Chris Archer vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Chris Archer
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus McGinnis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Archer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Chris Archer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Archer and Gus McGinnis

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
3.93
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
8.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
3.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
9.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
37.96
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5152
34.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Chris Archer and Gus McGinnis

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.47
92.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Archer and Gus McGinnis

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
1689.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
551.72
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
55.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
6.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
62.07
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
82.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.49
-17.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
38
262.07
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA