Lance McCullers Jr. vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Lance McCullers Jr.
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Lance McCullers Jr. a clear advantage over Jim Shellenback across the core pitching metrics. Lance McCullers Jr. led in strikeout rate (K%+ 125 vs 77), home run suppression (HR9+ 179 vs 138), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 131 vs 97). Jim Shellenback held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 86 vs 86). Lance McCullers Jr. was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Jim Shellenback

Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.59
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.95
57.95
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2322
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
7.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.78
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
10.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.01
10.01
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.545
1.545
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3291
38.27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2894
33.65
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Jim Shellenback

Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.63
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2322
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.92
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance McCullers Jr. and Jim Shellenback

Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
6342.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.72
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.78
-33.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA