Benny Frey vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Benny Frey
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Benny Frey 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. Benny Frey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Benny Frey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Benny Frey and Gus McGinnis

Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.61
49.61
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3480
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1415
10.98
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.15
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5047
39.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
5.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4772
37.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Benny Frey and Gus McGinnis

Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Benny Frey and Gus McGinnis

Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
366.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
542.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.628
0.628
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
138.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
121.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.98
49.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
159.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
177.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.599
0.599
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
46.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
32.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
78.87
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.6
58.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
36.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
67
94.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
6.36
6.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
18.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA