Johan Santana vs. Vic Willis — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Vic Willis
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Johan Santana and Vic Willis are fairly close on the surface numbers. Vic Willis posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.2) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 0.98). Johan Santana had the advantage in WHIP (1.138 vs 1.209). By the career numbers, Vic Willis had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Johan Santana and Vic Willis

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
1.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.26
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
0.56
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.46
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.85
54.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.89
78.89
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.81
91.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
0.87
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
3.2
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
2.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11988
27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3996
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3621
8.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
0.98
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212
2.73
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
3.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.35
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8262
36.71
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16263
36.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1620
3.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7563
33.6
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14895
33.55
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.71
36.71
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Vic Willis

Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.6
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
1.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
0.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12291
27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4097
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.44
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
0.85
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
2.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
3.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
3.34
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.895
2.895
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.61
78.61
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.14
49.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.07
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Vic Willis

Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
531
196.3
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
279
600
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1623
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
248
533.33
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1493
551.94
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
91.68
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
82.81
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
7.02
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.48
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.37
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
8.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61.59
22.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
102.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
124.58
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
23.66
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
39.56
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
31.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
70.24
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.49
20.88
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.96
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
29.94
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
73.57
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.16
8.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.31
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
15.16
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100