Jack Lynch vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Jack Lynch
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Lynch as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Lynch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.218 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Jack Lynch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Lynch and Ted Shaw

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.01
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.01
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
0.51
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.49
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.16
51.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.74
97.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
3.69
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5773
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924.1
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
9.58
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
4.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.65
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8215
38.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1224
5.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7891
36.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Jack Lynch and Ted Shaw

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5904
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.48
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
1.41
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
2.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.89
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.84
84.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.808
1.808
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Lynch and Ted Shaw

Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
160.47
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
845
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
792
562.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
97.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
79.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
14.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
17.75
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.87
29.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
118.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
134.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
53.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
19.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
73.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.11
27.77
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
36.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
26
18.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.5
32.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
1.96
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jack Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100