Mike Gonzalez vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Mike Gonzalez
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth 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 Mike Gonzalez 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 87), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 124), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 112). Mike Gonzalez held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 137 vs 100). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Johan Santana.

Pitching Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Johan Santana

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
7.67
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
4.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
10.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.83
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.611
1.611
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1902
38.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
3.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1646
33.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Johan Santana

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.112
0.112
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Johan Santana

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
509
101800
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
25.81
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
30.11
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA