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Edgar Santana

Age
30
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
205 lb
Number
#67
Born
October 16, 1991 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
June 10, 2017
dbWAR
1.0
4 season(s)
IP
42.2
ERA
3.59
FIP
4.60
K/9
7.0
FIP−
108
100 = avg

Edgar Santana was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2021 he struck out 33 batters over 42.2 innings across 41 appearances, going 3-0. His ERA of 3.59 was 15.9% lower than the league average of 4.27 — 8th of 19 on his team, and 200th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.60 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.6% of swings (13.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.9%. His 0.1 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, 2021.

FIP4.60
K/97.0
WHIP1.15
WAR.1

WAR by season

0.80.40.0171821

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021ATL41042.2300371733123.594.601.157.02.5841080.1
2018PIT69066.1340612454123.263.581.107.31.678860.8
2017PIT19018.000016720123.504.551.5610.06.0801040.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021ATL11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-116-0.0—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB7164110710.172.254.203.21114.1%
vs RHB10498267523.265.301.500.33922.1%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

Pitch sequencing

What Edgar 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.

Sinker63.4%38794.32,20244.2%15.8%104.260.780
Slider35.1%21486.62,20947.7%44.7%55.182.465
Edgar Santana's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

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.