Johnny Kucks vs. Hunter Strickland — Career Comparison

Johnny Kucks
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Hunter Strickland
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johnny Kucks built a career as a starting pitcher and Hunter Strickland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hunter Strickland led in run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 89), strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 64), and home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 96). Johnny Kucks held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 97). Role difference aside, Hunter Strickland holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Kucks and Hunter Strickland

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
9.56
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.18
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.52
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.5
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.54
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.09
49.09
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.98
50.98
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.29
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.57
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
4.1
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.39
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2815
27
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
938.1
9
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
9
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
9.3
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
7.62
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.87
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.98
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
2.95
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
3.39
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.24
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
8.08
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.37
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4030
38.65
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1967
37.67
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.01
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
4.73
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
3.77
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.61
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3683
35.33
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1748
33.47
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.67
37.67

Fielding Stats for Johnny Kucks and Hunter Strickland

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.99
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
9.56
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.18
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2813
27
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937.2
9
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
9
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.43
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.86
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.43
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.34
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
2.29
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.34
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.47
94.47
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.42
59.42
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Kucks and Hunter Strickland

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
207
363.16
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
499
99800
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
600
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
510.53
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
56.14
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
47.37
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.77
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.77
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.32
11.08
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
64.91
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
91.23
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
36.84
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.53
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
47.37
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.71
-1.25
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.75
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.33
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
166.67
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
54.39
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.51
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA