Ted Shaw vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ted Shaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Shaw and Dave Smith

Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.63
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
34.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Ted Shaw and Dave Smith

Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Shaw and Dave Smith

Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA