Dave Leiper vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Dave Leiper
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Leiper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Leiper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Dave Leiper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Leiper and Ted Shaw

Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
8.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.98
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
834
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
9.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
3.69
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.86
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212
39.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
4.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
34.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.24
39.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Dave Leiper and Ted Shaw

Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
8.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
834
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.3
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Leiper and Ted Shaw

Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
39600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
128.32
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
97.11
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
135.26
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
41.68
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100