Gus McGinnis vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes 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. Jose Mercedes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Jose Mercedes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Jose Mercedes

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Jose Mercedes

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Jose Mercedes

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA