Bert Cunningham vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Bert Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational 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 Bert Cunningham 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 4.22 and 1.512 for Bert Cunningham. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cunningham and Shang Johnson

Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.13
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
1.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.47
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.94
90.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283
4.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8204
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2734.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3071
10.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
3.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
2.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12285
40.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1942
6.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11073
36.44
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Bert Cunningham and Shang Johnson

Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8418
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2806
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
2.19
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
2.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.33
88.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.474
2.474
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cunningham and Shang Johnson

Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
359
171.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1258
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1176
560.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
254
121.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
94.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
15.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
26.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95.56
45.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
162.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
154.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
69.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
59.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
124.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101.36
48.34
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
30.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
206
98.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
5.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA