Jim Elam vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Jim Elam
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Shang Johnson posted a stronger line than Jim Elam. Shang Johnson posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.18 vs 6.39) and WHIP (1.347 vs 2.161). By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Elam and Shang Johnson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
13.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.032
1.032
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
46.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
39.48
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.336
0.336
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.45
46.45
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Elam and Shang Johnson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.73
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Elam and Shang Johnson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
415.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
128.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
134.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.49
62.66
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA