Jose Acosta vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican 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 Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shang Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Shang Johnson

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Shang Johnson

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Shang Johnson

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA