Lou Johnson vs. Bobby Tolan — Career Comparison

Lou Johnson
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Bobby Tolan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueCenter Fielder

Lou Johnson and Bobby Tolan are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Lou Johnson, 102 for Bobby Tolan), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 105 vs 106). The overall lean goes to Bobby Tolan, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Lou Johnson and Bobby Tolan

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
677
180.45
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1282
164.92
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2251
600
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4664
600
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2049
546.16
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4238
545.2
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.725
0.725
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.729
0.729
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
529
141
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1121
144.21
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
370
98.62
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
828
106.52
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
25.86
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
22.26
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
3.73
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
4.37
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
12.79
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
11.06
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
42.38
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
37.69
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
251.44
67.02
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
514.99
66.25
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
798
212.71
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1620
208.4
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
692
184.45
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1444
185.76
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.701
0.701
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.696
0.696
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.635
0.635
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
244
65.04
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
73.58
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
232
61.84
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
497
63.94
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
428
114.08
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
983
126.46
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
255.24
68.03
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
532.09
68.45
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
14.13
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
8.36
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
29.32
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
258
33.19
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
6.13
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
3.47
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
85.3
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
587
75.51
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.03
7.03
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.95
7.95
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
7.2
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
8.23
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.2
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
5.02
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
12.53
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
11.71
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
13.33
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
24.83
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
6.4
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
12.86
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
74
19.72
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
37.69
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.57
67.57
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 600 PA
65.87
65.87

Fielding Stats for Lou Johnson and Bobby Tolan

Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
1.16
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1135
1.12
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
515
0.98
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
0.98
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14133
27
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27338
27
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4711
9
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9112.2
9
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
945
1.81
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2915
2.88
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.1
Lou Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.04
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.06
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
994
1.9
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3074
3.04
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
975
1.86
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3016
2.98
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.09
98.09
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.657
2.657
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.98
84.98
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.75
87.75
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Bobby Tolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.08
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0