Sean Lowe vs. Jim Shaw — Career Comparison

Sean Lowe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shaw
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Lowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.95 and 1.582 for Sean Lowe. By the career numbers, Jim Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Lowe and Jim Shaw

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.61
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.09
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.47
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.55
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.53
60.53
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.25
67.25
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.54
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
4.95
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
3.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4801
27
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1600.1
9
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
9.92
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1446
8.13
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.97
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
3.87
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
5.89
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
4.31
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
40.23
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6584
37.03
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.96
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.38
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
5.34
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.79
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1705
34.88
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5872
33.02
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03

Fielding Stats for Sean Lowe and Jim Shaw

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.45
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1320
27
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
9
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.55
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.37
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.92
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.379
0.379
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.397
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Lowe and Jim Shaw

Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
6200
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
287
303.17
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
568
600
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
557.75
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
90.85
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
65.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.85
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.28
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.23
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.55
26.99
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
129.93
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
109.86
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
32.75
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.24
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
51.76
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-4.04
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.44
19.48
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
200
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
199.65
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.01
3.01
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.24
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA