Dewey Adkins vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal McLish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Cal McLish

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.91
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.09
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
3.99
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Cal McLish

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4049
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1349.2
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Cal McLish

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
391.49
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
78.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
196
208.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100