Ken Patterson vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Ken Patterson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Ken Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Patterson and Ted Shaw

Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.35
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
317.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
8.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.08
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
4.7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
5.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1372
38.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.76
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.79
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
33.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
34.23
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Ken Patterson and Ted Shaw

Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.35
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
317.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.08
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Patterson and Ted Shaw

Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
67200
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ken Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100