Jim Holmes vs. Marty McHale — Career Comparison

Jim Holmes
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Marty McHale
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty McHale built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Holmes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 3.57 and 1.289 for Marty McHale. By the career numbers, Jim Holmes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Holmes and Marty McHale

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.61
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.75
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.58
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.57
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.63
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9.57
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.03
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.02
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.29
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
37.47
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472
36.97
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.84
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.51
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
31.59
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1383
34.74
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.47
37.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Jim Holmes and Marty McHale

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.94
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
41.14
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
57.86
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.84
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
72
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
64.93
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.18
90.18
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Holmes and Marty McHale

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
312
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
600
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
513.6
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
26.79
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.92
23.63
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
81.6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
139.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
43.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
57.6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
31.45
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.76
22.84
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
62.4
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
129.6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100