Keith Atherton vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Atherton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rollie Sheldon led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 111), home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 68), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 87). Keith Atherton held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 82). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Rollie Sheldon.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Rollie Sheldon

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.59
44.59
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.08
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.55
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
4.61
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2431
38.63
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
4.45
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.4
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.63
38.63
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Rollie Sheldon

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.9
93.9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Rollie Sheldon

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
5.19
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.82
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.03
-15.14
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
283.68
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0