Jason Motte vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Jason Motte
MillenialMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Motte as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Motte led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 86), strikeout rate (K%+ 104 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 98). Jim Shellenback held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 90). Role difference aside, Jason Motte holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Motte and Jim Shellenback

Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.61
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
7.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
8.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.36
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1630
36.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1464
33.13
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Jason Motte and Jim Shellenback

Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.31
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.06
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.91
98.91
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.205
0.205
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Motte and Jim Shellenback

Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
66600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
552.21
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
90.27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-66.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.01
-5.35
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA