Dale Gear vs. Hank Johnson — Career Comparison

Dale Gear
Pre-GenerationalKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hank Johnson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hank Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Gear as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dale Gear posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.75 and 1.570 for Hank Johnson. By the career numbers, Dale Gear had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Gear and Hank Johnson

Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.31
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.1
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.98
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.59
46.59
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.77
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.38
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.21
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.75
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3199
27
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066.1
9
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.32
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
9.34
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.32
11.32
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.75
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.79
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.98
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
4.79
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.28
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
804
38.9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4889
41.26
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.68
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.95
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.61
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
37.26
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4290
36.21
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26

Fielding Stats for Dale Gear and Hank Johnson

Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.24
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
9
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.33
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.19
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
2.74
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.53
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.82
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.029
2.029
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.855
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Gear and Hank Johnson

Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
69
166.27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
259
374.46
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
249
600
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
573.49
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
543.61
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.586
0.586
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
137.35
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
117.11
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.61
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
83.86
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.51
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.13
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.23
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
7.23
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.73
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.25
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20.46
49.29
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.97
43.33
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
178.31
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
163.37
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.04
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
146.02
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
25
60.24
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.4
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
60.24
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
46.27
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
120.48
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
112.77
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.66
54.61
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.9
46.12
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.28
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.92
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.55
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
70.84
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.56
15.56
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.47
8.47
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.82
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.47
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA