Gene Ford vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Gene Ford 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 5.66 and 1.857 for Gene Ford. By the career numbers, Shang Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Shang Johnson

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.66
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.18
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.17
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
42.69
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
38.57
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.336
0.336
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.69
42.69
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Shang Johnson

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.25
81.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Shang Johnson

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
323.08
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1.99
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-17.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA