Johnny Klippstein vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Johnny Klippstein
Greatest GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnny Klippstein 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 4.24 and 1.506 for Johnny Klippstein. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Jim McGlothlin

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.25
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.74
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.46
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.54
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.12
46.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.64
22.64
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.3
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.24
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5903
27
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967.2
9
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1915
8.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.93
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.87
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
978
4.47
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.32
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
5.3
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
4.91
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.086
1.086
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.44
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.32
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8656
39.59
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.26
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1059
4.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7608
34.8
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Jim McGlothlin

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.67
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4108
27
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1369.1
9
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.7
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.68
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.13
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.92
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
2.48
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
2.83
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
2.37
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.63
96.63
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.53
95.53
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.605
0.605
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.36
13.36
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Jim McGlothlin

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
713
772.2
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
432
600
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
543.68
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
68.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
53.07
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.66
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.42
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.16
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
15.04
16.28
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.12
21
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
95.31
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
85.56
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
30.32
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
37.5
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
31.41
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
56.32
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-0.93
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
8.85
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.16
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
205.78
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
37.91
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.39
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA