Mike Mayers vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Mike Mayers
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican 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 Mike Mayers 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 run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 89), home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 71), and strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 99). Mike Mayers held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 121). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mayers and Johan Santana

Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
5.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
9.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.61
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
9.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.83
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
39.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
35.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Mayers and Johan Santana

Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.99
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.137
0.137
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mayers and Johan Santana

Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
40800
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA