Mike Couchee vs. Jim McGinley — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGinley
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim McGinley built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McGinley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Jim McGinley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Jim McGinley

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9.9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.21
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.8
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
39.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Jim McGinley

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Jim McGinley

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
14.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
7.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGinley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGinley
Career
Per 600 PA