Franklyn German vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Franklyn German
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Franklyn German as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johan Santana led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 59), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 77). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Franklyn German and Johan Santana

Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
8.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.25
56.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
8.79
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
6.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
6.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
41.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
33.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.97
41.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Franklyn German and Johan Santana

Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
8.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.142
0.142
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Franklyn German and Johan Santana

Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
93000
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Franklyn German
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA