Brandon Bailey vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Brandon Bailey
MillenialColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 3.2 and 1.138 for Johan Santana. By the career numbers, Brandon Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Bailey and Johan Santana

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
7.67
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.68
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
36.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
3.43
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.227
1.227
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
31.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.82
36.82
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Brandon Bailey and Johan Santana

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Bailey and Johan Santana

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA