Josh Osich vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Josh Osich
MillenialIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational 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 Josh Osich 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 83), strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 78). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Josh Osich and Johan Santana

Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.42
68.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.06
64.06
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
9.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.01
9.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.84
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
3.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
8.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
39.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
5.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
35.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Josh Osich and Johan Santana

Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Osich and Johan Santana

Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
251
37650
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA