Jim Brown vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Jim Brown
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.74 and WHIP 1.743 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Jim Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brown and Ted Shaw

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.92
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.38
11.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
43.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.744
1.744
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
39.3
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.61
43.61
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Jim Brown and Ted Shaw

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
771
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.22
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.55
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.91
73.91
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.943
1.943
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brown and Ted Shaw

Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
112
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
589.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
144.64
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
128.32
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
18
96.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.21
54.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.19
52.69
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
214.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
173.41
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
79.77
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
16
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.16
59.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.01
58.99
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100