Lou Johnson vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Lou Johnson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Lou Johnson 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 6.06 and 1.806 for Lou Johnson. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Johnson and Johan Santana

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
12.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
42.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.806
1.806
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Lou Johnson and Johan Santana

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.73
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Johnson and Johan Santana

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
23.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
27.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA