Lou Garland vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Lou Garland
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lou Garland 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. Gus McGinnis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 10.26 and 2.640 for Lou Garland. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Garland and Gus McGinnis

Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
16.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
16.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
49.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.62
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
12.96
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.96
12.96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
41.58
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
37.23
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.394
0.394
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.68
49.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Lou Garland and Gus McGinnis

Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Garland and Gus McGinnis

Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
1400
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA