Mike Cosgrove vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Mike Cosgrove as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cosgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Mike Cosgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Shang Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
8.88
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
39.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
33.59
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Shang Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.44
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Shang Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
480
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
7.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-7.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
85.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA