Jason Johnson vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Jason Johnson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 89), run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 92), and strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 87). Jason Johnson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 71). Role difference aside, Craig Lefferts holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Johnson and Craig Lefferts

Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.46
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.66
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.62
44.62
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.99
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
10.09
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.94
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
3.3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
810
5.37
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.24
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5996
39.77
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
5.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.94
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.69
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5368
35.6
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Jason Johnson and Craig Lefferts

Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.44
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.88
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.71
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.26
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.65
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.79
91.79
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Johnson and Craig Lefferts

Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
255
4026.32
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
697
2844.9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
65.31
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.06
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
21.86
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.88
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
315.79
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
261.22
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.14
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA