Ken Johnson vs. Shane Nance — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shane Nance
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Shane Nance as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.231 compared to 5.02 and 2.047 for Shane Nance. By the career numbers, Ken Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Shane Nance

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.26
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.19
46.19
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
11.93
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.93
11.93
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.81
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.67
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.44
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
8.16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.512
1.512
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
44.79
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
37.88
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.79
44.79

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Shane Nance

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.26
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
2.23
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Shane Nance

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
9800
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
539.39
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.09
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.24
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.23
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
250
252.53
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Shane Nance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shane Nance
Career
Per 600 PA