Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Walter Johnson
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Johnson posted a stronger line than Tom Seaver. Walter Johnson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.17 vs 2.86) and WHIP (1.061 vs 1.145). By the career numbers, Walter Johnson 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 Walter Johnson and Tom Seaver

Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
1.22
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
1.23
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
1.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
0.63
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
0.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.39
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.91
59.91
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.27
60.27
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.04
83.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
0.81
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.43
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.11
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.05
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1424
2.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
2.86
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17744
27
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5914.2
9
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4913
7.48
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.15
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
0.72
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1363
2.07
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
2.62
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3509
5.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
6.85
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.24
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.24
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.31
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.14
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23642
35.97
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19369
36.45
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.2
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1902
2.89
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
3.15
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.18
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.39
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.121
1.121
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22076
33.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Walter Johnson and Tom Seaver

Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
7.07
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3114
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1038
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.53
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
0.62
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1352
11.72
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.46
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1697
14.71
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1644
14.25
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.017
2.017
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.72
14.72
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.1
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Johnson and Tom Seaver

Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
933
222.41
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
677
261.73
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2517
600
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2324
553.99
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.637
0.637
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
547
130.39
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
202
78.09
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
92.49
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
157
60.7
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
22.41
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
28
10.82
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
9.77
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.93
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
5.72
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
12
4.64
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
37.9
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
45
17.4
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225.36
53.72
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
65.91
25.48
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
795
189.51
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
276
106.7
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
670
159.71
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
314
121.39
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.616
0.616
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
57.45
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
99
38.27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
60.79
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
86
33.25
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
112.51
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
173
66.88
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241.78
57.63
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
51.4
19.87
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.1
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
26.22
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
419
99.88
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
485
187.5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.01
6.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
70
16.69
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
46.78
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.1
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
0.95
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
4.05
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
76.47
76.47
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100