Johan Santana vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.138 compared to 3.31 and 1.355 for Tom Thomas. 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 Tom Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
2.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Tom Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Tom Thomas

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.44
24.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA