Al Shealy vs. Kerry Wood — Career Comparison

Al Shealy
Lost GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kerry Wood
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Al Shealy and Kerry Wood are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kerry Wood posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 5.71) and WHIP (1.283 vs 1.764). Al Shealy had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.44 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Kerry Wood 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 Al Shealy and Kerry Wood

Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.44
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
2.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.88
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.59
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.56
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.53
25.53
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.71
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
3.67
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.78
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
7.06
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.78
11.78
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.97
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.1
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
4.34
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
3.88
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
10.32
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.32
10.32
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.42
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.65
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
42.51
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5863
38.24
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.76
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.9
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
6.44
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
3.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.54
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.764
1.764
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
38.34
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5001
32.62
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Al Shealy and Kerry Wood

Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4140
27
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
9
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.48
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.8
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.34
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.28
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.66
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Shealy and Kerry Wood

Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
47
587.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
666.83
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
600
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
537.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
513.86
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
150
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
87.62
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
68.32
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.91
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.4
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
19.31
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.62
70.3
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.41
28.82
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
212.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
127.72
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
187.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
103.96
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.721
0.721
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.16
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
47.52
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
71.29
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
77.45
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.59
23.16
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
16.34
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
114
169.31
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
3.54
3.54
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Al Shealy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Shealy
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA