Shovel Hodge vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Shovel Hodge
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shovel Hodge built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 5.17 and 1.629 for Shovel Hodge. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shovel Hodge and Bob James

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
2.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
5.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
904
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
301.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
10.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
3.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
39.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
6.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.629
1.629
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1201
35.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.99
39.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Shovel Hodge and Bob James

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
27
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.23
85.23
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shovel Hodge and Bob James

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
75
365.85
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
565.85
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
141.46
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
117.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.58
41.87
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
170.73
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
146.34
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
48.78
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
78.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.07
49.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
112.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA