Johnny Kucks vs. Dustin McGowan — Career Comparison

Johnny Kucks
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dustin McGowan
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johnny Kucks built a career as a starting pitcher and Dustin McGowan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johnny Kucks led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 104), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 90). Dustin McGowan held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 64). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Johnny Kucks.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Kucks and Dustin McGowan

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.01
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.18
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.95
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.52
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.54
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.09
49.09
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.72
50.72
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.79
23.79
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.29
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
4.1
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
4.5
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2815
27
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1951
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
938.1
9
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
650.1
9
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
9.3
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.57
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.87
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.08
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
2.95
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
3.86
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.24
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
7.47
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.64
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.36
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4030
38.65
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2818
39
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
4.73
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
4.94
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.68
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3683
35.33
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
34.32
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39

Fielding Stats for Johnny Kucks and Dustin McGowan

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.01
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.18
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.95
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2813
27
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1951
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937.2
9
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
650.1
9
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.43
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.64
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.86
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.18
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.43
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.98
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
2.29
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.81
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.47
94.47
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.61
91.61
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.452
0.452
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.79
23.79
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Kucks and Dustin McGowan

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
207
363.16
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
6020.69
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
600
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
510.53
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
56.14
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
47.37
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.77
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.77
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.32
11.08
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
1.19
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
64.91
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
91.23
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
36.84
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.53
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
47.37
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.71
-1.25
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.83
-37.86
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.75
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.33
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
166.67
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
393.1
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
1.53
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
54.39
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.51
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA