Jim Holmes vs. Fred Johnson — Career Comparison

Jim Holmes
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Holmes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 5.26 and 1.602 for Fred Johnson. By the career numbers, Jim Holmes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Holmes and Fred Johnson

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.06
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.76
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
5.26
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.63
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
11.06
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.36
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.02
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.97
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
37.47
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
40.42
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.84
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.51
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
5.95
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
31.59
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
36.99
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.47
37.47
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Jim Holmes and Fred Johnson

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.29
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.84
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Holmes and Fred Johnson

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
385.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
557.14
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
26.79
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.83
11.82
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
31.45
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
3.35
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA