Harry Mace vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Harry Mace
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington StatesmenAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Mace as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 7.31 and 1.625 for Harry Mace. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Mace and Jim Shellenback

Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
10.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
42.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
37.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Harry Mace and Jim Shellenback

Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Mace and Jim Shellenback

Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA