Johan Santana vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Sutter 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 105), home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 81), and run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 116). Bruce Sutter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 121). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Bruce Sutter

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
7.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
861
7.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.123
1.123
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4251
36.72
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
3.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Bruce Sutter

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Bruce Sutter

Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100