Fritz Clausen vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Fritz Clausen
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Fritz Clausen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fritz Clausen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Rollie Sheldon. By the career numbers, Fritz Clausen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fritz Clausen and Rollie Sheldon

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.19
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.61
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.64
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
973
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
324.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
8.74
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.41
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.72
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
40.32
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
5.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
35.57
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Fritz Clausen and Rollie Sheldon

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.19
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
972
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.47
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.07
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
91.3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Clausen and Rollie Sheldon

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
43
179.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
144
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
136
566.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
83.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
79.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
17.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
87.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
116.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
33.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.83
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
11.56
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
58.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.29
10.29
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0