Darin Downs vs. Mike Johnson — Career Comparison

MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Darin Downs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darin Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.76 and WHIP 1.401 compared to 6.85 and 1.665 for Mike Johnson. By the career numbers, Darin Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Johnson

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.34
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.58
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.76
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
6.85
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
8.14
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
10.49
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.94
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.87
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
4.25
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
8.34
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
6.07
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.54
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
38.22
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
41.41
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.99
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.96
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
6.98
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
33.35
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
875
36.12
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.41
41.41

Fielding Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Johnson

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.34
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.11
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.61
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.53
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.457
0.457
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Johnson

Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
991.84
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
526.53
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.23
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
6.14
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA