Ellis Johnson vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Ellis Johnson
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Ellis 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 5.93 and 1.500 for Ellis 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 Ellis Johnson and Johan Santana

Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.098
1.098
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
41.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.16
41.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Ellis Johnson and Johan Santana

Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6077
27
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025.2
9
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ellis Johnson and Johan Santana

Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
685.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
19.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ellis Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA