Jack Flater vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flater 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. Jack Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flater and Gus McGinnis

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.55
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.77
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.15
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Gus McGinnis

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.632
1.632
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Gus McGinnis

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
20.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
12.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA