Dennis Santana vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Dennis Santana
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Santana as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Santana led in home run suppression (HR9+ 214 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 90). Role difference aside, Dennis Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Santana and Tim Wakefield

Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
8.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
875
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
291.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
7.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
8.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.52
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1218
37.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
32.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Dennis Santana and Tim Wakefield

Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
8.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
875
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
291.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Santana and Tim Wakefield

Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
276
27600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
92.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA