Carl Mays vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Carl Mays and Johan Santana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Carl Mays posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.92 vs 3.2) and home runs allowed (0.22 per nine innings vs 0.98). Johan Santana had the advantage in WHIP (1.138 vs 1.207). By the career numbers, Carl Mays 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 Carl Mays and Johan Santana

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
0.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.62
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.16
62.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.33
66.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12385
36.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
3.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.207
1.207
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.89
36.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Johan Santana

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6077
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025.2
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Johan Santana

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
279
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
16.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
29.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
57
122.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA