Lou Johnson vs. Mike McQueen — Career Comparison

Lou Johnson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike McQueen
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike McQueen built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike McQueen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.525 compared to 6.06 and 1.806 for Lou Johnson. By the career numbers, Mike McQueen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Johnson and Mike McQueen

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.1
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.01
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.83
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.03
26.03
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.66
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
12.12
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
8.74
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.83
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.13
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.62
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.76
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
5.77
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
42.43
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
968
39.9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.27
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
5.28
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.806
1.806
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
34.3
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.9
39.9

Fielding Stats for Lou Johnson and Mike McQueen

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.01
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.73
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.95
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.87
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.03
26.03
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Johnson and Mike McQueen

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
663.64
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
572.73
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
118.18
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
23.28
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
29.19
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
145.45
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
127.27
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
100
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
27.29
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.94
26.73
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
181.82
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA