Leland Foster vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Leland Foster
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftNorth AmericaMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Leland Foster and Cal McLish are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cal McLish posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 13.5) and WHIP (1.418 vs 4.500). Leland Foster had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.92). By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Leland Foster and Cal McLish

Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.17
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.11
24.11
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
40.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
74.25
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
74.25
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.25
74.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Leland Foster and Cal McLish

Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
2.35
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.17
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leland Foster and Cal McLish

Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
564
600
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
521.28
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
77.66
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.89
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.4
23.83
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
101.06
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
125.53
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.91
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.64
17.71
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Leland Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Leland Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100