Ted Abernathy vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 86 vs 73), home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 128), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 91). Ted Abernathy held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 77). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Shellenback.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.73
47.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
73.53
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.23
12.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
1.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA