Bull Durham vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Bull Durham
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Bull Durham 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 5.28 and 1.690 for Bull Durham. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bull Durham and Jim Shellenback

Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.79
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
11.48
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.72
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
40.66
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
36.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Bull Durham and Jim Shellenback

Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.79
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bull Durham and Jim Shellenback

Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
9
771.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA