Matt Brash vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Matt Brash
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Brash as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Brash posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.393 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Matt Brash had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Brash and Ted Shaw

Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.75
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.43
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
12.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.11
12.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.75
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
729
38.9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
33.56
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
34.23
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Matt Brash and Ted Shaw

Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Brash and Ted Shaw

Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
600
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100