Bud Black vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black 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. Bud Black posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Bud Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Gus McGinnis

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
10.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
36.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Gus McGinnis

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Gus McGinnis

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA