Jose Acosta vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shellenback

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shellenback

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shellenback

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA