Jim Shellenback vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jim Shellenback a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Jim Shellenback led in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 110), walk avoidance (BB%+ 86 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 77). Jim Shellenback was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Shellenback and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
34.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Shellenback and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Shellenback and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
881.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
14
74.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
10.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
16
84.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0