Sam Howard vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Sam Howard
MillenialGeorgiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Sam Howard 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 5.34 and 1.516 for Sam Howard. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Howard and Johan Santana

Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
10.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.62
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
7.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.68
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
11.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.83
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.08
11.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.868
1.868
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
40.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Sam Howard and Johan Santana

Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
10.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Howard and Johan Santana

Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
61800
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA