Bill Barnes vs. Sam Shaw — Career Comparison

Bill Barnes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Sam Shaw
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 5.27 and 1.458 for Bill Barnes. By the career numbers, Sam Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Barnes and Sam Shaw

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.92
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.98
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.16
51.16
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
5.27
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.91
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
9.19
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.04
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.8
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
3.88
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.65
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.39
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.808
0.808
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
900
40.17
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
42.13
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
6.11
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.39
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
796
35.52
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
36.78
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.13
42.13

Fielding Stats for Bill Barnes and Sam Shaw

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.99
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.97
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.52
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.61
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.96
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Barnes and Sam Shaw

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
314.29
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
600
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
564.29
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
27
558.62
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
57.14
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
50
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.23
8.76
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
29.43
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
64.29
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
78.57
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
42.86
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.29
-9.2
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
31.52
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5.8
5.8
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100