Charlie Guth vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Charlie Guth
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Charlie Guth 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 5 and 1.444 for Charlie Guth. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Guth and Johan Santana

Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.62
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.06
64.06
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.89
78.89
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Charlie Guth and Johan Santana

Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Guth and Johan Santana

Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Guth
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA