Mike Kircher vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Mike Kircher
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kircher 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 6 and 1.625 for Mike Kircher. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kircher and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.46
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
12.94
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.94
12.94
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
2.89
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
40.13
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.38
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
37.88
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.13
40.13
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Kircher and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3903
27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1301
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.68
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kircher and Jim McGlothlin

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
24.88
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
27.05
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA