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Dennis Santana
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Number
- #59
- Born
- April 12, 1996 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- June 1, 2018
- Salary, 2026
- $3.5M
- dbWAR
- 3.2 12 season(s)
- IP
- 54.2
- ERA
- 5.43
- FIP
- 5.17
- K/9
- 8.1
- FIP−
- 124 100 = avg
Dennis Santana is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 49 batters over 54.2 innings across 56 appearances, going 2-5. His ERA of 5.43 is 30.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 446th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.17 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.2% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.4%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PIT/AZ | 56 | 0 | 54.2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 33 | 49 | 24 | 5.43 | 5.17 | 1.41 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 130 | 124 | -0.2 | |
| 2025 | PIT | 70 | 0 | 70.1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 17 | 60 | 17 | 2.18 | 3.21 | 0.87 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 52 | 77 | 1.2 | |
| 2024 | PIT/NYY | 62 | 0 | 71.2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 31 | 69 | 21 | 3.89 | 3.01 | 1.09 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 95 | 74 | 1.4 | |
| 2023 | NYM | 9 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5.91 | 5.69 | 1.59 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 136 | 131 | -0.1 | |
| 2022 | TEX | 63 | 1 | 58.2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 34 | 54 | 28 | 5.22 | 3.35 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 131 | 84 | 0.8 | |
| 2021 | TEX/LAD | 55 | 0 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 26 | 46 | 32 | 4.28 | 4.36 | 1.46 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 100 | 102 | 0.3 | |
| 2020 | LAD | 12 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 5.29 | 5.72 | 1.29 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 119 | 128 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | LAD | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7.20 | 7.01 | 2.00 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 160 | 156 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | LAD | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12.27 | 2.61 | 1.91 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 296 | 63 | 0.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 132 | 115 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 30 | .287 | .379 | .522 | .388 | 22.7% |
| vs RHB | 108 | 97 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 19 | .206 | .280 | .381 | .294 | 17.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Dennis Santana throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Slider | 325 | 85.5 | 2,589 | 51.7% | 37.2% | 76 | .263 | .815 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 244 | 94.1 | 2,431 | 45.9% | 17.8% | 55 | .218 | .822 | |
| Changeup | 127 | 88.0 | 2,319 | 38.6% | 28.3% | 29 | .241 | .877 | |
| Sinker | 111 | 93.9 | 2,380 | 36.0% | 10.9% | 37 | .243 | .615 | |
| Cutter | 91 | 90.0 | 2,547 | 51.6% | 24.4% | 15 | .333 | .775 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.