Davy Dunkle vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Davy Dunkle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Davy Dunkle 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 5.02 and 1.580 for Davy Dunkle. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Davy Dunkle and Jim Shellenback

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.17
36.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.05
77.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
5.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1263
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
10.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1887
40.34
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
6.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
36.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Davy Dunkle and Jim Shellenback

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1260
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.89
86.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.03
18.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Davy Dunkle and Jim Shellenback

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
62
220.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
582.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
110.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
102.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
23.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
117.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
124.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
8
28.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
35.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
63.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.31
22.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
36
127.81
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
4.69
4.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA