Leroy Matlock vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Leroy Matlock
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Leroy Matlock and Johan Santana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Johan Santana posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 3.93) and WHIP (1.138 vs 1.312). Leroy Matlock had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.46 per nine innings vs 0.98). By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Leroy Matlock and Johan Santana

Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.63
64.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.06
64.06
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.17
74.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
3.93
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2340
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
780
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
793
9.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
2.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
4.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3312
38.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3006
34.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Leroy Matlock and Johan Santana

Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
1.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2939
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
979.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.87
69.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leroy Matlock and Johan Santana

Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
161
222.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
279
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
518.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
114.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
92.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
11
15.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
22.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.15
47.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
147.93
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
161.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
80.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
129.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.48
53.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.67
144.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
34.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA