Willard Mains vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Willard Mains
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Kelly's KillersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Willard Mains as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willard Mains posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.550 compared to 3.61 and 1.304 for Jim McGlothlin. By the career numbers, Willard Mains had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willard Mains and Jim McGlothlin

Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.41
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.19
76.19
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.81
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.53
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
522
3.61
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
267.2
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
8.78
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
5.18
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
3.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
40.99
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
6.42
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
35.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Willard Mains and Jim McGlothlin

Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.64
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
2.48
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
2.37
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.58
91.58
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willard Mains and Jim McGlothlin

Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
45
207.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
355.56
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
572.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
147.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
115.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
12.5
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.05
60.24
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
198.46
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
175.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
143.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
67.42
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.69
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
64.62
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.29
9.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA