Ted Kennedy vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Ted Kennedy
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Kennedy 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 4.32 and 1.588 for Ted Kennedy. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Kennedy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
10.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
3.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1308
41.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
7.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1190
37.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.55
41.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Ted Kennedy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.07
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.73
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.19
89.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.941
1.941
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Kennedy and Jim Shellenback

Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
33
162.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
575.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.51
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.84
4.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.34
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.34
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.36
-26.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.2
12.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA