Greg Goossen vs. Billy Shindle — Career Comparison

Greg Goossen
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueFirst Baseman
Billy Shindle
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueThird Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Greg Goossen and Billy Shindle are closely matched on the surface stats. Greg Goossen posted stronger numbers in OPS (.699 vs .680) and slugging (.383 vs .357). Billy Shindle had the advantage in on-base percentage (.323 vs .316). By the career numbers, Greg Goossen had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Greg Goossen and Billy Shindle

Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
193
225.29
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1424
134.53
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
514
600
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6351
600
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
460
536.96
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5815
549.36
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.713
0.713
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
111
129.57
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1564
147.76
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
73
85.21
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1210
114.31
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
28.02
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
21.35
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
9.16
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
15.18
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
2.93
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
44.36
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
33.44
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
55.5
64.78
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
756.56
71.47
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
176
205.45
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2077
196.22
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
162
189.11
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2026
191.4
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.699
0.699
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
33
38.52
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
93.81
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
44
51.36
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
759
71.71
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
64
74.71
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1721
162.59
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
55.6
64.9
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
830.71
78.48
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.51
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
6.99
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
49.03
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
388
36.66
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
130.74
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
334
31.55
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.59
4.59
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.02
19.02
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
1.16
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.33
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
6.99
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.51
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
30.04
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.33
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
30.04
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Greg Goossen and Billy Shindle

Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.2
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1424
1.04
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.03
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2894
27
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37068
27
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
964.2
9
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12356
9
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
7.4
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2114
1.54
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.63
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3393
2.47
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
0.51
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
8.12
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6212
4.52
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
8.02
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5507
4.01
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.65
88.65
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.667
6.667
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.867
3.867
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.27
85.27
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.44
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
0.21
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Goossen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.29
Billy Shindle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Goossen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Billy Shindle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0