Brad Lesley vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Ted Shaw

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
34.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Ted Shaw

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Ted Shaw

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
128.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
97.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
45.83
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
135.26
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.01
58.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100