Zack Britton vs. Marty McHale — Career Comparison

Zack Britton
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Marty McHale
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty McHale built a career as a starting pitcher and Zack Britton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Britton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.284 compared to 3.57 and 1.289 for Marty McHale. By the career numbers, Zack Britton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zack Britton and Marty McHale

Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
6.21
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.61
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.65
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.49
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.75
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.38
57.38
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.58
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.16
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.13
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.57
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1923
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
7.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
9.57
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.55
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
3.71
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.03
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
7.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
3.29
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2652
37.24
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1472
36.97
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
3.51
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.58
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
4.57
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.29
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.289
1.289
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2347
32.95
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1383
34.74
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.24
37.24
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Zack Britton and Marty McHale

Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
6.21
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
41.14
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.65
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1923
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.42
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.63
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
57.86
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.15
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
72
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
2.05
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
64.93
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.18
90.18
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zack Britton and Marty McHale

Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
33150
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
65
312
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
600
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
513.6
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.2
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
287.28
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.92
23.63
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
675
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
81.6
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
139.2
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.125
1.125
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
43.2
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.4
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
57.6
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.94
295.15
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.76
22.84
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
62.4
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
129.6
Zack Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
4.63
4.63
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Zack Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100