Greg Booker vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Greg Booker
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Booker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Booker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.89 and WHIP 1.545 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Greg Booker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Booker and Ted Shaw

Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
5.49
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.89
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
792
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
9.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
4.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
4.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
39.51
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
4.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.51
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
34.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Greg Booker and Ted Shaw

Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
5.49
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
792
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
2.49
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Booker and Ted Shaw

Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
4200
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
26.9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
15.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100