Hung-Chih Kuo vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Hung-Chih Kuo
MillenialTaiwanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Hung-Chih Kuo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hung-Chih Kuo led in home run suppression (HR9+ 343 vs 138), run prevention (ERA+ 209 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 184 vs 97). Role difference aside, Hung-Chih Kuo holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Hung-Chih Kuo and Jim Shellenback

Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.33
43.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
292.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
7.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
10.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.62
10.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1227
37.78
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.23
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.214
1.214
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Hung-Chih Kuo and Jim Shellenback

Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
292.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.19
89.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.151
0.151
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hung-Chih Kuo and Jim Shellenback

Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
3633.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
27
450
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.681
0.681
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.44
40.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.19
36.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
233.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hung-Chih Kuo
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA