Fritz Clausen vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Fritz Clausen
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback 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 3.81 and 1.447 for Jim Shellenback. 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 Jim Shellenback

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
973
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
324.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
8.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.903
0.903
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
40.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
5.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
35.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Fritz Clausen and Jim Shellenback

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
972
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
91.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Clausen and Jim Shellenback

Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
43
179.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
566.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
83.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
79.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
17.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
87.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
116.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
54.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
11.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
58.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.29
10.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Clausen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA