League Leaders Who Led?
Johan Santana

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Johan Santana

2000–2012  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  6'0", 210 lb  ·  b. 1979 Tovar, Mérida

Career 139–78 · 3.20 ERA · 1,988 SO · 2025.2 IP · 360 G · 40 H · 1 HR · 9 RBI · .161 AVG

Seasons leading his league
16
6 best in baseball 10 league only
33 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
6 Categories led
2006 Best season

Spanning 2004–2008, peaking at 6 titles in 2006.

2006 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the AL in 19 W, 2.77 ERA, 245 SO
Led in Walks + Hits / IP for 4 straight seasons (2004–2007) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 88th League titles 16
  • 130th Best in baseball 6
  • 245th Top-5 finishes 33

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks + Hits / IP 4 1st 4 yrs (2004–2007) 2006 1.00 2004 AL 0.92 2005 AL 0.97 2007 AL 1.07
Strikeouts / 9 3 1st 3 yrs (2004–2006) 2004 AL 10.46 2005 AL 9.25 2006 AL 9.44 2007 #3
Strikeouts 3 1st 3 yrs (2004–2006) 2005 238 2006 245 2004 AL 265 2007 #2 2008 #2
Earned Run Average 3 1st — 2006 2.77 2008 2.53 2004 AL 2.61 2005 #2
Innings Pitched 2 1st — 2006 AL 233.2 2008 NL 234.1 2004 #2 2005 #2
Wins 1 1st — 2006 19 2004 #2
Complete Games — #2 — 2008 #2 2010 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 2005 #2 2008 #2 2010 #2 2012 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2008 2 ERA 2.53 IP 234.1
2007 1 WHIP 1.07
2006 6 ERA 2.77 W 19 SO 245 WHIP 1.00 IP 233.2 K/9 9.44
2005 3 SO 238 WHIP 0.97 K/9 9.25
2004 4 ERA 2.61 SO 265 WHIP 0.92 K/9 10.46

Pitching

12 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
2000 MIN AL 2 3 6.49 30 5 0 86.0 102 62 11 54 64 1.81
2001 MIN AL 1 0 4.74 15 4 0 43.2 50 23 6 16 28 1.51
2002 MIN AL 8 6 2.99 27 14 1 108.1 84 36 7 49 137 1.23
2003 MIN AL 12 3 3.07 45 18 0 158.1 127 54 17 47 169 1.10
2004 MIN AL 20 6 2.61 34 34 0 228.0 156 66 24 54 265 0.92
2005 MIN AL 16 7 2.87 33 33 0 231.2 180 74 22 45 238 0.97
2006 MIN AL 19 6 2.77 34 34 0 233.2 186 72 24 47 245 1.00
2007 MIN AL 15 13 3.33 33 33 0 219.0 183 81 33 52 235 1.07
2008 NYN NL 16 7 2.53 34 34 0 234.1 206 66 23 63 206 1.15
2009 NYN NL 13 9 3.13 25 25 0 166.2 156 58 20 46 146 1.21
2010 NYN NL 11 9 2.98 29 29 0 199.0 179 66 16 55 144 1.18
2012 NYN NL 6 9 4.85 21 21 0 117.0 117 63 17 39 111 1.33
Career — — 139 78 3.20 360 284 1 2025.2 1,726 721 220 567 1,988 1.13

Batting

12 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2000 MIN AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2001 MIN AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2002 MIN AL 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
2003 MIN AL 45 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
2004 MIN AL 34 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
2005 MIN AL 33 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
2006 MIN AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2007 MIN AL 33 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089
2008 NYN NL 34 78 5 11 5 0 0 1 3 24 0 .141 .173 .205 .378
2009 NYN NL 25 42 1 7 3 0 0 4 5 14 0 .167 .255 .238 .493
2010 NYN NL 29 62 2 11 3 0 1 1 0 22 0 .177 .177 .274 .452
2012 NYN NL 21 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 .086 .086 .086 .171
Career — — 360 248 11 40 12 1 1 9 9 78 0 .161 .191 .230 .421

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 360 98 232 19 16 .946