Frank Hoffman vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Frank Hoffman
Pre-GenerationalMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief 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 Frank Hoffman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Hoffman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.77 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 3.2 and 1.138 for Johan Santana. By the career numbers, Frank Hoffman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Hoffman and Johan Santana

Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.78
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.89
78.89
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
8.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
39.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
6.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.385
1.385
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
35.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Frank Hoffman and Johan Santana

Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.78
83.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.583
2.583
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Hoffman and Johan Santana

Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
160
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
80
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
35.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
160
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
32.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
2.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA