Joe Brown vs. Hank Johnson — Career Comparison

Joe Brown
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hank Johnson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hank Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hank Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.570 compared to 5.11 and 1.352 for Joe Brown. By the career numbers, Hank Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Brown and Hank Johnson

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.02
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.98
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.59
46.59
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.38
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.11
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.75
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3199
27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066.1
9
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.05
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
9.34
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.75
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.79
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
3.68
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
4.79
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.28
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
40.7
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4889
41.26
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.68
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
7.06
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.61
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
39.58
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4290
36.21
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.7
40.7
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26

Fielding Stats for Joe Brown and Hank Johnson

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.38
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.26
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.46
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.22
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.24
90.24
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.82
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.609
1.609
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.855
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Brown and Hank Johnson

Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
20
150
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
259
374.46
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
543.61
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
117.11
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
83.86
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.23
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.25
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
23.54
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.97
43.33
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
17
127.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
163.37
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
16
120
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
146.02
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.4
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
46.27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
11
82.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
112.77
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
22.99
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.9
46.12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.92
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
112.5
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
70.84
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
8.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA