Hal Kelleher vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Hal Kelleher
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows 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 Hal Kelleher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 5.95 and 1.894 for Hal Kelleher. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Kelleher and Jim Shellenback

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.34
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
5.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
11.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.74
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
43.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
7.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.42
7.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
37.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Hal Kelleher and Jim Shellenback

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453.2
9
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Kelleher and Jim Shellenback

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
53
757.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
33.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.72
38.87
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.25
5.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA