Mike Golden vs. Hank Johnson — Career Comparison

Mike Golden
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee GraysNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hank Johnson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hank Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Golden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Golden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.79 and WHIP 1.298 compared to 4.75 and 1.570 for Hank Johnson. By the career numbers, Mike Golden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Golden and Hank Johnson

Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.12
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.1
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.98
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.73
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.81
23.81
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.59
46.59
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.92
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.38
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.79
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.75
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3199
27
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066.1
9
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
10.47
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
9.34
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.75
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.21
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.79
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.97
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
4.79
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.12
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.28
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1806
41.36
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
41.26
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.68
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
8.11
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.61
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1753
40.15
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4290
36.21
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.36
41.36
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.26
41.26

Fielding Stats for Mike Golden and Hank Johnson

Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.09
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2871
27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
9
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.34
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.84
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.4
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.58
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.17
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.31
84.31
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.82
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.855
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Golden and Hank Johnson

Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
107
152.86
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
259
374.46
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
600
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
415
600
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
415
592.86
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
376
543.61
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
128.57
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
81
117.11
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
111.43
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
83.86
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
9
12.86
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.13
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.29
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.23
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
12
17.14
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.25
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
22.9
32.71
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.97
43.33
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
105
150
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
163.37
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
95
135.71
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
146.02
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
38
54.29
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.4
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
46.27
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
73
104.29
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
112.77
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
24.76
35.37
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.9
46.12
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.14
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.92
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
68.57
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
70.84
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
8.75
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.47
8.47
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.47
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.86
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.14
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA