Rich Batchelor vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Rich Batchelor
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Batchelor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rollie Sheldon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 5.03 and 1.565 for Rich Batchelor. By the career numbers, Rollie Sheldon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Batchelor and Rollie Sheldon

Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
7.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.84
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.03
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
10.57
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.53
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
4.61
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
39.75
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.85
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.84
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
35.05
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Rich Batchelor and Rollie Sheldon

Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
7.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.51
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.34
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.186
0.186
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Batchelor and Rollie Sheldon

Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
12900
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
5.19
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.82
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.03
-15.14
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
283.68
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rich Batchelor
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0