Jack Leiper vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Leiper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.77 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Ted Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Ted Shaw

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Ted Shaw

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.55
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Ted Shaw

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
135.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100