Lefty Moses vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Lefty Moses
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Moses 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. Bryan Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 4.95 and 1.527 for Lefty Moses. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Moses and Bryan Shaw

Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.48
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.95
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
8.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
8.51
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
6.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.48
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
39.62
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.59
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.8
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.527
1.527
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
32.75
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2904
34.19
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.62
39.62
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Lefty Moses and Bryan Shaw

Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.51
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.533
1.533
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Moses and Bryan Shaw

Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
457.14
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
2.82
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lefty Moses
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA