David Cone vs. James Shields — Career Comparison

David Cone
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
James Shields
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give David Cone a clear advantage over James Shields across the core pitching metrics. David Cone led in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 70), strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 102), and run prevention (ERA+ 111 vs 88). James Shields held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 87). David Cone was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for David Cone and James Shields

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.4
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
1.4
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.3
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
1.39
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.6
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.5
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.39
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.48
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.63
60.63
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.06
51.06
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.11
93.11
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.51
99.51
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.17
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.46
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1167
4.01
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8696
27
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
7848
27
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2898.2
9
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2616
9
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
7.77
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2581
8.88
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.8
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
1.24
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1137
3.53
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
2.57
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.13
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2668
8.28
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2234
7.69
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.139
1.139
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.46
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.37
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.33
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.33
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12184
37.83
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
10993
37.82
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1222
3.79
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1267
4.36
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.24
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.25
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.15
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.43
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.73
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10783
33.48
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10052
34.58
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.82
37.82

Fielding Stats for David Cone and James Shields

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.4
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
1.4
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.3
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
1.39
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8696
27
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
7848
27
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2898.2
9
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2616
9
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.68
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.64
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
0.84
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
0.97
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.61
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.72
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
1.52
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.62
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.61
94.61
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.11
93.11
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.51
99.51
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for David Cone and James Shields

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
575.74
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
411
1601.3
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
600
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
154
600
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
525.96
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
553.25
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.7
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
93.51
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
70.21
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
81.82
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
11.49
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.69
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
11.49
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.69
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.51
15.97
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.7
18.31
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
93.19
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
105.19
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
105.96
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
27
105.19
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
35.74
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.44
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
28.09
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.38
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
63.83
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
81.82
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.51
9.59
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
12
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.83
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.43
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.69
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
116.17
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
218.18
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.16
5.16
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
48.51
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
9
35.06
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.21
James Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Shields
Career
Per 600 PA