Carl Mays vs. Jose Santiago — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Santiago
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Santiago as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 4.36 and 1.482 for Jose Santiago. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Mays and Jose Santiago

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
6.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.66
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.59
43.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
897
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
10.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.84
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
2.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
4.61
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.829
0.829
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.39
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1314
39.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
4.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.39
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1186
35.7
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Jose Santiago

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
6.89
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.02
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.78
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.66
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.22
93.22
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Jose Santiago

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
229
19628.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
7.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
33.03
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA