Tommy Johnson vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Tommy Johnson
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Tommy Johnson and Johan Santana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Johan Santana posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 4.79) and WHIP (1.138 vs 1.660). Tommy Johnson had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.29 per nine innings vs 0.98). By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Johnson and Johan Santana

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.9
56.9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
4.79
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
835
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
278.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
11.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.72
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
3.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283
41.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
6.53
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
36.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.49
41.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Tommy Johnson and Johan Santana

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
841
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
280.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.66
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.729
1.729
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.63
57.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Johnson and Johan Santana

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
323.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
562.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
69.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
13.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
95.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
1.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.5
56.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA