Bob Feller vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Bob Feller
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bob Feller and Shang Johnson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bob Feller carried a career ERA of 3.25 against Shang Johnson's 4.18. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bob Feller and Shang Johnson — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Feller and Shang Johnson

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
1.34
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.63
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.15
62.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
3.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11481
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3827
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3271
7.69
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
0.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1764
4.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2581
6.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16180
38.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1557
3.66
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14356
33.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Bob Feller and Shang Johnson

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
18.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
4.68
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
16.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
21.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
21.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Feller and Shang Johnson

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
570
230.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
293.02
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1485
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1282
517.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
77.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
58.18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
19.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.65
25.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
109.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
296
119.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
40
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
40
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
76.77
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.8
18.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
40.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
505
204.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
40.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
15
6.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.81
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA