Gus Ketchum vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Gus Ketchum
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Ketchum 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 5.63 and 1.688 for Gus Ketchum. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Ketchum and Jim McGlothlin

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.46
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.69
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.87
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
41.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
36.56
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Gus Ketchum and Jim McGlothlin

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3903
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1301
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.68
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Ketchum and Jim McGlothlin

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
900
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
66.67
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.83
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.12
21
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
37.5
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
54.17
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
8.85
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA