Dan Jennings vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican 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 Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johan Santana led in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 82), walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 104). Dan Jennings held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 259 vs 100). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Johan Santana.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Johan Santana

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
7.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
3.64
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
34.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Johan Santana

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Johan Santana

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
25.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
30.11
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA