Fred Mitchell vs. Bobby Shantz — Career Comparison

Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bobby Shantz
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveMVPAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Fred Mitchell and Bobby Shantz are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bobby Shantz posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.38 vs 4.1) and WHIP (1.287 vs 1.544). Fred Mitchell had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.2 per nine innings vs 0.7). By the career numbers, Bobby Shantz had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Fred Mitchell and Bobby Shantz

Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.22
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
2.5
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.08
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.8
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.39
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.55
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.63
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.46
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.66
88.66
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.84
31.84
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.89
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.36
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.22
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
4.1
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.38
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5807
27
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1935.2
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
10.1
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
8.35
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.2
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
0.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
3.8
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
2.99
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
4.98
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.886
0.886
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.43
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3172
39.74
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8045
37.41
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.89
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
5.89
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.8
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2816
35.28
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7361
34.23
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41

Fielding Stats for Fred Mitchell and Bobby Shantz

Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.23
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
4.82
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.64
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.6
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3011
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003.2
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.57
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
2.12
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.2
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
816
5.32
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.91
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
4.96
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
5.77
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.45
12.45
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.12
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Mitchell and Bobby Shantz

Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
202
198.69
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
537.67
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
610
600
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
562.62
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
548
509.77
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
118.03
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
107
99.53
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
95.41
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
84
78.14
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
16
15.74
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
18.6
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.89
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.86
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.62
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
23
21.4
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.91
38.27
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
37.69
35.06
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
147.54
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
134
124.65
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
147
144.59
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
147.91
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
55
54.1
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
55.81
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
46
42.79
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.25
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
105
97.67
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.68
41
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
40.25
37.44
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.65
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
22
21.64
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
43.72
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
90.49
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
89.3
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
6.63
6.63
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
6.72
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.82
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
40.93
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.72
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.79
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.65
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60