Jim Acker vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Jim Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Shang Johnson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Shang Johnson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Shang Johnson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA