Charlie Shields vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Charlie Shields
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Shields 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 4.27 and 1.654 for Charlie Shields. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Shields and Zack Wheeler

Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.51
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.06
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
4.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
12.57
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.57
12.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.31
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
2.55
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.76
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
40.37
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
6.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
37.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.37
40.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Charlie Shields and Zack Wheeler

Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
543
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.64
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.84
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.05
86.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Shields and Zack Wheeler

Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
31
261.97
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
63
532.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
101.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
16.72
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
41.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
169.01
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.74
48.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.1
7.1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Charlie Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA