Rube Foster vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Shang Johnson. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 4.18) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.347). By the career numbers, Rube Foster 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 Rube Foster and Shang Johnson

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3372
36.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3038
32.46
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.03
36.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Rube Foster and Shang Johnson

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Foster and Shang Johnson

Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA