Ken Johnson vs. Matt Smith — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Smith
Gen XNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.459 compared to 3.46 and 1.231 for Ken Johnson. By the career numbers, Matt Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Matt Smith

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
12.77
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.55
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.19
46.19
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
668
3.46
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.136
0.136
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1670
8.65
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.01
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.81
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
8.39
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
8.03
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.824
1.824
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
37.95
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.28
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
4.03
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6742
34.93
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
29.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.186
0.186
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Matt Smith

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
12.77
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.46
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
2.23
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.55
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
2.15
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.171
0.171
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Matt Smith

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
338.38
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
35
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
594
600
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
539.39
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
61.62
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
49.49
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.09
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.18
11.29
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.79
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75.76
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.24
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.23
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.43
-7.5
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
250
252.53
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Matt Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Smith
Career
Per 600 PA