Sean Lowe vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Sean Lowe
Gen XTexasThrows 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 Sean Lowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johan Santana led in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 86), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 93). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Lowe and Johan Santana

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.53
60.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
4.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
9.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
5.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.096
1.096
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
40.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
5.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1705
34.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Sean Lowe and Johan Santana

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.379
0.379
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Lowe and Johan Santana

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
6200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-4.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
200
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA