Jim Manning vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Jim Manning
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows 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 Jim Manning 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 5.14 and 2.143 for Jim Manning. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Manning and Johan Santana

Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.26
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
12.86
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
47.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Jim Manning and Johan Santana

Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.26
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Manning and Johan Santana

Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3000
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA