Johan Santana

Toronto Blue Jays

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Johan Santana threw 11,817 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2012, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Change (78mph), also mixing in a Slider (81mph) and Sinker (89mph).


In 2012, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slightly below average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their change generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, has below average velo and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their slider has primarily 12-6 movement. Their sinker generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has less armside run than typical.