Carter Capps vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican 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 Carter Capps 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 4.21 and 1.348 for Carter Capps. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Shang Johnson

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
4.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.96
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.93
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
38.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
34.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.336
0.336
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Shang Johnson

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Shang Johnson

Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.49
62.66
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA