Ken Johnson vs. Carl Willis — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carl Willis
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Carl Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 4.58 and 1.656 for Ken Johnson. By the career numbers, Carl Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Carl Willis

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.47
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
6.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.14
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.58
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.25
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
808
27
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1170
27
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.1
9
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
8.39
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9.78
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.47
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.65
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
6.52
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.65
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.91
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
5.12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
40.67
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1668
38.49
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.67
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.87
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.21
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
4.85
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1013
33.85
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
35.08
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.67
40.67
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Carl Willis

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
6.16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1170
27
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.95
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.52
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.45
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Carl Willis

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
111
723.91
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267
22885.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
580.43
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.498
0.498
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
123.91
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
104.35
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
33.37
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
143.48
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
136.96
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.478
0.478
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
110.87
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
163.04
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.31
34.63
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
29.7
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Carl Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carl Willis
Career
Per 600 PA