Shane Bieber vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Shane Bieber
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shane Bieber built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shane Bieber led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 118), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 133 vs 110), and home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 113). Bob James held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 115). Role difference aside, Shane Bieber holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Shane Bieber and Bob James

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
66
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.6
98.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2650
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
786
8.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
10.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
7.52
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.96
6.96
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3574
36.41
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
3.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3342
34.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Shane Bieber and Bob James

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2650
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.72
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.29
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.6
98.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shane Bieber and Bob James

Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
143
5362.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
11.48
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-17.54
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
300
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Shane Bieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Bieber
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA