Danny Friend vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Friend as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McGlothlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 4.71 and 1.561 for Danny Friend. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Jim McGlothlin

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.52
78.52
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.06
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Jim McGlothlin

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
0.68
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
2.48
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
2.37
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Jim McGlothlin

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
355.56
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
253
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
9
12.5
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.37
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
72
100
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA