Mike Ryba vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Mike Ryba
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Ryba as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Ryba posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Mike Ryba had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Ryba and Ted Shaw

Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.76
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.41
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.18
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.66
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
783.2
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
9.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.84
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
3.53
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.707
0.707
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3352
38.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3098
35.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Mike Ryba and Ted Shaw

Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
27
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392.1
9
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Ryba and Ted Shaw

Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
519.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
600
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
512.8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
120.42
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
107.96
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
28
97.11
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.35
38.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
132.87
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
166.09
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
18
37.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
49.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
87.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.73
47.19
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
31
64.36
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.32
9.32
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Ryba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Ryba
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100