Herman Fink vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Herman Fink
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Herman Fink 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 5.22 and 1.565 for Herman Fink. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Fink and Gus McGinnis

Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.78
44.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
5.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
10.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.19
10.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1275
40.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
5.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.565
1.565
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1150
36.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Herman Fink and Gus McGinnis

Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Fink and Gus McGinnis

Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
418.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
581.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
87.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
81.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
16.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
93.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
17
106.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
6
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
7.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Herman Fink
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
25
156.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
3.84
3.84
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Fink
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA