Guy Bush vs. Joel Johnston — Career Comparison

Guy Bush
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joel Johnston
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Bush built a career as a starting pitcher and Joel Johnston as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Bush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.31 and 1.296 for Joel Johnston. By the career numbers, Guy Bush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Bush and Joel Johnston

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.79
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.02
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.58
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.45
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.83
56.83
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.5
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1166
3.86
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.31
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8166
27
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
9
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2950
9.75
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
6.93
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.93
6.93
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.5
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
2.84
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.89
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
2.81
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
6.41
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.41
6.41
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.17
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11750
38.85
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.4
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.48
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.89
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1369
4.53
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.41
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.63
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10850
35.87
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
32.67
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Guy Bush and Joel Johnston

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.2
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
27
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.2
9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.58
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
781
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.37
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.38
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.441
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Bush and Joel Johnston

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
326.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
5057.14
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
888
532.8
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
85.8
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
77.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
7.2
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.2
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
8.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
19.2
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
77.5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
95.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
116.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
34.2
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
31.2
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
65.4
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.61
15.97
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
82.88
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
30
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
97.2
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
36.6
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6
Joel Johnston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joel Johnston
Career
Per 600 PA