Philip Abner vs. Mike Johnson — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Philip Abner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.91 and WHIP 2.182 compared to 6.85 and 1.665 for Mike Johnson. By the career numbers, Philip Abner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Johnson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.34
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.58
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
6.85
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
10.49
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.49
10.49
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.94
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.25
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
6.07
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003
41.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
6.98
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.638
1.638
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
875
36.12
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.41
41.41

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Johnson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.34
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.61
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.53
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.457
0.457
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Johnson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
991.84
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
526.53
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
6.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA