Bill Kling vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kling 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 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kling and Jim Shellenback

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Bill Kling and Jim Shellenback

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.68
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kling and Jim Shellenback

Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA