Kurt Ainsworth vs. Kyle McClellan — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kyle McClellan
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle McClellan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kyle McClellan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Kyle McClellan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Kyle McClellan

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.56
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
8.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.05
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
6.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.42
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1652
38.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.74
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.82
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
34.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Kyle McClellan

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.14
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.7
98.7
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Kyle McClellan

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
3045.28
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
520.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.89
10.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-4.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
203.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.94
2.94
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA