Jason Grilli vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows 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 Jason Grilli 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 run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 85). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Johan Santana

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
8.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.83
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2599
34.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Johan Santana

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Johan Santana

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
30.11
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA