Eric Junge vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Junge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Junge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.81 and 1.447 for Jim Shellenback. By the career numbers, Eric Junge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Junge and Jim Shellenback

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Eric Junge and Jim Shellenback

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Junge and Jim Shellenback

Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA