Johan Santana vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Johan Santana a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Johan Santana led in run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 84). Johan Santana was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Tim Wakefield

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Tim Wakefield

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
1.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Tim Wakefield

Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA