Ken Johnson vs. Tony Saunders — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Saunders
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Tony Saunders a clear advantage over Ken Johnson across the core pitching metrics. Tony Saunders led in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 83), home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 95). Ken Johnson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 139 vs 64). Tony Saunders was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Tony Saunders

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
1.73
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.61
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.59
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.62
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.19
46.19
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.14
35.14
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.16
69.16
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.39
98.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
345.2
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
8.93
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.81
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.86
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
5.31
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
7.92
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1542
40.15
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
5.1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.07
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.582
1.582
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6742
34.93
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1294
33.69
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.15
40.15

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Tony Saunders

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
1.73
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.61
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.2
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.59
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
345.2
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.48
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.47
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.89
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.23
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.46
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.35
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.16
69.16
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.39
98.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Tony Saunders

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
885.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
539.39
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.09
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.02
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
27.03
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.24
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.23
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
10.17
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.12
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
250
252.53
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
271.43
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Tony Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA