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Johan Santana. Johan Alexander Santana Araque ( / ˈjoʊhɑːn /; born March 13, 1979) [1] 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. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana ...
Find out the stats, awards, and career highlights of Johan Santana, a former pitcher for the Twins and Mets. See his height, weight, position, rookie status, and more on Baseball-Reference.com.
- March 13, 1979
Johan Santana is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets. He won two AL Cy Young Awards, one NL Pitcher of the Month Award, and several other honors.
View the profile of Toronto Blue Jays Starting Pitcher Johan Santana on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.
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- The first no-hitter in Mets history. June 1, 2012. Santana's greatest triumph on the mound was unforgettable and historic -- yet bittersweet with the benefit of hindsight.
- The triple crown. 2006. At this point, Santana was already one of the foremost pitchers in the American League, if not all of baseball. He'd already won the 2004 Cy Young Award, finished third in the race a year later and had led the AL in strikeouts in both seasons.
- The 17-strikeout outing. Aug. 19, 2007. This was Santana at his very best -- and it ended up being one of his final career performances in a Twins uniform at the Metrodome.
- The playoff victory. Oct. 3, 2004. Nineteen long Twins playoff games ago, before the lengthiest postseason losing streak in the North American men's "big four" sports leagues took hold, Santana took the mound at Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the AL Division Series and outdueled future Hall of Famer Mike Mussina for seven shutout frames, leading the Twins to a 2-0 victory and an early advantage in the best-of-five series.
Find out the career stats of Johan Santana, a left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and other teams in MLB. See his wins, losses, ERA, strikeouts, WHIP and more.
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Relive the Mets' first no-hitter, thrown by Johan Santana on June 1, 2012, through the recollections of those who witnessed it. The game featured a Herculean pitch count, a questionable foul call and a generational catch by a Queens native at Citi Field.
