Leo Birdine vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Leo Birdine
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Leo Birdine 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 6.11 and 1.605 for Leo Birdine. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leo Birdine and Gus McGinnis

Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.65
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.1
66.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
6.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
11.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.564
0.564
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1402
41.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
7.39
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.606
1.606
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
37.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.6
41.6
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Leo Birdine and Gus McGinnis

Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2144
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
2.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
2.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.15
90.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leo Birdine and Gus McGinnis

Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
214.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
567.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
141.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
116.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.92
49.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
182.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
158.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
39.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
96.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32.6
58.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
168
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
12.25
12.25
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Birdine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA