Johan Santana vs. Dilson Torres — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dilson Torres
Gen XVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Dilson Torres 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 6.09 and 1.692 for Dilson Torres. 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 Dilson Torres

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
11.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.45
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
5.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.015
1.015
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
40.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.647
1.647
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
36.54
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Dilson Torres

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.44
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Dilson Torres

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
600
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Dilson Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Dilson Torres
Career
Per 600 PA