Tom Acker vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Tom Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Ted Shaw

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1462
34.6
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Ted Shaw

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Ted Shaw

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
62.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
75
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100