Ken Ash vs. Dicta Johnson — Career Comparison

Ken Ash
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dicta Johnson
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dicta Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ash as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dicta Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 4.96 and 1.469 for Ken Ash. By the career numbers, Dicta Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ash and Dicta Johnson

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.07
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.33
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.04
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.54
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.45
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.44
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.07
55.07
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.31
78.31
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.7
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.96
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
3.57
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3830
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1276.2
9
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
9.93
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
8.3
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.31
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
3.29
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.74
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
4.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.802
0.802
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.17
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
38.44
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5415
38.17
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.84
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.08
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
4.67
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.16
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
34.81
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4812
33.92
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Ken Ash and Dicta Johnson

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.35
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.47
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3993
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.35
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.84
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
3.29
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
3.19
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ash and Dicta Johnson

Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
725
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
222.76
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
536
600
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
575
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
454
508.21
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
6
75
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
83.96
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
5
62.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
67.16
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.72
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.96
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.79
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
12.92
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.23
30.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
111.94
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
134.33
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
35.82
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
38.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
50
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
72.76
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-1.12
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.61
32.02
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.36
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.01
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
8
100
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.42
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100