Cliff Blackmon vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Blackmon 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 6.28 and 1.797 for Cliff Blackmon. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Gus McGinnis

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.78
27.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
36.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Gus McGinnis

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
2.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
2.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Gus McGinnis

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
309.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
518.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
23.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
127.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
81.82
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
18.98
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
12.25
12.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA