Miguel Garcia vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Miguel Garcia
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Miguel Garcia 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 8.41 and 2.262 for Miguel Garcia. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Miguel Garcia and Johan Santana

Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
6.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.131
1.131
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
45.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.98
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.115
2.115
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
38.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.59
45.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Miguel Garcia and Johan Santana

Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
6.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Miguel Garcia and Johan Santana

Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
8400
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Miguel Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA