Dan Cortes vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Cortes 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 5.06 and 1.563 for Dan Cortes. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Cortes and Shang Johnson

Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
41.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
34.88
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.06
41.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Dan Cortes and Shang Johnson

Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.88
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Dan Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Cortes and Shang Johnson

Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA