Mike Armstrong vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Mike Armstrong
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Armstrong as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Armstrong led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 101), and home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 93). Jim McGlothlin held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 90). Role difference aside, Mike Armstrong holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Armstrong and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
4.1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
7.99
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
8.63
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.12
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.87
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
4.13
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.53
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
5.88
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
4.91
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
38.32
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
4.53
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1252
33.34
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4935
34.16
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Armstrong and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.75
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
0.68
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.68
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.6
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.49
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Armstrong and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
39600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
66.67
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.83
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.12
21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
37.5
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
54.17
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
8.85
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
226.39
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
2.65
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA