Bob Apodaca vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Bob Apodaca
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Apodaca as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Apodaca led in run prevention (ERA+ 148 vs 98), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 77), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 86). Jim Shellenback held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 120). Role difference aside, Bob Apodaca holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Apodaca and Jim Shellenback

Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1084
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
361.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
7.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
4.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1505
37.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
32.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Bob Apodaca and Jim Shellenback

Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1084
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
361.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.52
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.04
96.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Apodaca and Jim Shellenback

Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
1647.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
58
519.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
89.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
7
62.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
25.98
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
134.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.87
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
7
62.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
21.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
152.24
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.87
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Apodaca
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA