Shang Johnson vs. Jason Motte — Career Comparison

Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Jason Motte
MillenialMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shang Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Motte as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Motte posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Jason Motte had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shang Johnson and Jason Motte

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.61
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
7.56
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.95
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.83
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.87
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
8.49
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.36
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
36.89
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.67
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.71
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1464
33.13
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Shang Johnson and Jason Motte

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.75
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
2.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.02
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.91
98.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.205
0.205
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shang Johnson and Jason Motte

Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
66600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
45.84
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
62.66
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-66.4
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA