Ed Bagley vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Ed Bagley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Bagley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Bagley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.507 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Ed Bagley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bagley and Ted Shaw

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
4.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
10.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.47
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1750
41.34
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
7.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
37.68
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Ed Bagley and Ted Shaw

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.21
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.49
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.98
85.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bagley and Ted Shaw

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
570.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
25
82.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
19.78
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
9.11
30.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
39
128.57
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
40
131.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
17
56.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
36.26
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
27
89.01
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
8.17
26.95
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100