Tyler Clippard vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Tyler Clippard
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Tyler Clippard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tyler Clippard led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 77), run prevention (ERA+ 120 vs 98), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 86). Jim Shellenback held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 78). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tyler Clippard.

Pitching Stats for Tyler Clippard and Jim Shellenback

Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
8.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
3.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2617
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
6.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
956
9.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3575
36.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
3.37
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3145
32.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.88
36.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Tyler Clippard and Jim Shellenback

Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
8.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2617
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.109
0.109
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tyler Clippard and Jim Shellenback

Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
26900
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
19.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
12.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
200
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Clippard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA