Shang Johnson vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darold Knowles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shang Johnson and Darold Knowles

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Shang Johnson and Darold Knowles

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shang Johnson and Darold Knowles

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
516.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA