Bob Allen vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Bob Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Ted Shaw

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.99
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Ted Shaw

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.68
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.33
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Ted Shaw

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100