Jeff Karstens vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Jeff Karstens
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Jim Shellenback a clear advantage over Jeff Karstens across the core pitching metrics. Jim Shellenback led in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 87), and run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 92). Jeff Karstens held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 86). Jim Shellenback was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Karstens and Jim Shellenback

Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
2.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.61
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.94
65.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
4.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
9.66
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
5.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.815
0.815
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2515
38.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.68
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
34.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Jeff Karstens and Jim Shellenback

Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
2.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.66
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.78
94.78
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.94
65.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Karstens and Jim Shellenback

Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
138
489.94
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
514.79
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
13
46.15
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.11
7.48
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
49.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
78.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
35.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
49.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.95
-10.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
79
280.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
53.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Karstens
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA