Plácido Bernal vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal 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 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Gus McGinnis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
37.23
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Gus McGinnis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Gus McGinnis

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
390
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
510
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1.09
32.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
45.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA