Ed Blake vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Blake 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 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Shang Johnson

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Shang Johnson

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Shang Johnson

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA