Mike Golden vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Mike Golden
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee GraysNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Golden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Golden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.79 and WHIP 1.298 compared to 4 and 1.418 for Cal McLish. By the career numbers, Mike Golden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Golden and Cal McLish

Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.73
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.81
23.81
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.92
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.79
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
4
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
10.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.97
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1806
41.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
8.11
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1753
40.15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.36
41.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Mike Golden and Cal McLish

Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.34
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.87
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.84
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.4
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
2.58
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
2.17
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.31
84.31
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Golden and Cal McLish

Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
107
152.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
420
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
415
592.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
128.57
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
111.43
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.86
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.13
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.14
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.9
32.71
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
150
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
135.71
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
54.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
104.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
78.72
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.76
35.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.14
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
68.57
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
8.75
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.86
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.14
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Mike Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100