Dick Coffman vs. Kevin Shackelford — Career Comparison

Dick Coffman
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kevin Shackelford
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Coffman built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Shackelford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Coffman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.65 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 5.35 and 1.578 for Kevin Shackelford. By the career numbers, Dick Coffman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Coffman and Kevin Shackelford

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
2.91
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.59
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.11
43.11
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.97
27.97
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.29
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.65
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.35
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4381
27
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1460.1
9
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1782
10.98
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
10.01
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.01
10.01
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.57
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.4
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
2.85
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.96
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
2.29
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
10.47
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.47
10.47
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.603
1.603
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.22
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6542
40.32
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
40.97
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.2
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
5.51
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.93
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.537
1.537
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.552
1.552
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6044
37.25
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
35.38
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.32
40.32
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97

Fielding Stats for Dick Coffman and Kevin Shackelford

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
27
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
9
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.4
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.18
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Coffman and Kevin Shackelford

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
639.28
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
4650
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
443
600
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
541.76
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
69.07
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
52.82
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.9
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.25
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.8
15.99
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
86.68
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
98.87
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
28.44
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.67
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
50.11
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.13
4.23
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
29.8
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
204.51
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
28.44
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA