Taylor Clarke vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Taylor Clarke
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican 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 Taylor Clarke 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 4.73 and 1.324 for Taylor Clarke. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Taylor Clarke and Shang Johnson

Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
6.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1004
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
8.93
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
8.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1421
38.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
5.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1290
34.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Taylor Clarke and Shang Johnson

Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
6.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1004
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.73
92.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.218
0.218
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Taylor Clarke and Shang Johnson

Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5014.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
128.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
56.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
214.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
7
150
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
2.84
60.93
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
12
257.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA