How Shang Johnson's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Shang Johnson posted a career ERA of 4.18, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1922, posting 3.0. The highest point came in 1925 at 6.1, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.32 in 1921 to 3.0 in 1922 and 6.1 in 1925. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.0 to 6.1 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Shang Johnson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Shang Johnson
| Shang Johnson
ERA | Shang Johnson
Component ERA | Shang Johnson
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.18 | 3.79 | 3.42 |
| Season Avg. | 4.18 | 3.79 | 3.42 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.18 | 3.79 | 3.42 |
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Shang Johnson ERA Per Season
Shang Johnson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Eastern Colored League (Independent), Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Shang Johnson ERA by Team
Shang Johnson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Shang Johnson ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Shang Johnson's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Shang Johnson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Shang Johnson's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Shang Johnson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Shang Johnson's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
