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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
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- dbWAR
- 3.3 Regular season, 12 season(s)
- IP
- 56.2
- ERA
- 5.56
- FIP
- 5.15
- K/9
- 7.8
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Dennis Santana is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 49 batters over 56.2 innings across 57 appearances, going 2-5. His ERA of 5.56 was 32.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 452nd of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.15 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.8% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PIT/AZ | 57 | 0 | 56.2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 35 | 49 | 25 | 5.56 | 5.15 | 1.43 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 133 | 123 | -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 Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 137 | 120 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 30 | .292 | .380 | .517 | .387 | 21.9% |
| vs RHB | 113 | 101 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 19 | .208 | .286 | .376 | .295 | 16.8% |
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 | 339 | 85.5 | 2,588 | 50.7% | 36.5% | 81 | .259 | .797 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 249 | 94.1 | 2,430 | 46.2% | 17.2% | 57 | .211 | .796 | |
| Changeup | 130 | 88.1 | 2,318 | 38.5% | 28.6% | 31 | .290 | .946 | |
| Sinker | 115 | 93.9 | 2,381 | 36.5% | 10.9% | 37 | .243 | .615 | |
| Cutter | 96 | 90.0 | 2,546 | 52.1% | 23.4% | 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.