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Johan Santana
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 230 of 1218 players
Santana
Johan Alexander Santana
Born: March 13, 1979 at Tovar, Venezuela
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.00 Weight: 195

Johan Santana has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 12 times, most recently on September 16, 2023.

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First Mets game: March 31, 2008
Last Mets game: August 17, 2012

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Sal Genovese
February 12, 2008
I got flashbacks of the Frank Viola trade here. We sent Aguilera our best reliever for some over-the-hill guy. We also thought that Zambrano was the answer and we gave up the league leader in strikeouts, that's all. Which one of these kids we gave up is gonna win Cy Young in two years is all I gotta say.

cholorad
February 18, 2008
The deal sounds too good to be true. My Mets fan paranoia makes me leery of what in paper appears to be a great event for the Mets organization. I hope this website is still around in the next few years to read the comments that will be posted during Johan's tenure with Mets.

JakkSplatt
August 28, 2008
I'm a huge Twins fan, and i've got to say we were sorry to see him go. I've had the honor of sitting in the second row off first base for 30 or so games the last three seasons. Many of which Johan started. There is nothing like seeing him strike out 10 plus batters and have it complimented by some great hitting support. I've seen a lot of baseball over the years stretching from Rollie Fingers throwing side-arm back when I kid, Reggie Jackson and Rod Carew DHing for the Angels, early careers of Wally Joyner and Mark Maguire, I saw Bo Jackson a handful of times, WOW. None as exciting as being at a game with Santana throwing a ton of strikes and helping my team get it done. We miss Johan. Thoroughly enjoy him Mets fans; he's Amazing.

shea73
October 1, 2008
An absolute stud pitcher and a class act. We Mets fans are truly lucky to have the opportunity to see a genuine ace pitch for the Mets again. His final 2008 complete game, 9K's shut-out performance of the Marlins on three days rest with the pressure of the entire season on his shoulders, was a performance for the ages. Santana is not only a brilliant pitcher, but a gutsy one as well. Because of the Mets now legendary awful bullpen, he probably won't get the Cy Young Award. But he surely deserves it. So while the 2008 season went down in flames, I will be happy this winter knowing this class act of a Met will be pitching here for many years to come.

Jersee Jerry
October 13, 2008
Once in a lifetime a pitcher comes along that changes everything. Seaver, Koosman, Gooden, Cone. Santana. I remember on WFAN this year on more than one occasion was it mentioned that for Johan to be considered great he would have to have a signature game. Does Game 161 qualify? He asked for the ball, ASKED FOR IT on 3 games rest no less. That performance in my mind erased the last 2 years. AND HE THREW THE GAME on a bad knee to boot. For all the excuses, and poor pitching performances recently (at this point insert Tom Glavine's Game 162 in 2007) he is the total polar opposite 7-0 after the All Star Break. He is undoubtedly our pitching leader. Omar I gotta give you credit on this acquisition.

Joe Figliola
October 27, 2008
Yes, Johan's performance in game 161 was very Tiger Woods-like in terms of dealing with a physical adversity on the road to triumph.

I wonder if Johan had originally aggravated the knee while running the bases. On 27 July, during a Mets win against the Cardinals, he had two hits late in the game and he absolutely was MOTORING around the bases. Hope he doesn't lose any of that foot speed next year, because he's a pretty fair batsman. Oh, yeah, and a great pitcher, too!

CJ
October 29, 2008
I had the pleasure of being at Shea for the last time when Johan pitched that 2-0 shutout against the Marlins.

John L.
November 13, 2008
I've been going to Shea for 35 years now, and I don't think I have ever seen it as electric as when Santana pitched his complete game shutout against the Marlins on the final Saturday at Shea.

Tom L
May 16, 2009
4 wins with 2 loses and a 0.78 ERA.

And I thought Seaver was hard luck.

Tom Delgado
June 1, 2012
First no-hitter in Mets history!

THANK YOU JOHAN!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME BELIEVE AGAIN!!!!!








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