Wesley Hardeman vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Wesley Hardeman
Greatest GenerationTexasNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro American 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 Wesley Hardeman 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 13.5 and 2.500 for Wesley Hardeman. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wesley Hardeman and Johan Santana

Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
22.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.5
22.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
49.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
49.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.5
49.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Wesley Hardeman and Johan Santana

Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Wesley Hardeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Hardeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wesley Hardeman and Johan Santana

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