Roy Face vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face 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 3.48 and 1.320 for Roy Face. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Johan Santana

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.62
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.26
52.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
3.48
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5691
37.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
3.87
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Johan Santana

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Johan Santana

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA