Al Atkinson vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Shaw

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
943
9.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4001
39.35
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Shaw

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.55
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Shaw

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
90.57
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.95
31.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
142.92
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
77.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
96.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.4
30.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100