Matt Karchner vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Matt Karchner
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Karchner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback led in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 107), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 91), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 86 vs 82). Matt Karchner held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 77). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Shellenback.

Pitching Stats for Matt Karchner and Jim Shellenback

Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
8.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.76
61.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
4.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
241.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
9.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1093
40.76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.59
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
922
34.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Matt Karchner and Jim Shellenback

Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
8.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
241.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.74
95.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.202
0.202
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Karchner and Jim Shellenback

Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
66900
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Karchner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA