Johan Santana career strikeouts (pitching)
1,988Career Regular Season
Johan Santana has recorded 1,988 strikeouts (pitching) over 12 regular seasons, 97th among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 265 in 2004.
- Most recent: 111 in 2012.
Sum of 12 regular seasons, 2000 through 2012. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 |  MIN | 30 | 2 | 3 | 6.49 | 86.0 | 64 | 54 | 1.81 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIN | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 43.2 | 28 | 16 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 2002 | MIN | 27 | 8 | 6 | 2.99 | 108.1 | 137 | 49 | 1.23 | 1 |
| 2003 | MIN | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3.07 | 158.1 | 169 | 47 | 1.10 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 34 | 20 | 6 | 2.61 | 228.0 | 265 | 54 | 0.92 | 0 |
| 2005 | MIN | 33 | 16 | 7 | 2.87 | 231.2 | 238 | 45 | 0.97 | 0 |
| 2006 | MIN | 34 | 19 | 6 | 2.77 | 233.2 | 245 | 47 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2007 | MIN | 33 | 15 | 13 | 3.33 | 219.0 | 235 | 52 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 2008 |  NYM | 34 | 16 | 7 | 2.53 | 234.1 | 206 | 63 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 2009 | NYM | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3.13 | 166.2 | 146 | 46 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 2010 | NYM | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2.98 | 199.0 | 144 | 55 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2012 | NYM | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4.85 | 117.0 | 111 | 39 | 1.33 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV