Jim Shaw vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jim Shaw
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Shaw posted a stronger line than Michael Wacha. Jim Shaw posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.07 vs 3.89) and home runs allowed (0.16 per nine innings vs 1.07). By the career numbers, Jim Shaw had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Shaw and Michael Wacha

Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
1.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
1.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.25
67.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
3.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4801
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1600.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1446
8.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
3.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6584
37.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5872
33.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jim Shaw and Michael Wacha

Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4882
27
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627.1
9
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.397
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Shaw and Michael Wacha

Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
287
303.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
568
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
557.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
90.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.55
26.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
129.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
109.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
32.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
51.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.44
19.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
199.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.01
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
22
23.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100