Jan Dukes vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Jan Dukes
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Jan Dukes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jan Dukes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.81 and 1.447 for Jim Shellenback. By the career numbers, Jan Dukes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jan Dukes and Jim Shellenback

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.15
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
37.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
31.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Jan Dukes and Jim Shellenback

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jan Dukes and Jim Shellenback

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA