Jose Mercedes vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Johan Santana a clear advantage over Jose Mercedes across the core pitching metrics. Johan Santana led in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 82), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 108), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 99). Jose Mercedes held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 100). Johan Santana was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Mercedes and Johan Santana

Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Jose Mercedes and Johan Santana

Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Mercedes and Johan Santana

Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA