Ian Anderson vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Ian Anderson
Gen ZNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ian Anderson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 97), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 82), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 88). Bryan Shaw held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 76). Role difference aside, Ian Anderson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ian Anderson and Bryan Shaw

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
8.24
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
8.51
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.99
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.97
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.09
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
8.63
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
8.02
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.48
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
38.89
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.41
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.44
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1077
34.41
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Ian Anderson and Bryan Shaw

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.89
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.6
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ian Anderson and Bryan Shaw

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
863.41
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
541.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
3.9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.13
-31.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
424.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
1.41
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA