -17.7 -3 15 6.0 4 .667 1.667 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .440 1.406 .723 66.7
2018 Slider -0.8 -1 135 31.5 34 .323 .581 .391 14.8 17.6 12.5 .313 .524 .378 15.4
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -4 129 30.1 38 .250 .656 .387 10.3 15.8 15.8 .278 .781 .460 50.0
2018 Changeup -3.2 -3 87 20.3 21 .300 .600 .395 12.8 19.0 18.2 .244 .518 .338 50.0
2018 Sinker -4.0 -3 77 17.9 21 .412 .941 .588 2.7 0.0 0.0 .322 .737 .493 35.3
2017 Slider 1.8 21 1,193 36.9 291 .155 .266 .217 38.3 33.3 23.2 .167 .282 .218 27.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 18 1,066 33.0 293 .216 .405 .307 15.3 16.0 15.3 .237 .427 .322 30.7
2017 Sinker -1.3 -8 643 19.9 174 .333 .538 .409 12.1 6.9 9.6 .296 .465 .360 30.3
2017 Changeup -0.3 -1 329 10.2 101 .276 .480 .333 20.9 9.9 15.4 .318 .533 .369 34.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 35 87.2 89 14.7 12:45 1:15 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 479 93.4 83 14.2 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Slider 547 84.4 31 5.4 9:45 9:00 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 868 3,351 20 24 -7 -9 28
2009 631 2,359 0 10 -9 -12 -11
2010 922 3,440 -2 32 -11 -13 6
2011 944 3,428 14 19 -12 -8 12
2012 762 2,844 -11 12 -11 -9 -19
2013 854 3,175 10 20 -11 -10 9
2014 813 2,973 -6 24 -14 -9 -5
2015 455 1,670 1 10 -4 -4 2
2016 746 2,929 16 18 -8 -9 16
2017 870 3,295 18 35 -12 -13 28
2018 114 428 -5 -1 -2 -3 -11
2019 64 250 1 -3 -3 -2 -6
2021 276 1,063 3 7 -3 -7 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,678 47.0 66.4 85.8 28.6 58.7 44.5 61.7 46.2 22.2 7.2 78.3
2016 2,931 44.6 67.8 85.7 30.6 60.5 41.7 59.0 47.2 22.8 5.6 76.8
2017 3,235 46.5 69.3 84.3 30.4 60.6 42.5 64.2 48.5 23.2 6.2 75.4
2018 429 46.5 65.8 96.2 28.4 73.8 42.5 67.5 45.7 10.7 7.0 66.7
2019 250 48.8 71.3 92.0 21.9 71.4 43.6 56.3 46.0 13.0 9.6 87.5
2021 1,063 45.5 69.0 86.2 30.4 54.0 40.0 59.8 48.0 24.7 7.2 85.7
Player 9,586 46.0 68.2 85.9 29.8 60.2 42.3 61.7 47.4 22.3 6.4 77.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 12 10 14 24 13 45 55 10 1 33 42 46 40 53 64 43
2016 48 41 43 46 54 18 51 59 72 41 61 47 72 55 54 36
2017 66 63 53 43 76 6 50 80 73 33 71 42 76 48 46 47
2018 5 18 34
2019 11 12 31
2021 4 12 1 1 20 36 9 18 13 17 56 38 73 47 38 22
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.1 19 19.6 -1 10 14 11 57.9
2017 23.2 33 35.0 -2 19 26 15 45.5
2018 23.1 9 11.0 -2 5 7 5 55.6
2019 21.0 6 5.0 1 3 6 0 0.0
2021 21.7 9 12.7 -4 4 12 5 55.6
Player 22.8 76 83.3 -7 41 65 36 47.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 19 21 14 23 19 18 24 19 19 15 17 23 20 15 18 21 14 16 19 22 18 16 27 26 20 16 21 29 22 20 16
2017 33 32 31 38 39 38 40 33 29 28 35 46 34 34 33 36 24 30 35 36 37 35 43 38 37 29 35 46 41 38 21
2018 9 13 9 12 10 10 12 12 8 9 10 14 12 9 11 12 10 11 12 10 13 11 13 13 10 9 9 12 13 10 10
2019 6 6 4 7 5 5 6 7 0 3 4 3 8 5 5 6 5 5 6 4 6 5 8 6 6 5 2 6 7 4 2
2021 9 18 13 10 12 9 13 14 6 8 9 10 15 10 14 14 10 15 16 12 15 14 18 17 12 10 14 12 17 10 14
Player 76 90 71 90 85 80 95 85 62 63 75 96 89 73 81 89 63 77 88 84 89 81 109 100 85 69 81 105 100 82 63
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 93.3 0.3 ↑ 92.8 -0.5 ↓ 88.9 -3.9 ↓ 90.1 1.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 85.6 0.0 85.8 0.2 ↑ 82.8 -3.0 ↓ 83.4 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.6 84.1 -0.5 ↓ 84.5 0.4 ↑ 81.4 -3.1 ↓ 82.2 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.6 88.3 -1.3 ↓ 86.0 -2.3 ↓ 89.2 3.2 ↑ 89.2 0.0
Launch Angle 14.4 13.1 -1.3 ↓ 16.1 3.0 ↑ 22.6 6.5 ↑ 19.0 -3.6 ↓
Barrel % 4.8 5.9 1.1 ↑ 5.9 0.0 13.8 7.9 ↑ 20.8 7.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.9 31.7 -9.2 ↓ 30.1 -1.6 ↓ 36.8 6.7 ↑ 39.6 2.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.7 32.8 -3.9 ↓ 29.8 -3.0 ↓ 40.2 10.4 ↑ 34.0 -6.2 ↓
xBA .278 .253 -0.025 ↓ .235 -0.018 ↓ .289 0.054 ↑ .319 0.030 ↑
BA .253 .245 -0.008 ↓ .225 -0.020 ↓ .310 0.085 ↑ .339 0.029 ↑
xwOBA .341 .313 -0.028 ↓ .300 -0.013 ↓ .419 0.119 ↑ .465 0.046 ↑
wOBA .317 .296 -0.021 ↓ .291 -0.005 ↓ .426 0.135 ↑ .471 0.045 ↑
xSLG .441 .411 -0.030 ↓ .398 -0.013 ↓ .641 0.243 ↑ .745 0.104 ↑
SLG .411 .381 -0.030 ↓ .392 0.011 ↑ .670 0.278 ↑ .821 0.151 ↑
K% 17.9 19.9 2.0 ↑ 19.4 -0.5 ↓ 14.0 -5.4 ↓ 7.8 -6.2 ↓
BB% 7.9 7.1 -0.8 ↓ 7.1 0.0 7.9 0.8 ↑ 9.4 1.5 ↑
Swing % 46.2 47.2 1.0 ↑ 48.5 1.3 ↑ 45.7 -2.8 ↓ 46.0 0.3 ↑
Whiff% 22.2 22.8 0.6 ↑ 23.2 0.4 ↑ 10.7 -12.5 ↓ 13.0 2.3 ↑
In Zone % 47.0 44.6 -2.4 ↓ 46.5 1.9 ↑ 46.5 0.0 48.8 2.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.0 55.4 2.4 ↑ 53.5 -1.9 ↓ 53.5 0.0 51.2 -2.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 30.6 2.0 ↑ 30.4 -0.2 ↓ 28.4 -2.0 ↓ 21.9 -6.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 30.1 -4.0 ↓ 31.9 1.8 ↑ 29.8 -2.1 ↓ 34.4 4.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 59.0 -2.7 ↓ 64.2 5.2 ↑ 67.5 3.3 ↑ 56.3 -11.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 722 .294 367 12 3.3 355 68 19.2
2017 Shifts 860 .291 472 6 1.3 388 13 3.4
2018 Shifts 114 .426 43 2 4.7 71 9 12.7
2019 Shifts 64 .471 30 3 10.0 34 14 41.2
2021 Shifts 276 .328 161 39 24.2 115 62 53.9
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1057 15.0 53.6% 1.9% 560 21.0 2.0% 10.0%
2011 1067 14.2 61.4% 1.1% 498 20.3 3.8% 7.8%
2012 937 14.1 59.9% 0.3% 377 21.2 1.9% 10.3%
2013 1031 15.2 48.7% 1.2% 404 21.6 1.7% 6.7%
2014 853 15.1 48.1% 0.4% 440 21.8 3.2% 9.3%
2015 518 15.2 46.9% 3.1% 238 22.0 7.6% 14.7%
2016 926 16.8 33.3% 3.7% 339 21.3 9.4% 13.6%
2017 1000 16.1 38.8% 1.8% 405 22.5 0.5% 8.9%
2018 131 13.5 67.2% 0.8% 62 20.9 0.0% 3.2%
2019 83 16.7 31.3% 1.2% 29 23.7 0.0% 6.9%
2021 283 18.9 13.4% 4.2% 169 24.4 0.0% 9.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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