Johan Santana vs. Dode Smith — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dode Smith
UnknownThrows LeftCincinnati-Cleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Dode Smith 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 6 and 1.667 for Dode Smith. By the career numbers, Johan Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Dode Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Dode Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Dode Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA