Sam Shaw vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Sam Shaw
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 3.91 and 1.522 for Sam Shaw. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Shaw and Zack Wheeler

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.04
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
42.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
36.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.13
42.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Sam Shaw and Zack Wheeler

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.61
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Shaw and Zack Wheeler

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
29.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
31.52
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA