Bill Fulton vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Bill Fulton
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Fulton 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 11.57 and 2.143 for Bill Fulton. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fulton and Cal McLish

Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.95
17.95
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.57
14.57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.409
0.409
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
17.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.36
17.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.92
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
46.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
42.43
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.29
46.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Fulton and Cal McLish

Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
2.35
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Bill Fulton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.52
97.52
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fulton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fulton and Cal McLish

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