Bobby Mathews vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.81 and 1.447 for Jim Shellenback. By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Mathews and Jim Shellenback

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
1.03
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.4
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Jim Shellenback

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.22
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
1.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
2.23
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1102
1.81
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.88
19.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Jim Shellenback

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
17.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA