Johan Santana is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on March 13, 1979 in Colonia Tovar, Aragua, Venezuela. He together with He and Francisco Liriano formed a dominant 1-2 pitching combo on the Twins. formed an impressive 1-2 pitching duo for the Twins.
Johan Alexander Santana Araque (/ˈ j oʊ h ɑː n / ; born March 13, 1979) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball starting pitcher. Santana pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012, sidelined by injury challenges since the 2012 season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana is a four-time All-Star and earned a pitching triple crown in 2006. On June 1, 2012, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, which is to date the only no-hitter in New York Mets history.
Santana won the pitching Major League Triple Crown, the first pitcher to do so since Dwight Gooden in 1985. He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Chien-Ming Wang in wins (19). He became the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win it with an ERA above 2.60.
He married Yasmile Garcia Santana in 1998. The couple has daughters Jasmine as well as Jasmily, and Johan Jr., his son. Johan Jr.
He pitched the very first Mets no-hitter on June 1, 2012.
Santana’s other second-half numbers were equally impressive: 11.13 strikeouts per nine innings, 1.21 ERA, 4.74 hits per nine innings, and 6.73 baserunners per nine innings. In addition, Santana set a team season record with 265 strikeouts, surpassing the old 258 mark registered by Bert Blyleven in 1973.
