Larry Benton vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Larry Benton
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Larry Benton and Ted Shaw are fairly close on the surface numbers. Larry Benton had the edge in ERA (4.03 vs 4.77). By the career numbers, Larry Benton had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Larry Benton and Ted Shaw

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.78
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.01
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.8
49.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.7
56.7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1029
4.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6891
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2297
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2559
10.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
2.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
670
2.63
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9864
38.65
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.44
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1190
4.66
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9148
35.84
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Larry Benton and Ted Shaw

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
27
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392.1
9
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.235
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Benton and Ted Shaw

Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
336.41
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
824
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
738
537.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
88.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
77.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
11.65
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.01
21.85
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
104.85
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
113.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
39.32
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
30.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
68.45
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.98
18.19
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
21.84
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
181
131.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
37.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100