1984
Born February 27, 1984
Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Aníbal Sánchez Marquee
b. February 27, 1984 · Florida Marlins 2006–2011, Miami Marlins 2012, Detroit Tigers 2012–2017, Atlanta Braves 2018, Washington Nationals 2019–2020, 2022
Aníbal Sánchez threw a no-hitter for Florida in September 2006, thirteen starts into his career. Thirteen years later he opened the National League Championship Series for Washington by carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning, and won a World Series that October.
In between came six seasons in Detroit, including 1,774 career strikeouts and the 2013 American League earned run average title at 2.57, and a stretch of shoulder trouble that had him pitching for a minor league deal by 2018.
Born in Maracay, Venezuela in 1984, Sánchez finished 116-119 across seventeen seasons with a 4.06 earned run average, and returned to Washington for one final year in 2022.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Week | 1 | 2006 |
| Rookie of the Month | 1 | 2006 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | FLA | 18 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .114 |
| 2007 | FLA | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .091 |
| 2008 | FLA | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .000 |
| 2009 | FLA | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 |
| 2010 | FLA | 33 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .102 |
| 2011 | FLA | 32 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .123 |
| 2012 | DET/MIA | 31 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .100 |
| 2013 | DET | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | DET | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| 2015 | DET | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | DET | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2017 | DET | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2018 | ATL | 25 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | .024 |
| 2019 | WSN | 30 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | .115 |
| 2020 | WSN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | WSN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 365 | 346 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 169 | 0 | .084 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | FLA | 10 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 114.1 | 90 | 36 | 46 | 72 | 2.83 |
| 2007 | FLA | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30.0 | 43 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 4.80 |
| 2008 | FLA | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.2 | 54 | 32 | 27 | 50 | 5.57 |
| 2009 | FLA | 4 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 86.0 | 84 | 37 | 46 | 71 | 3.87 |
| 2010 | FLA | 13 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 195.0 | 192 | 77 | 70 | 157 | 3.55 |
| 2011 | FLA | 8 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 196.1 | 187 | 80 | 64 | 202 | 3.67 |
| 2012 | DET/MIA | 9 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 195.2 | 200 | 84 | 48 | 167 | 3.86 |
| 2013 | DET | 14 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 182.0 | 156 | 52 | 54 | 202 | 2.57 |
| 2014 | DET | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 126.0 | 108 | 48 | 30 | 102 | 3.43 |
| 2015 | DET | 10 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 157.0 | 152 | 87 | 49 | 138 | 4.99 |
| 2016 | DET | 7 | 13 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 153.1 | 171 | 100 | 53 | 135 | 5.87 |
| 2017 | DET | 3 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 105.1 | 139 | 75 | 29 | 104 | 6.41 |
| 2018 | ATL | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 136.2 | 106 | 43 | 42 | 135 | 2.83 |
| 2019 | WSN | 11 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 166.0 | 153 | 71 | 58 | 134 | 3.85 |
| 2020 | WSN | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 53.0 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 43 | 6.62 |
| 2022 | WSN | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 69.1 | 55 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 4.28 |
| Career | — | 116 | 119 | 364 | 341 | 0 | 2017.2 | 1960 | 910 | 686 | 1774 | 4.06 |
On this day & linked events
2006
Major-league debut: Aníbal Sánchez
Aníbal Sánchez made a major-league debut on June 25, 2006.
2006
Aníbal Sánchez's No-Hitter
Aníbal Sánchez threw a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins against the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 6, 2006, winning 2–0.
2022
Final major-league game: Aníbal Sánchez
Aníbal Sánchez played a final major-league game on October 1, 2022.