Ed Dundon vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Ed Dundon
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Dundon 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 4.25 and 1.417 for Ed Dundon. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Dundon and Jim Shellenback

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.84
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
743
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
247.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
10.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
40.85
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
7.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
38.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.85
40.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Ed Dundon and Jim Shellenback

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1443
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.99
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.68
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.38
89.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Dundon and Jim Shellenback

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
52
165.96
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
571.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
86.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
21.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
108.51
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
114.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
44.68
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
16.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA