Jason Johnson vs. Akinori Otsuka — Career Comparison

Jason Johnson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Akinori Otsuka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Akinori Otsuka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Akinori Otsuka led in home run suppression (HR9+ 201 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 186 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 146 vs 90). Role difference aside, Akinori Otsuka holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Johnson and Akinori Otsuka

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.37
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.66
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.99
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.44
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
10.09
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
7.37
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.47
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
3.3
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.1
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
810
5.37
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
8.42
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5996
39.77
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
951
36.89
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
5.51
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.75
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.94
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.89
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5368
35.6
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
856
33.21
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Jason Johnson and Akinori Otsuka

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.66
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.88
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.37
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.02
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.26
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.79
91.79
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.38
90.38
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Johnson and Akinori Otsuka

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
4026.32
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
70800
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
21.86
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.88
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
315.79
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA