Dan Serafini vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dan Serafini built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 6.04 and 1.741 for Dan Serafini. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Serafini and Bryan Shaw

Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.55
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.55
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.73
31.73
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
6.04
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
263.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
11.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.97
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
4.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
4.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1226
41.85
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
6.52
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.85
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.718
1.718
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
36.28
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Dan Serafini and Bryan Shaw

Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.55
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
263.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.82
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.09
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.06
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.73
31.73
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Serafini and Bryan Shaw

Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
1235.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
505.88
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
3.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.68
-19.75
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
19
223.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.68
2.68
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Serafini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Serafini
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA