Bryan Shaw vs. Joe Sullivan — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sullivan
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sullivan 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 4.01 and 1.529 for Joe Sullivan. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Joe Sullivan

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
2.3
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.57
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.78
44.78
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.67
36.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
4.01
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1764
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
9.2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.56
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
3.31
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
40.21
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.84
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
5.11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2312
35.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Joe Sullivan

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2293
27
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
764.1
9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.81
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.168
0.168
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.973
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Joe Sullivan

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
408.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
559.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
115.7
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
107.62
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.79
29.02
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
123.77
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
139.91
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
40.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
78.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.14
32.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
35
94.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
6.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100