Jerry Fosnow vs. Brendan McKay — Career Comparison

Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brendan McKay built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brendan McKay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Brendan McKay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Brendan McKay

Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.63
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9.73
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
6.91
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
39.67
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.88
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
34.85
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
36.37
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Brendan McKay

Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Brendan McKay

Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
18
981.82
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA