Jason Johnson vs. Jim Lindsey — Career Comparison

Jason Johnson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Lindsey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.7 and WHIP 1.585 compared to 4.99 and 1.506 for Jason Johnson. By the career numbers, Jim Lindsey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Lindsey

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.37
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.44
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.66
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.99
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
4.7
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
10.09
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
10.59
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.2
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
3.3
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
3.68
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
5.37
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
3.65
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5996
39.77
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1943
40.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
5.51
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
5.45
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.94
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5368
35.6
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
36.65
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Lindsey

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.69
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4071
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.38
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.88
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.37
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.79
91.79
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Lindsey

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
4026.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
177
983.33
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
600
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
538.89
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
88.89
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.11
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
21.86
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.93
21.81
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
116.67
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
105.56
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.33
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.33
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
66.67
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.88
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
21.3
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
315.79
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
127.78
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.7
4.7
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
55.56
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA