Bill Dailey vs. Spec Shea — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spec Shea built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.8 and 1.426 for Spec Shea. By the career numbers, Bill Dailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dailey and Spec Shea

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
3.8
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
8.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.63
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.86
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.28
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
3.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
36.84
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4076
38.87
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
4.32
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
33.69
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3560
33.95
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Spec Shea

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.77
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.28
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.01
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.76
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.479
0.479
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Spec Shea

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
103.26
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
80.12
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
32.81
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
137.09
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
138.87
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.45
32.86
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.83
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
112.17
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.46
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA