Bryan Shaw vs. Lary Sorensen — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lary Sorensen
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lary Sorensen 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. Lary Sorensen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 145 vs 94), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 102 vs 97). Bryan Shaw held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 82 vs 61). Role difference aside, Lary Sorensen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lary Sorensen

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
1.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.48
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.45
47.45
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.92
67.92
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
4.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5209
27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1736.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1960
10.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.76
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
2.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3270
38.5
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7385
38.28
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
894
4.63
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.32
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
0.91
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6834
35.42
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lary Sorensen

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
1.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5209
27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1736.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.66
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.78
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.36
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
2.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.95
94.95
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.197
1.197
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.92
67.92
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lary Sorensen

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
346
2731.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
481.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
2.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.26
-25.72
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
30
236.84
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
94.74
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lary Sorensen
Career
Per 600 PA