Ed Head vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Ed Head
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Ed Head and Johan Santana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Johan Santana posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 3.48) and WHIP (1.138 vs 1.308). Ed Head had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.46 per nine innings vs 0.98). By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Head and Johan Santana

Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
54
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.92
44.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.48
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
8.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
3.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.822
0.822
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1953
37.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.66
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
34.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Ed Head and Johan Santana

Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6077
27
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025.2
9
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Head and Johan Santana

Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
119
460.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
123.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
116.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
37.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
131.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
150.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
50.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
108.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.46
48.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
96.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
65.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA