Bill Dawley vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Bill Dawley
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dawley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dawley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Bill Dawley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dawley and Shang Johnson

Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1412
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
8.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
5.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1952
37.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.41
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1727
33.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Dawley and Shang Johnson

Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1412
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.74
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.7
96.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dawley and Shang Johnson

Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
3437.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
525
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
112.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
100
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.07
38.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
137.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
150
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
50
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
44.94
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
137.5
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.36
4.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA