Hub Pruett vs. Steve Shirley — Career Comparison

Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Shirley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Shirley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Shirley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.26 and WHIP 1.895 compared to 4.63 and 1.627 for Hub Pruett. By the career numbers, Steve Shirley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hub Pruett and Steve Shirley

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.82
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.58
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
4.63
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.26
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
9.86
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
10.66
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
4.78
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.97
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
4.31
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.68
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
41.01
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
41.21
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.95
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.26
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
5.65
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.26
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.627
1.627
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.737
1.737
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2962
35.78
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
35.53
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.01
41.01
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21

Fielding Stats for Hub Pruett and Steve Shirley

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.82
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.364
0.364
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hub Pruett and Steve Shirley

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
506.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
6600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
508.8
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
86.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
72
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.3
27.13
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
103.2
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
136.8
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.6
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.55
27.72
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
52
124.8
Steve Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA