Howie Nunn vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Howie Nunn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Howie Nunn 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 5.11 and 1.820 for Howie Nunn. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howie Nunn and Jim Shellenback

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
6.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.11
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
9.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
8.78
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.96
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
6.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
40.89
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.85
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.52
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.675
1.675
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
35.26
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Howie Nunn and Jim Shellenback

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
6.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.81
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.23
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.23
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howie Nunn and Jim Shellenback

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
2509.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
19.67
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
21.93
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA