Johan Santana vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Thomas 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 run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 100), walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 90), and strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 109). Roy Thomas held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 100). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Roy Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.35
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.06
64.06
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
8.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
6.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.157
1.157
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Roy Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Roy Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA