Brian Bannister vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Bannister 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. Gus McGinnis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 5.08 and 1.433 for Brian Bannister. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Gus McGinnis

Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.67
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
9.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2914
39.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
5.49
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2627
35.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Gus McGinnis

Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Gus McGinnis

Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
2127.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.54
55.57
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.617
0.617
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0.591
0.591
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.23
58.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA