Gerrit Cole vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Gerrit Cole a clear advantage over Jim Shellenback across the core pitching metrics. Gerrit Cole led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 77), walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 97). Jim Shellenback held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 133). Gerrit Cole was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Jim Shellenback

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Jim Shellenback

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Jim Shellenback

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
671.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA