Cal Howe vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Cal Howe
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Cal Howe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal Howe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.500 compared to 3.2 and 1.138 for Johan Santana. By the career numbers, Cal Howe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cal Howe and Johan Santana

Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
-0.2
-0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
7.67
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.83
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
31.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8262
36.71
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
3.43
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.132
1.132
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Cal Howe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Cal Howe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.5
31.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Cal Howe and Johan Santana

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

Hitting Stats for Cal Howe and Johan Santana

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