Joe Cowley vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Joe Cowley and Shang Johnson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Shang Johnson had the edge in home runs allowed (0.2 per nine innings vs 1.32). 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 Joe Cowley and Shang Johnson

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.82
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.9
56.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
4.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
7.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
4.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2026
38.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
4.66
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1759
33.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Joe Cowley and Shang Johnson

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Cowley and Shang Johnson

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
3031.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.526
0.526
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
33.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.11
34.98
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA