Johnny Johnson vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Johnny Johnson
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnny Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 4.2 and 1.754 for Johnny Johnson. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Johnson and Zack Wheeler

Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.76
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
10.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.51
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
4.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.121
1.121
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
42.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.95
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.754
1.754
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
37
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.7
42.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Johnny Johnson and Zack Wheeler

Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5185
27
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728.1
9
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Johnson and Zack Wheeler

Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
1275
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.938
0.938
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
16.72
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.58
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
115.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
250
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
250
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.935
0.935
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
110.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Johnny Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA