Ken Johnson vs. Vern Ruhle — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vern Ruhle
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ken Johnson and Vern Ruhle are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 100 for Ken Johnson and 96 for Vern Ruhle, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 95 and 93 respectively. If forced to pick, Ken Johnson gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Vern Ruhle

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.43
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.19
46.19
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.23
43.23
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.49
57.49
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
585
3.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4234
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1411.1
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9.46
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.81
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.76
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
2.22
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
5.4
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.838
0.838
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.659
0.659
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.22
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5964
38.03
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.29
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
4.3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.81
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5483
34.96
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Vern Ruhle

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4234
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1411.1
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.11
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.23
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.82
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.64
95.64
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.49
57.49
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Vern Ruhle

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
327
872
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
225
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
539.39
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
182
485.33
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.09
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.94
21.18
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
85.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
133.33
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.24
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.23
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.9
18.41
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
250
252.53
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
256
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
45.45
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.06
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0