Bob Feller vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Bob Feller
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bob Feller posted a stronger line than Cal McLish. Bob Feller posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.25 vs 4) and WHIP (1.317 vs 1.418). By the career numbers, Bob Feller had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Feller and Cal McLish

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
1.34
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.14
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.63
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.38
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.15
62.15
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.66
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.1
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
3.25
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
4
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11481
27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3827
9
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3271
7.69
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
9.43
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.53
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1764
4.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.09
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2581
6.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.99
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.18
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.14
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16180
38.05
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6938
38.81
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1557
3.66
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
4.61
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14356
33.76
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6359
35.57
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bob Feller and Cal McLish

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
18.26
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
2.35
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
4.68
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.87
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
16.33
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
2.01
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
21.81
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
2.96
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
21.01
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
2.89
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Feller and Cal McLish

Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
570
230.3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1485
600
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
564
600
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1282
517.98
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
490
521.28
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
77.98
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
58.18
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.31
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.13
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.23
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
19.8
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.65
25.32
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
109.49
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
296
119.6
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
125.53
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
40
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
40
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
76.77
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.8
18.91
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
40.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
505
204.04
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
40.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
27
28.72
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
6.06
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.81
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100