George Clark vs. James McDermott — Career Comparison

George Clark
Lost GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
James McDermott
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaBrooklyn EckfordsUnknownStarting Pitcher

James McDermott built a career as a starting pitcher and George Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. James McDermott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 8.14 and WHIP 2.492 compared to 9 and 2.158 for George Clark. By the career numbers, James McDermott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for George Clark and James McDermott

George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.21
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
9
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
8.14
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.4
7.4
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
27
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
10.42
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
20.43
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.43
20.43
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.43
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
48.79
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
56.29
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.79
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
10.89
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
20.57
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.89
10.89
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.57
20.57
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.158
2.158
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.492
2.492
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
38.37
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
54.29
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.57
20.57
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.79
48.79
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29

Fielding Stats for George Clark and James McDermott

George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.07
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.07
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
27
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
9
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.07
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.89
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85.71
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for George Clark and James McDermott

George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
1650
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
128.57
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
571.43
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.685
0.685
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
157.14
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
114.29
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.24
60.57
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
200
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
185.71
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
0.66
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.567
0.567
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
182.1
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.57
65.27
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
George Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
James McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100