Ed Mayer vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Ed Mayer
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Mayer 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 4.31 and 1.340 for Ed Mayer. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Mayer and Jim Shellenback

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
38.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.44
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
32.17
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Ed Mayer and Jim Shellenback

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.32
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.59
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Mayer and Jim Shellenback

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1885.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
60.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA