Ron Keller vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Ron Keller
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows 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 Ron Keller 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 3.38 and 1.453 for Ron Keller. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Keller and Johan Santana

Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
5.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.797
0.797
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
37.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
35.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Ron Keller and Johan Santana

Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Keller and Johan Santana

Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
3300
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA