Bob Cain vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Bob Cain
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Shang Johnson posted a stronger line than Bob Cain. Shang Johnson posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.18 vs 4.5) and WHIP (1.347 vs 1.487). By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Cain and Shang Johnson

Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.63
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.68
45.68
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.57
63.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
8.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
4.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
3.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2761
39.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.84
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2423
34.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Bob Cain and Shang Johnson

Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Cain and Shang Johnson

Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
378.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
539.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
105.88
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
83.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.38
31.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
131.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
141.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
105.88
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.44
31.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
45
113.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.29
5.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA