Mike Kilroy vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Mike Kilroy
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows 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 Mike Kilroy 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 9 and 1.895 for Mike Kilroy. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kilroy and Jim Shellenback

Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.79
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.79
12.79
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
10.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.89
10.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.895
1.895
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.79
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Mike Kilroy and Jim Shellenback

Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kilroy and Jim Shellenback

Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
37.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
48.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
120
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kilroy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA