Ed Blake vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Ed Blake as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johan Santana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.138 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Johan Santana

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Johan Santana

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Johan Santana

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA