Matt Herges vs. Nate Johnson — Career Comparison

Matt Herges
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nate Johnson
UnknownThrows RightAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nate Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Herges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Herges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.499 compared to 6.75 and 1.904 for Nate Johnson. By the career numbers, Matt Herges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Herges and Nate Johnson

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.56
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.56
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.13
55.13
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.44
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.91
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.75
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
9.57
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
13.24
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.24
13.24
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.86
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.35
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.89
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
6.16
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.63
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3023
39.37
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
42.84
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.58
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.36
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9.09
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.08
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.95
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.904
1.904
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668
34.75
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
36.87
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.37
39.37
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.84
42.84

Fielding Stats for Matt Herges and Nate Johnson

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.82
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.15
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.12
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.64
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.89
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.56
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.63
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Herges and Nate Johnson

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
567
8723.08
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
337.5
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
553.85
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
450
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.719
0.719
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
16.4
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
55.83
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
10.71
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.98
74.11
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
22
338.46
Nate Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.77
1.77
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
Nate Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA