Carney Flynn vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Carney Flynn
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Carney Flynn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal McLish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 11.27 and 2.739 for Carney Flynn. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carney Flynn and Cal McLish

Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.11
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
11.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.23
13.23
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
18.08
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.92
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.57
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.09
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.88
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
52.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.94
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
15.97
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.97
15.97
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.739
2.739
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
43.9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.424
0.424
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.36
52.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Carney Flynn and Cal McLish

Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.08
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.87
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.31
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.85
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carney Flynn and Cal McLish

Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
9
360
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.92
76.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
280
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
78.72
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
81.04
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Carney Flynn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Carney Flynn
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100