Ken Johnson vs. Cinders O'Brien — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cinders O'Brien
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston RedsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cinders O'Brien 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 3.68 and 1.485 for Cinders O'Brien. 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 Cinders O'Brien

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
1.73
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.13
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.47
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.49
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.55
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.19
46.19
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.58
47.58
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.16
69.16
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.65
92.65
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.94
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
3.68
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3242
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1080.2
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
9.32
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.81
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.3
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
4.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
5.4
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
3.31
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.838
0.838
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.8
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.62
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4898
40.79
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
6.21
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4337
36.12
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Cinders O'Brien

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
1.73
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.15
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3270
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1090
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.5
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.67
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.89
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
2.23
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
2.58
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
2.15
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.95
92.95
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.086
2.086
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Cinders O'Brien

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
338.38
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
140
167.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
502
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
539.39
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
473
565.34
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
113.55
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.09
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.78
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.01
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.98
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.83
34.46
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
126.69
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
154.18
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
24.24
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
68.13
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
23.23
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
51.39
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.51
40.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.59
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
31.08
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
250
252.53
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
74.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
8.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100