Roy Joiner vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Roy Joiner
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Roy Joiner 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 5.28 and 1.771 for Roy Joiner. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Joiner and Johan Santana

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
13.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.25
13.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.69
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
3.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
42.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.28
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.771
1.771
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
39.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.74
42.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Roy Joiner and Johan Santana

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6077
27
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025.2
9
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Joiner and Johan Santana

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
1300
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
31.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
40
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA