Hank Johnson vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Hank Johnson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hank Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cla Meredith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 4.75 and 1.570 for Hank Johnson. By the career numbers, Cla Meredith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank Johnson and Cla Meredith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
2.1
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.98
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.38
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.62
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3199
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066.1
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
9.34
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.79
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
4.79
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.28
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4889
41.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1197
38.02
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.68
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
5.61
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.97
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4290
36.21
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1087
34.53
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Hank Johnson and Cla Meredith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
850
27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283.1
9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.75
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.45
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.82
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.855
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank Johnson and Cla Meredith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
259
374.46
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376
543.61
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.11
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
83.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.13
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.23
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.25
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.97
43.33
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
163.37
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
146.02
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
46.27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
112.77
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.9
46.12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.92
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
70.84
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
8.47
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
27.47
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA