Dick Braggins vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Dick Braggins
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Braggins 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 4.78 and 1.844 for Dick Braggins. By the career numbers, Rollie Sheldon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Braggins and Rollie Sheldon

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
12.38
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.38
12.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
42.75
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.88
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.844
1.844
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
38.25
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Dick Braggins and Rollie Sheldon

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.07
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.24
98.24
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Braggins and Rollie Sheldon

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
17.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
9.79
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0