Fred Fussell vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Fred Fussell
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Fred Fussell and Cal McLish are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cal McLish posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 4.86) and WHIP (1.418 vs 1.537). Fred Fussell had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.49 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 Fred Fussell and Cal McLish

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.44
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.82
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.52
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.34
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.86
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
294.2
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
11.15
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.69
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
3.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
39.92
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.01
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
5.59
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1214
37.08
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Fred Fussell and Cal McLish

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4049
27
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1349.2
9
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.06
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Fussell and Cal McLish

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
452.83
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
391.49
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
106
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
566.04
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
84.91
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
62.26
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.64
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
30.31
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
130.19
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
113.21
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
125.53
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.98
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.91
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
67.92
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
19.24
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.66
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.64
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
147.17
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.66
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100