Tony Castillo vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Tony Castillo
Baby BoomersVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican 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 Tony Castillo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Castillo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.443 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Tony Castillo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Castillo and Shang Johnson

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
6.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.93
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1580
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
9.48
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
3.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
5.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2276
38.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
4.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.99
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2025
34.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Tony Castillo and Shang Johnson

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
6.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1580
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.41
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Castillo and Shang Johnson

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
13433.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
5.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-7.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
6
200
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA