Jerry Fahr vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Jerry Fahr
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fahr as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal McLish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 4.76 and 2.294 for Jerry Fahr. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Fahr and Cal McLish

Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.94
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.478
0.478
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
17.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.47
17.47
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.18
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.09
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
39.71
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.294
2.294
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
36.53
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.478
0.478
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Jerry Fahr and Cal McLish

Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4049
27
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1349.2
9
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Fahr and Cal McLish

Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
564
600
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
521.28
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
77.66
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.89
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.4
23.83
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
101.06
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
125.53
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.91
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.64
17.71
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Jerry Fahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Jerry Fahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100