Ollie Johns vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Ollie Johns and Michael Wacha are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ollie Johns posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 3.89) and home runs allowed (0.5 per nine innings vs 1.07). Michael Wacha had the advantage in WHIP (1.286 vs 1.944). By the career numbers, Ollie Johns had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ollie Johns and Michael Wacha

Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.26
7.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.369
0.369
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
15.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.5
15.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.944
1.944
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ollie Johns and Michael Wacha

Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ollie Johns and Michael Wacha

Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
19.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ollie Johns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ollie Johns
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100