Bert Abbey vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Abbey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Bert Abbey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Ted Shaw

Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
4.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Ted Shaw

Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.55
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
2.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.39
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Ted Shaw

Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
12.95
30.83
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
140.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
21
50
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
12.76
30.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
54
128.57
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100