Rudy May vs. Gus McGinnis — Career Comparison

Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus McGinnis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy May and Gus McGinnis

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Rudy May and Gus McGinnis

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.69
92.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy May and Gus McGinnis

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
34.46
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA