Matt Grace vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Matt Grace
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational 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 Matt Grace 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 72), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 104), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 103). Matt Grace held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 121). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Johan Santana.

Pitching Stats for Matt Grace and Johan Santana

Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
9.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
4.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
10.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
2.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
6.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
39.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
4.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
35.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Matt Grace and Johan Santana

Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
9.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.144
0.144
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Grace and Johan Santana

Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
9927.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
4.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-27.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA