Jess Dobernic vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Jess Dobernic
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Jess Dobernic as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 5.21 and 1.540 for Jess Dobernic. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jess Dobernic and Jim Shellenback

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
6.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
41.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Jess Dobernic and Jim Shellenback

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453.2
9
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jess Dobernic and Jim Shellenback

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
3257.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
18.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
17.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA