Oscar Childs vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Oscar Childs
UnknownMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Oscar Childs 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 9.64 and 2.893 for Oscar Childs. By the career numbers, Rollie Sheldon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oscar Childs and Rollie Sheldon

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.93
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.64
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.95
14.95
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.523
0.523
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
22.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.18
22.18
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
49.18
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
14.46
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.46
14.46
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.893
2.893
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
42.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.18
49.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Oscar Childs and Rollie Sheldon

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.93
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.07
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.24
98.24
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oscar Childs and Rollie Sheldon

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
5.19
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.82
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.03
-15.14
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0