Tom Johnson vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Tom Johnson
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Tom Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Johnson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 144 vs 121), home run suppression (HR9+ 116 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 114). Johan Santana held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 102). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tom Johnson.

Pitching Stats for Tom Johnson and Johan Santana

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.62
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.16
62.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.72
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
3.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
9.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
3.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.948
0.948
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
38.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
34.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Tom Johnson and Johan Santana

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.98
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.465
0.465
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Johnson and Johan Santana

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
129
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA