Ted Lewis vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Ted Lewis
Pre-GenerationalWalesThrows RightBats RightBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Lewis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Lewis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.345 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Ted Lewis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lewis and Ted Shaw

Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
0.98
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.41
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.49
59.49
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.61
83.61
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.87
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.53
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4215
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
8.83
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5956
38.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
4.82
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5406
34.63
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Ted Lewis and Ted Shaw

Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4227
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1409
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.81
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
2.34
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
2.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.859
1.859
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lewis and Ted Shaw

Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
181.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
607
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
545.63
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.559
0.559
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
121.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
108.73
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
28
97.11
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
9.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
12.85
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.83
39.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
137.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
159.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
65.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
51.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
116.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.91
46.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
37.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
66
65.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
16.8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100