Bryan Shaw vs. Lou Tost — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Tost
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Tost 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. Lou Tost posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 3.96 and 1.365 for Bryan Shaw. By the career numbers, Lou Tost had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lou Tost

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.26
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.33
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.97
58.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.96
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.65
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
9.21
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.81
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.24
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
38.88
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.44
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
35.4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lou Tost

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2293
27
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
764.1
9
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.168
0.168
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.872
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Lou Tost

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
417.86
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
75
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
24.39
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.83
19.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
16
171.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Tost
Career
Per 600 PA