Tim Crews vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Tim Crews
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational 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 Tim Crews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Crews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Tim Crews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Crews and Shang Johnson

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
9.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
38.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1642
34.88
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Tim Crews and Shang Johnson

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1271
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Crews and Shang Johnson

Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
6744
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
528
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
12.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
3.02
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
12
288
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.08
2.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Tim Crews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Crews
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA