Buzz Capra vs. Kevin Shackelford — Career Comparison

Buzz Capra
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Kevin Shackelford
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buzz Capra built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Shackelford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buzz Capra posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 5.35 and 1.578 for Kevin Shackelford. By the career numbers, Buzz Capra had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buzz Capra and Kevin Shackelford

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
2.35
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.61
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.59
45.59
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.26
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.87
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.35
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
7.92
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
10.01
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.99
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.4
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
4.27
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.96
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.53
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
5.99
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
10.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.47
10.47
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.139
1.139
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.603
1.603
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2338
38.66
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
40.97
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.46
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
4.23
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.56
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.45
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.93
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.552
1.552
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
33.45
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
35.38
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.66
38.66
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97

Fielding Stats for Buzz Capra and Kevin Shackelford

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
2.35
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.51
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.4
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.17
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.75
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.69
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.718
0.718
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buzz Capra and Kevin Shackelford

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
486.86
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
4650
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
483.43
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.51
15.45
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
123.43
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.14
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
48
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.41
15.11
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.29
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
137.14
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
4.38
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.43
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA