Matt Capps vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Matt Capps
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Capps as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Capps posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.244 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Matt Capps had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Capps and Shang Johnson

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.68
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.77
46.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.82
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.52
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
8.99
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
6.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1821
37.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
34.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.28
37.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Matt Capps and Shang Johnson

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.71
95.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.151
0.151
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Capps and Shang Johnson

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
44400
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
39.68
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
49.79
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA