Johan Santana vs Zack Greinke

Johan Santana and Zack Greinke compared on their MLB careers: Johan Santana played 12 seasons, 2000 to 2012, Zack Greinke 20 seasons, 2004 to 2023. Johan Santana has 139 wins to Zack Greinke's 225.

Who has the better career numbers?

Johan Santana and Zack Greinke career totals

360	GP	586
139	W	225
78	L	156
3.2	ERA	3.5
2025.2	IP	3389.1
1,988	K	2,979
567	BB	762
1.1	WHIP	1.2
1	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Johan Santana and Zack Greinke postseason

11	GP	22
15	R	55
35	H	103

Where each stands all time

Johan Santana and Zack Greinke all-time places

97th (1,988)	Strikeouts (pitching)	21st (2,979)
—	Wins (pitching)	67th (225)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Johan Santana: 0 championships; AL Cy Young ×2, AL Gold Glove
Zack Greinke: 0 championships; AL Cy Young, NL Silver Slugger ×2, NL Gold Glove ×6

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Johan Santana and Zack Greinke season by season

1st	2000	2	3	6.49	2004	8	11	3.97
2nd	2001	1	0	4.74	2005	5	17	5.80
3rd	2002	8	6	2.99	2006	1	0	4.26
4th	2003	12	3	3.07	2007	7	7	3.69
5th	2004	20	6	2.61	2008	13	10	3.47
6th	2005	16	7	2.87	2009	16	8	2.16
7th	2006	19	6	2.77	2010	10	14	4.17
8th	2007	15	13	3.33	2011	16	6	3.83
9th	2008	16	7	2.53	2012	15	5	3.48
10th	2009	13	9	3.13	2013	15	4	2.63
11th	2010	11	9	2.98	2014	17	8	2.71
12th	2012	6	9	4.85	2015	19	3	1.66
13th	—	—	—	—	2016	13	7	4.37
14th	—	—	—	—	2017	17	7	3.20
15th	—	—	—	—	2018	15	11	3.21
16th	—	—	—	—	2019	18	5	2.93
17th	—	—	—	—	2020	3	3	4.03
18th	—	—	—	—	2021	11	6	4.16
19th	—	—	—	—	2022	4	9	3.68
20th	—	—	—	—	2023	2	15	5.06

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA