Dick Marlowe vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Dick Marlowe
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Marlowe 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 4.99 and 1.570 for Dick Marlowe. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Marlowe and Jim Shellenback

Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.63
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.35
17.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
4.99
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
730
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
10.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
3.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
39.98
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
5.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
36.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Dick Marlowe and Jim Shellenback

Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
7.95
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.22
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.81
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.65
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.74
95.74
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.459
0.459
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Marlowe and Jim Shellenback

Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
980
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
60
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
570
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
100
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
90
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.99
19.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
110
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
120
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
13.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
260
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA