Adrian Devine vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Adrian Devine
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational 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 Adrian Devine 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 4.21 and 1.608 for Adrian Devine. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Adrian Devine and Shang Johnson

Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
5.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.17
54.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
10.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.79
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.51
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.849
0.849
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
40.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
4.65
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1536
35.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.322
0.322
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Adrian Devine and Shang Johnson

Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
5.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.37
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.78
92.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Adrian Devine and Shang Johnson

Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
2893.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
546.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
1.83
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.5
-33.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
15
200
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA