Lefty Capers vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Lefty Capers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaLouisville White SoxNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Capers posted a stronger line than Rollie Sheldon. Lefty Capers posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.86 vs 4.09) and WHIP (1.262 vs 1.332). By the career numbers, Lefty Capers had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Capers and Rollie Sheldon

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
8.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.11
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
38.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.61
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
34.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.36
38.36
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Lefty Capers and Rollie Sheldon

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.69
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.82
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.63
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.07
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.154
2.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Capers and Rollie Sheldon

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
17
261.54
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
553.85
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
21.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
12.06
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0