Guy Bush vs. Phil Clark — Career Comparison

Guy Bush
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Clark
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Bush built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Bush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 7.98 and 2.114 for Phil Clark. By the career numbers, Guy Bush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Bush and Phil Clark

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.79
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.02
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.58
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.45
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.83
56.83
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.5
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1166
3.86
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.98
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8166
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2950
9.75
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
11.66
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.66
11.66
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.5
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
2.84
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
2.81
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.68
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.17
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.14
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11750
38.85
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
43.57
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.48
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1369
4.53
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9.82
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10850
35.87
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
36.82
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.57
43.57

Fielding Stats for Guy Bush and Phil Clark

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
27
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.2
9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
781
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.38
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.441
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Bush and Phil Clark

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
326.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
9000
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
888
532.8
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
85.8
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
77.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
7.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
19.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
95.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
116.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
34.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
31.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
65.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.61
15.97
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
30
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
97.2
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
36.6
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA