Jim Johnson vs. Jack Ogden — Career Comparison

Jim Johnson
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Ogden
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Ogden built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Ogden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 8.1 and 2.100 for Jim Johnson. By the career numbers, Jack Ogden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Johnson and Jack Ogden

Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.05
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
2.09
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.49
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.24
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
10.8
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
9.7
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.66
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.75
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.08
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
2.45
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
44.55
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2330
39.67
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.7
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.94
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2146
36.53
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Jim Johnson and Jack Ogden

Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
27
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.024
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Johnson and Jack Ogden

Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
418.68
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
560.44
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
112.09
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
92.31
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.19
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.59
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
32.48
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
138.46
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
135.16
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
49.45
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
105.49
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
21.85
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.31
33.99
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
23.08
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
115.38
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Jim Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA