Kris Johnson vs. Gary Lucas — Career Comparison

Kris Johnson
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Lucas
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kris Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Lucas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Lucas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.360 compared to 5.32 and 1.817 for Kris Johnson. By the career numbers, Gary Lucas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kris Johnson and Gary Lucas

Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.66
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.5
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.52
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.39
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.85
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.32
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.01
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2007
27
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
9
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
11.03
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
8.31
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.55
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.94
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.05
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.87
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
7.99
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
5.52
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.32
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
41.83
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2795
37.6
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.77
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.32
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.69
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.97
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.775
1.775
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
35.75
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2482
33.39
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Kris Johnson and Gary Lucas

Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.66
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.5
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.52
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2007
27
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
9
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.51
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.52
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.6
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.9
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.18
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.9
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.11
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.91
96.91
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.384
0.384
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Johnson and Gary Lucas

Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1050
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
2610.64
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
600
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
510.64
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.68
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.68
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
4.62
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.68
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
57.45
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.77
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
31.91
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.68
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.53
-16.15
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.77
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
204.26
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Gary Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
76.6
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA