Dick Conway vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Dick Conway
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Dick Conway 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 4.78 and 1.537 for Dick Conway. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Conway and Shang Johnson

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
10.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
3.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
3.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.79
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
40.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
7.24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Dick Conway and Shang Johnson

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1518
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.915
1.915
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Conway and Shang Johnson

Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
154.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
544
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
125.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
106.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.24
51.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
181.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.572
0.572
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.58
57.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
0.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA