Nelson Greene vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Nelson Greene
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish built a career as a starting pitcher and Nelson Greene 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 8.71 and 2.194 for Nelson Greene. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Greene and Cal McLish

Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.35
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.97
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.71
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
17.13
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.13
17.13
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.45
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.92
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
46.16
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.19
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.39
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9.87
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.194
2.194
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.55
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.16
46.16
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Nelson Greene and Cal McLish

Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4049
27
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1349.2
9
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Greene and Cal McLish

Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
1125
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
391.49
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.89
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
42.56
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
196
208.51
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Nelson Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Nelson Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100