Rube Fischer vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Rube Fischer
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Fischer 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 5.1 and 1.667 for Rube Fischer. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Fischer and Gus McGinnis

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.96
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
5.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1148
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
9.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.78
9.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
5.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
41.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
5.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1523
35.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.25
41.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Rube Fischer and Gus McGinnis

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Fischer and Gus McGinnis

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
531.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
560.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
108.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
78.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.78
38.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
162.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
132.79
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
54.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
63.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
108.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.97
34.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
127.87
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.69
4.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA