Claude Raymond vs. Frank Shellenback — Career Comparison

Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Frank Shellenback built a career as a starting pitcher and Claude Raymond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 3.66 and 1.373 for Claude Raymond. By the career numbers, Frank Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Raymond and Frank Shellenback

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.49
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.03
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.57
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.62
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.46
46.46
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.44
69.44
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.04
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
3.66
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.06
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
27
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
653
27
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
9
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
217.2
9
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
8.88
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
9.1
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.94
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
2.81
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
3.72
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.67
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
6.2
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.36
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.001
1.001
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.35
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3048
38.05
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
38.33
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
3.37
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
4.22
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.18
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2780
34.7
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
34.44
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Claude Raymond and Frank Shellenback

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2163
27
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
9
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.61
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.41
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.2
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.02
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.05
92.05
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.48
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.361
0.361
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.162
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Raymond and Frank Shellenback

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
2384.21
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
37
277.5
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
531.58
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
65
487.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
36.84
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
52.5
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
11.36
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
19.6
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
78.95
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
15
78.95
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
135
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.31
-6.91
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
16.94
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
44
231.58
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
225
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Frank Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA