Ken Johnson vs. Brandon Lyon — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brandon Lyon
Gen XUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Lyon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Lyon led in home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 91), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 95), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 145 vs 139). Ken Johnson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 81). Role difference aside, Brandon Lyon holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Brandon Lyon

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.19
46.19
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.19
47.19
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
4.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
9.52
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.81
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.91
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.91
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
6.14
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
38.98
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.18
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
4.46
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.41
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.65
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2658
35.11
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.98
38.98

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Brandon Lyon

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.67
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.24
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
1.99
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.92
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.03
96.03
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Brandon Lyon

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
171600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
539.39
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
49.49
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.09
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.24
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
364.4
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
250
252.53
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA