Johan Santana vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johan Santana built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Willis 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 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 80), and run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 107). Ron Willis held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 100). Role difference aside, Johan Santana holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Ron Willis

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.89
78.89
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
7.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
39.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.81
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Ron Willis

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Ron Willis

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
774.19
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA