Rollie Fingers vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Rollie Fingers
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-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 Rollie Fingers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rollie Fingers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Rollie Fingers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rollie Fingers and Shang Johnson

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
4.99
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.14
49.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
2.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1474
7.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.65
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
2.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1299
6.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.21
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6942
36.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
3.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
3.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.41
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6269
33.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Rollie Fingers and Shang Johnson

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5102
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1700.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
1.34
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
1.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.27
96.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollie Fingers and Shang Johnson

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
945
2820.9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
537.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.465
0.465
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
92.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
77.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.72
23.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
119.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
101.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.85
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
50.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.63
16.79
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
45
134.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA