Mike Mason vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Mike Mason
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Mason built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Mason led in strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 82), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 97). Role difference aside, Mike Mason holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mason and Bryan Shaw

Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.65
42.65
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
4.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
9.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
3.7
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
5.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2635
39.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
4.98
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.82
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2329
34.61
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Mike Mason and Bryan Shaw

Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.69
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.62
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.779
0.779
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mason and Bryan Shaw

Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
6507.69
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
415.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
29.19
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
41.55
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA