Bob Gamble vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Gamble 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 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Cal McLish

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Cal McLish

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.87
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
2.96
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
2.89
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Cal McLish

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.89
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.91
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100