Darrel Akerfelds vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Darrel Akerfelds 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 5.08 and 1.536 for Darrel Akerfelds. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Shang Johnson

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
5.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.65
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
878
33.82
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Shang Johnson

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Shang Johnson

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA