Dennis Dove vs. Spec Shea — Career Comparison

Dennis Dove
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spec Shea built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Dove as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spec Shea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.426 compared to 15 and 2.000 for Dennis Dove. By the career numbers, Spec Shea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Dove and Spec Shea

Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.8
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.68
12.68
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.63
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
3.44
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
38.87
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
4.32
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
42
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Dennis Dove and Spec Shea

Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Dove and Spec Shea

Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
347.18
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
600
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
530.56
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
103.26
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
80.12
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
32.81
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.09
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
138.87
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.45
32.86
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
63
112.17
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Dove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Dove
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA