Shang Johnson vs. Rube Melton — Career Comparison

Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Rube Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Shang Johnson and Rube Melton are fairly close on the surface numbers. Shang Johnson carried a career ERA of 4.18 against Rube Melton's 3.62. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Shang Johnson and Rube Melton — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shang Johnson and Rube Melton

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.07
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.64
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.7
53.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
7.98
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
5.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3061
39.13
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.6
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2653
33.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Shang Johnson and Rube Melton

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.79
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Shang Johnson and Rube Melton

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
422.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
542.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
65.22
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
44.35
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.26
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.87
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
13.76
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
91.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
73.04
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.52
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.39
-3.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.83
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
80
208.7
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
49.57
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA