Don Kainer vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Don Kainer built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Don Kainer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.83 and WHIP 1.627 compared to 3.96 and 1.365 for Bryan Shaw. By the career numbers, Don Kainer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Don Kainer and Bryan Shaw

Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.83
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.83
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.96
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
10.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.25
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
4.58
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.966
0.966
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
41.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.44
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.92
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
1.576
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
34.78
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.64
41.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Don Kainer and Bryan Shaw

Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.83
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.58
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.58
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Don Kainer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Don Kainer and Bryan Shaw

Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
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Career
Per 600 PA
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
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Career
Per 600 PA
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
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0
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Don Kainer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
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Career
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