Ken Johnson vs. Dave Stevens — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Stevens
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Stevens as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Johnson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 139 vs 101), home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 69), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 83). Role difference aside, Ken Johnson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Dave Stevens

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.47
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.19
46.19
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.75
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.46
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
6.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5212
27
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.1
9
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
8.65
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
10.69
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.81
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.76
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.14
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.73
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.29
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
5.4
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
6.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
37.36
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
41.7
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.33
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.03
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
6.24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.47
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.713
1.713
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
34.93
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
35.96
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.7
41.7

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Dave Stevens

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.73
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6.56
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.2
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5213
27
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737.2
9
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.67
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.23
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.61
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.15
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.58
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.29
96.29
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.16
69.16
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Dave Stevens

Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
338.38
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
183
18300
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
539.39
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
61.62
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49.49
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.09
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.18
11.29
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.79
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
75.76
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.24
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.23
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.43
-7.5
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
250
252.53
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
45.45
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.06
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA