Silvio
Santacruz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 10, 1992 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2017   
Cy Young Award 2017   
Rookie of the Year 2016   
All-Star Selections 2017    2020    2021   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 20 MIL NL   8 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 6
2014 21 NYA AL   9 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 7
2015 22 NYA AL   9 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8
2016 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 9
2017 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
2018 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10
2019 26 NYA AL $ 2,700,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 10
2020 27 NYA AL $ 6,471,429 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 10
2021 28 NYA AL $ 16,250,000 8 7 7 7 9 10 9 9 10 10
2022 29 NYA AL $ 16,250,000 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,250,000 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2013 20 A   3 1 .750 14 6 1 1 0 57.7 53 21 5 29 32 3.28 .256 .347 .406 .753  
2014 21 AAA   0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.3 21 13 3 9 11 7.16 .309 .390 .471 .860  
    AA   13 4 .765 27 27 0 0 0 178.3 175 76 16 79 110 3.84 .260 .338 .395 .733  
2015 22 AAA   14 10 .583 30 30 0 0 0 191.3 167 75 17 83 186 3.53 .230 .309 .357 .667  
2016 23 NYA AL 16 7 .696 35 35 3 2 0 236.3 218 93 20 62 210 3.54 .242 .289 .344 .634 18.4
2017 24 NYA AL 23 5 .821 34 34 3 1 0 253.3 233 78 15 44 223 2.77 .241 .273 .317 .590 27.7
2018 25 NYA AL 13 13 .500 33 33 3 2 0 213.7 244 98 16 46 179 4.13 .284 .319 .373 .692 14.0
2019 26 NYA AL 21 1 .955 34 34 8 3 0 255.0 237 67 9 42 194 2.36 .242 .272 .296 .567 28.1
2020 27 NYA AL 22 4 .846 33 33 2 1 0 232.7 230 64 4 48 183 2.48 .253 .290 .304 .594 24.7
2021 28 NYA AL 19 6 .760 33 33 6 4 0 241.0 226 79 6 44 170 2.95 .245 .279 .296 .575 20.4
2022 29 NYA AL 14 5 .737 25 25 3 0 0 172.0 145 47 9 42 126 2.46 .226 .273 .307 .580 16.7
7 Years Sim 128 41 .757 227 227 28 13 0 1604.0 1533 526 79 328 1285 2.95 .248 .285 .319 .604 150.0
2 Years AAA 14 13 .519 33 33 0 0 0 207.7 188 88 20 92 197 3.81 .237 .316 .367 .683  
1 Years AA 13 4 .765 27 27 0 0 0 178.3 175 76 16 79 110 3.84 .260 .338 .395 .733  
1 Years A 3 1 .750 14 6 1 1 0 57.7 53 21 5 29 32 3.28 .256 .347 .406 .753  
4 Years Minors 30 18 .625 74 66 1 1 0 443.7 416 185 41 200 339 3.75 .249 .329 .383 .712  
Season Average 18 5 .783 32 32 4 1 0 229.1 219 75 11 46 183 2.95 .248 .285 .319 .604  
Career Highs 23 13 .955 35 35 8 4 0 255.0 244 98 20 62 223 4.13 .284 .319 .373 .692  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   774 266 39 159 706   .240 .275 .305 .580
vs LH   759 260 40 169 579   .258 .298 .336 .633
Home 59 24 .711 120 120 11 6 0 817.0 814 298 48 181 676 3.28 .257 .297 .334 .632
Away 69 17 .802 107 107 17 7 0 787.0 719 228 31 147 609 2.61 .239 .274 .304 .578
Mar/Apr 21 6 .778 36 36 5 3 0 251.0 211 69 17 66 220 2.47 .226 .277 .308 .585
May 18 11 .621 37 37 5 2 0 246.0 262 113 14 50 200 4.13 .268 .304 .355 .659
June 19 6 .760 34 34 6 1 0 239.3 235 95 15 47 181 3.57 .254 .290 .337 .627
July 25 4 .862 37 37 7 4 0 277.3 251 66 10 41 219 2.14 .238 .267 .295 .562
August 23 8 .742 41 41 3 2 0 287.7 280 104 13 54 229 3.25 .249 .284 .314 .598
Sep/Oct 22 6 .786 42 42 3 2 0 302.7 294 79 10 70 236 2.35 .253 .295 .311 .606
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2016 23 NYA AL P 35 35 236.3 13 25 1 3 .974 1.45    
2017 24 NYA AL P 34 34 253.3 11 35 1 4 .979 1.63    
2018 25 NYA AL P 33 33 213.7 7 27 2 4 .944 1.43    
2019 26 NYA AL P 34 34 255.0 12 31 1 2 .977 1.52    
2020 27 NYA AL P 33 33 232.7 17 28 1 1 .978 1.74    
2021 28 NYA AL P 33 33 241.0 11 25 2 3 .947 1.34    
2022 29 NYA AL P 25 25 172.0 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.47    
Career Totals   227 227 1604.0 76 194 8 19 .971 1.51    
Career Highs   35 35 255.0 17 35 2 4 1.000 1.74    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2017 24 NYA AL 3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 29.3 33 13 1 5 31 3.99 .277 .306 .353 .659
2019 26 NYA AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 20 4 0 3 11 2.92 .364 .397 .418 .815
2020 27 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.7 11 10 1 6 9 9.32 .282 .378 .410 .788
2021 28 NYA AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 12 4 1 2 14 2.00 .188 .212 .297 .509
2022 29 NYA AL 6 0 1.000 7 7 1 1 0 47.3 38 9 2 11 33 1.71 .216 .262 .273 .535
Career Post-Season Pitching 11 5 .688 19 19 1 1 0 116.7 114 40 5 27 98 3.09 .252 .294 .327 .620
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 24 NYA AL 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
2022 29 NYA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2016-7-3.54
2017-3-2.77
2019-4-2.36
2020-3-2.48
2021-7-2.95
2022-5-2.46
CAR-16-2.95
Wins
2016-10-16
2017-1-23
2019-3-21
2020-2-22
2021-4-19
Winning Pct
2016-8-.696
2017-2-.821
2019-1-.955
2020-2-.846
2021-3-.760
2022-4-.737
CAR-2-.757
Games Started
2016-10-35
Complete Games
2016-5-3
2017-8-3
2019-3-8
2021-3-6
CAR-22-28
Shutouts
2016-2-2
2017-7-1
2018-6-2
2019-3-3
2020-9-1
2021-1-4
CAR-15-13
Innings Pitched
2016-6-236.3
2017-1-253.3
2019-6-255.0
2021-6-241.0
Hits Allowed
2017-9-233
2018-7-244
2019-7-237
Strikeouts
2016-10-210
2017-4-223
Walks per 9IP
2017-7-1.6
2018-10-1.9
2019-4-1.5
2021-5-1.6
CAR-27-1.8
Hits per 9IP
2022-5-7.6
WHiP
2016-6-1.18
2017-2-1.09
2019-7-1.09
2020-7-1.19
2021-7-1.12
2022-5-1.09
CAR-28-1.16
OAVG
2022-5-.226
OOBP
2016-5-.289
2017-2-.273
2019-4-.272
2020-6-.290
2021-7-.279
2022-5-.273
CAR-20-.285
OSLG
2016-8-.344
2017-4-.317
2019-5-.296
2020-5-.304
2021-5-.296
2022-6-.307
CAR-20-.319
OOPS
2016-3-.634
2017-2-.590
2019-5-.567
2020-6-.594
2021-6-.575
2022-5-.580
CAR-15-.604
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 107    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 135th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 2013
Traded from Milwaukee to New York (A) on 2/1/2014 (Going to MIL: C Dioner Navarro, P Zack Greinke, DH Jayce Tingler. Going to NYA: C Pedro Magana, P Silvio Santacruz)
Earned first career win on 4/4/2016
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2016, going 6-0, 0.82
Pitched NO-HITTER against Boston on 5/24/2016, striking out 10
Won Rookie of the Year in 2016, going 16-7, 3.54 ERA
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2017
Won Cy Young Award in 2017, going 23-5, 2.77 ERA
1/29/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,700,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2019, going 6-0, 1.56
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2019, going 3-0, 0.95
1/29/2020: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,471,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game
7/14/2020: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $16,250,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2020, going 3-1, 1.01
Injured on 3/8/2021 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2021, going 4-0, 0.81
Injured on 10/9/2021 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/1/2022 with a Broken Elbow, out for 7-8 weeks