Yu Darvish vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Yu Darvish
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Yu Darvish a clear advantage over Jim Shellenback across the core pitching metrics. Yu Darvish led in strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 77), walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 97). Jim Shellenback held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 98). Yu Darvish was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Yu Darvish and Jim Shellenback

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.65
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
7.39
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
2.85
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
10.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.5
10.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7305
36.98
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
756
3.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6597
33.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Yu Darvish and Jim Shellenback

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yu Darvish and Jim Shellenback

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
297
1080
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
552.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
54.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
10
36.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
10.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
80
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
69.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
29.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.51
-16.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
83
301.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
1.99
1.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
29.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA