Brandon Kolb vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Brandon Kolb
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Kolb 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 7.99 and 2.197 for Brandon Kolb. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Kolb and Jim Shellenback

Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
7.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.99
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
12.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.17
12.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
7.23
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.61
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.648
1.648
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
45.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.155
2.155
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
36.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.25
45.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Brandon Kolb and Jim Shellenback

Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
7.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.095
0.095
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Kolb and Jim Shellenback

Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
6300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA