Ed Mars vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Ed Mars
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaSyracuse StarsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Mars 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 4.67 and 1.492 for Ed Mars. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Mars and Jim McGlothlin

Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.19
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.04
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.67
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.37
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.52
78.52
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.04
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.67
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
121.1
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
9.79
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.63
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
40.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.93
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
1.492
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
36.42
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ed Mars and Jim McGlothlin

Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.19
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.45
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
93.94
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Mars and Jim McGlothlin

Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
16
171.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
355.56
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
546.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
150
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
128.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
65.34
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
182.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
203.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
192.86
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
76.86
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
33.33
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
2.65
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mars
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA