Clarence Currie vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational 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 Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Shang Johnson

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.7
71.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
9.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.93
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
37.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
34.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Shang Johnson

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
4.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Shang Johnson

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
235.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
552.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
85.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
72.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.12
21.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
115.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
21.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
3.78
16.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
180
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA