Bill James vs. Mike Johnson — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Johnson
Gen XCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill James posted a stronger line than Mike Johnson. Bill James posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 6.85) and WHIP (1.431 vs 1.665). By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Mike Johnson

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.34
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.12
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.54
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
6.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
10.49
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.94
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
6.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.37
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
41.41
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
4.26
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
6.98
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.54
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
875
36.12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.41
41.41

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Mike Johnson

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.61
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.53
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.457
0.457
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Mike Johnson

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
991.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
526.53
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.17
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
19
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.23
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.26
13.45
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
6.14
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
195.92
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Mike Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA