Jake Buchanan vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Jake Buchanan
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Buchanan 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 4.73 and 1.546 for Jake Buchanan. By the career numbers, Rollie Sheldon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Buchanan and Rollie Sheldon

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.73
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
10.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.34
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
4.59
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
40.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.87
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
35.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Jake Buchanan and Rollie Sheldon

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.39
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.95
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Buchanan and Rollie Sheldon

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
3480
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
524.69
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0