Neal Cotts vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Neal Cotts
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon built a career as a starting pitcher and Neal Cotts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rollie Sheldon led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 103), home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 64), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 86). Neal Cotts held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 82). Role difference aside, Rollie Sheldon holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Neal Cotts and Rollie Sheldon

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
8.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.94
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
8.55
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
4.61
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1918
38.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.71
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
4.45
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1674
33.98
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Neal Cotts and Rollie Sheldon

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.16
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.62
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neal Cotts and Rollie Sheldon

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
144900
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
283.68
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
2.12
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0