Dan Jennings vs. Bob Shaw — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Shaw
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings led in home run suppression (HR9+ 259 vs 109), run prevention (ERA+ 161 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 97). Bob Shaw held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 89). Role difference aside, Dan Jennings holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Bob Shaw

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
2.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.13
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.55
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.43
52.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.86
51.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.28
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
3.52
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1837
9.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.75
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
2.59
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
4.45
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.26
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.28
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7587
38.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.51
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7020
35.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Bob Shaw

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
2.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.13
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.51
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.09
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.961
0.961
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.86
51.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Bob Shaw

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
433
433.72
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
599
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
519.87
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
69.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.01
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.91
12.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
73.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
107.18
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
21.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
39.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.42
5.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
37.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
142.24
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100