Bill James vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill James and Johan Santana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill James carried a career ERA of 3.2 against Johan Santana's 3.2. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill James and Johan Santana — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Johan Santana

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
3.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1110
8.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4958
37.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
4.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Johan Santana

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6077
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025.2
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Johan Santana

Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
279
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.08
19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.26
13.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA