Adam Eaton vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Adam Eaton
Gen XWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Adam Eaton built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus McGinnis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Adam Eaton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Adam Eaton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Adam Eaton and Gus McGinnis

Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.08
51.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
4.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3536
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1178.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
9.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
3.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
855
6.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5167
39.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
5.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.26
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4591
35.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Adam Eaton and Gus McGinnis

Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3536
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1178.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.6
95.6
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.144
1.144
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Adam Eaton and Gus McGinnis

Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
352.85
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
507.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.602
0.602
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
98.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
68.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
29.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.83
41.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
138.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
151.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
44.67
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
78.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.22
40.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
49.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
113
168.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA