Tex Covington vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Tex Covington and Shang Johnson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Shang Johnson had the edge in WHIP (1.347 vs 1.463). By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Shang Johnson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Shang Johnson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Shang Johnson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
13
150
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA