Brandon Lyon vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Brandon Lyon
Gen XUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Lyon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Lyon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.16 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Brandon Lyon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Lyon and Ted Shaw

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.19
47.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
4.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
9.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.91
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.91
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
6.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2951
38.98
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.65
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2658
35.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.98
38.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Brandon Lyon and Ted Shaw

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.24
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.99
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.92
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.03
96.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Lyon and Ted Shaw

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
171600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
128.32
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.19
52.69
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
173.41
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
166.47
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
79.77
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
135.26
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
364.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.01
58.99
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100