Herm Holshouser vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Herm Holshouser
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Herm Holshouser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McGlothlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 7.8 and 2.102 for Herm Holshouser. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jim McGlothlin

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.61
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.46
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
7.8
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
14.87
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.87
14.87
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.87
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.04
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.34
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
4.91
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.34
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.73
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.102
2.102
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
40.86
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.34
45.34
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jim McGlothlin

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3903
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1301
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.68
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jim McGlothlin

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
750
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
527.78
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
66.67
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
24.44
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
180
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
37.5
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
31.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
33.33
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA