Danny Fife vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Danny Fife
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Fife 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. Gus McGinnis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 5.43 and 1.722 for Danny Fife. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Fife and Gus McGinnis

Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
10.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.22
10.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
42.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
35.79
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.18
42.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Danny Fife and Gus McGinnis

Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Fife and Gus McGinnis

Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA