Brian Anderson vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Jim Shellenback a clear advantage over Brian Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Jim Shellenback led in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 77 vs 66), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 87). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 86). Jim Shellenback was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Jim Shellenback

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Jim Shellenback

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Jim Shellenback

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
57
118.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.05
5.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA