Eduardo Salazar vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Eduardo Salazar
Gen ZVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaWashington NationalsNational 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 Eduardo Salazar as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johan Santana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.138 compared to 5.99 and 1.868 for Eduardo Salazar. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eduardo Salazar and Johan Santana

Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
8.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.99
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
12.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.274
1.274
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.64
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
43.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.868
1.868
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
37.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.81
43.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Eduardo Salazar and Johan Santana

Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
8.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.66
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eduardo Salazar and Johan Santana

Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
64
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eduardo Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA