Aníbal Sánchez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 207lb (183cm, 93kg)

Born: February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Venezuela ve

High School: U. E. San Pedro Alesandrino (Maracay, Venezuela)

Debut: June 25, 2006 (Age 22-118d, 18,922nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2023 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2023): 15.083 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: Mato Sports Management • Previously: Relativity Baseball

Full Name: Aníbal Alejandro Sánchez

Nicknames: Sanchie or Alejo

Pronunciation: \Ah-knee-ball\

Twitter: @AnibalSanchez19

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.9

28.0

116

119

ERA

4.28

4.06

364

341

69.1

2017.2

1774

WHIP

1.269

1.311

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2003			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2004	20	BOS-min	A-	4	4	.500	1.77	15	15	0	0	0	0	76.1	43	24	15	3	29	0	101	6	1	2	310			0.943	5.1	0.4	3.4	11.9	3.48	LOW NYPL
2005	21	BOS-min	A+,AA	9	6	.600	2.85	25	25	0	0	0	0	136.0	106	53	43	12	40	2	158	8	1	9	557			1.074	7.0	0.8	2.6	10.5	3.95	WMT,PRT CARL,EL
2006	22	FLA-min	AA	3	6	.333	3.15	15	15	0	2	1	0	85.2	82	41	30	7	27	1	92	2	0	4	366			1.272	8.6	0.7	2.8	9.7	3.41	CAR SOUL
2006	22	FLA	NL	10	3	.769	2.83	18	17	0	2	1	0	114.1	90	39	36	9	46	1	72	4	1	4	469	153	4.22	1.190	7.1	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.57	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	2	1	.667	4.80	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	43	17	16	3	19	1	14	2	0	3	151	92	5.71	2.067	12.9	0.9	5.7	4.2	0.74
2008	24	FLA-min	AA,A+,Rk	2	0	1.000	2.89	5	5	0	1	0	0	28.0	23	9	9	0	10	0	25	0	0	1	110			1.179	7.4	0.0	3.2	8.0	2.50	CAR,JUP,JUM SOUL,FLOR,GULF
2008	24	FLA	NL	2	5	.286	5.57	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.2	54	35	32	7	27	2	50	6	0	1	241	78	4.87	1.568	9.4	1.2	4.7	8.7	1.85
2009	25	FLA-min	A+,AA,Rk	2	0	1.000	1.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.1	15	6	5	1	8	0	20	0	0	2	101			0.873	5.1	0.3	2.7	6.8	2.50	JUP,JCK,JUM FLOR,SOUL,GULF
2009	25	FLA	NL	4	8	.333	3.87	16	16	0	0	0	0	86.0	84	39	37	10	46	5	71	1	1	0	383	111	4.60	1.512	8.8	1.0	4.8	7.4	1.54
2010	26	FLA	NL	13	12	.520	3.55	32	32	0	1	1	0	195.0	192	89	77	10	70	5	157	7	0	7	841	117	3.32	1.344	8.9	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.24
2011	27	FLA	NL	8	9	.471	3.67	32	32	0	3	2	0	196.1	187	85	80	20	64	8	202	5	5	4	830	106	3.35	1.278	8.6	0.9	2.9	9.3	3.16
2012	28	TOT	MLB	9	13	.409	3.86	31	31	0	1	1	0	195.2	200	95	84	20	48	3	167	5	1	7	820	108	3.53	1.267	9.2	0.9	2.2	7.7	3.48
2012	28	MIA	NL	5	7	.417	3.94	19	19	0	0	0	0	121.0	119	59	53	12	33	2	110	2	1	4	504	104	3.43	1.256	8.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	3.33
2012	28	DET	AL	4	6	.400	3.74	12	12	0	1	1	0	74.2	81	36	31	8	15	1	57	3	0	3	316	114	3.68	1.286	9.8	1.0	1.8	6.9	3.80
2013	29	DET-min	A+	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6			1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	0.0		LAK FLOR
2013	29	DET	AL	14	8	.636	2.57	29	29	0	1	1	0	182.0	156	56	52	9	54	1	202	2	0	7	746	162	2.39	1.154	7.7	0.4	2.7	10.0	3.74	CYA-4
2014	30	DET	AL	8	5	.615	3.43	22	21	0	0	0	0	126.0	108	55	48	4	30	1	102	3	0	5	514	113	2.71	1.095	7.7	0.3	2.1	7.3	3.40
2015	31	DET	AL	10	10	.500	4.99	25	25	0	1	1	0	157.0	152	89	87	29	49	1	138	1	3	5	660	80	4.73	1.280	8.7	1.7	2.8	7.9	2.82
2016	32	DET	AL	7	13	.350	5.87	35	26	3	0	0	0	153.1	171	108	100	30	53	1	135	5	2	7	668	73	5.06	1.461	10.0	1.8	3.1	7.9	2.55
2017	33	DET-min	AAA,A	0	3	.000	5.03	5	5	0	0	0	0	19.2	22	12	11	3	7	0	23	0	0	0	86			1.475	10.1	1.4	3.2	10.5	3.29	TOL,WMI IL,MIDW
2017	33	DET	AL	3	7	.300	6.41	28	17	6	0	0	0	105.1	139	81	75	26	29	1	104	4	1	5	482	70	5.33	1.595	11.9	2.2	2.5	8.9	3.59
2018	34	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	10.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	8	8	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	32			1.950	12.2	2.7	5.4	12.2	2.25	GWI IL
2018	34	ATL	NL	7	6	.538	2.83	25	24	0	0	0	0	136.2	106	48	43	15	42	0	135	4	0	4	553	144	3.62	1.083	7.0	1.0	2.8	8.9	3.21
2019	35	WSN	NL	11	8	.579	3.85	30	30	0	0	0	0	166.0	153	77	71	22	58	10	134	4	3	1	712	117	4.44	1.271	8.3	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.31
2020	36	WSN	NL	4	5	.444	6.62	11	11	0	0	0	0	53.0	70	40	39	11	18	2	43	3	2	0	245	67	5.46	1.660	11.9	1.9	3.1	7.3	2.39

2022	38	WSN-min	AAA,Rk	0	1	.000	4.02	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	13	8	7	0	8	0	15	1	0	0	69			1.340	7.5	0.0	4.6	8.6	1.88	ROC,NAT IL,FCL
2022	38	WSN	NL	4	6	.400	4.28	14	14	0	0	0	0	69.1	55	34	33	13	33	2	48	4	0	2	292	91	5.77	1.269	7.1	1.7	4.3	6.2	1.45
16 Yrs				116	119	.494	4.06	364	341	9	9	7	0	2017.2	1960	987	910	238	686	44	1774	60	19	62	8607	103	4.00	1.311	8.7	1.1	3.1	7.9	2.59
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.494	4.06	35	33	1	1	1	0	195	189	95	88	23	66	4	171	6	2	6	830	103	4.00	1.311	8.7	1.1	3.1	7.9	2.59
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
MIA (7 yrs)				44	45	.494	3.75	133	132	0	6	4	0	794.1	769	363	331	71	305	24	676	27	8	23	3419	111	3.80	1.352	8.7	0.8	3.5	7.7	2.22
DET (6 yrs)				46	49	.484	4.43	151	130	9	3	3	0	798.1	807	425	393	106	230	6	738	18	6	32	3386	94	3.92	1.299	9.1	1.2	2.6	8.3	3.21
WSN (3 yrs)				19	19	.500	4.46	55	55	0	0	0	0	288.1	278	151	143	46	109	14	225	11	5	3	1249	97	4.95	1.342	8.7	1.4	3.4	7.0	2.06
ATL (1 yr)				7	6	.538	2.83	25	24	0	0	0	0	136.2	106	48	43	15	42	0	135	4	0	4	553	144	3.62	1.083	7.0	1.0	2.8	8.9	3.21

NL (11 yrs)				70	70	.500	3.82	213	211	0	6	4	0	1219.1	1153	562	517	132	456	38	1036	42	13	30	5221	110	4.05	1.320	8.5	1.0	3.4	7.6	2.27
AL (6 yrs)				46	49	.484	4.43	151	130	9	3	3	0	798.1	807	425	393	106	230	6	738	18	6	32	3386	94	3.92	1.299	9.1	1.2	2.6	8.3	3.21

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