Alimber Santa
Dominican baseball player (born 2003)
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Alimber Daviel Santa (born May 3, 2003) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2026.
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| Alimber Santa | |
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Santa at the 2025 All-Star Futures Game | |
| Houston Astros – No. 72 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: May 3, 2003 Azua, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 25, 2026, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics (through July 8, 2026) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 1.17 |
| Strikeouts | 9 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Career
On February 28, 2020, Santa signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent.[1] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Santa made his professional debut in 2021, splitting the season between the Dominican Summer League Astros and rookie-level Florida Complex League Astros. He made three appearances split between the FCL Astros and Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers in 2022, pitching to a 13.50 earned run average (ERA) with four strikeouts over two innings pitched.[3]
Santa returned to Fayetteville for the 2023 season, registering a 3-9 record and 5.98 ERA with 119 strikeouts across 87+1⁄3 innings pitched.[4] He split the 2024 season between the FCL Astros, the Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. In 19 appearances for the three affiliates, Santa posted a combined 1-2 record and 6.47 ERA with 49 strikeouts and one save across 40+1⁄3 innings pitched.[5]
Santa began the 2025 season with Double-A Corpus Christi. He was selected to represent the Astros organization at the 2025 All-Star Futures Game.[6]
On May 22, 2026, Santa was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[7] He made his MLB debut on May 25, pitching the final two innings of a combined no-hitter against the Texas Rangers.[8] Santa's first career strikeout secured the final out of the combined no-hitter.[9] Santa finished the no-hitter in relief of the starter, Tatsuya Imai and reliever Steven Okert. Santa became just the second pitcher in MLB history to pitch in a no-hitter in their major league debut. The first was Bumpus Jones, who did so in 1892 for the Cincinnati Reds.[10]