Tim Davis vs. Joe McGinnity — Career Comparison

Tim Davis
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe McGinnity
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Joe McGinnity built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe McGinnity posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.66 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 4.62 and 1.696 for Tim Davis. By the career numbers, Joe McGinnity had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Davis and Joe McGinnity

Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
6.53
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.22
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
0.64
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
0.37
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.4
63.4
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.94
81.94
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.82
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.08
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
2.66
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10324
27
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3441.1
9
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
8.57
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.81
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.14
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.7
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
2.12
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.59
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
6.68
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1068
2.79
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.68
6.68
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
0.47
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
41.09
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14132
36.96
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.25
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.19
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.28
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1436
3.76
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.81
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
35.44
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13141
34.37
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.09
41.09
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.96
36.96

Fielding Stats for Tim Davis and Joe McGinnity

Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
6.53
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
1.22
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.44
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10506
27
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3502
9
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.56
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
2.39
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.26
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.13
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
3.21
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.05
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1148
2.95
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.91
91.91
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.417
2.417
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.42
36.42
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.06
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Davis and Joe McGinnity

Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
89
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
477
201.12
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1423
600
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1297
546.87
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
105.83
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
92.76
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.85
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.22
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
13.07
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.46
28.87
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
292
123.12
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
296
124.81
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
45.96
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
37.95
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
83.91
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.3
30.48
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.64
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
14.34
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
158
66.62
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.01
9.01
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
34.15
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
10.96
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
10.96
Tim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McGinnity
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100