Johan Santana vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 82), run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 92), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 94). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Bryan Shaw

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
3.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
8.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
8.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3270
38.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
4.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2904
34.19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Bryan Shaw

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Bryan Shaw

Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA