Jim Constable vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Jim Constable
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Jim Constable 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 4.87 and 1.531 for Jim Constable. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Constable and Shang Johnson

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.87
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
10.01
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
3.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
5.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
39.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
35.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Constable and Shang Johnson

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Constable and Shang Johnson

Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
1600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
58.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
63.95
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.49
62.66
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
5
142.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
4.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA