Rufe Clarke vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Rufe Clarke
Lost GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Rufe Clarke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rufe Clarke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.765 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Rollie Sheldon. By the career numbers, Rufe Clarke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rufe Clarke and Rollie Sheldon

Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.15
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.15
7.15
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.74
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
41.29
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
4.45
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
30.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Rufe Clarke and Rollie Sheldon

Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2174
27
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724.2
9
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufe Clarke and Rollie Sheldon

Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
5.19
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.82
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.03
-15.14
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
283.68
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0