Gus McGinnis vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer 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. Russ Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Russ Meyer

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.87
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Russ Meyer

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.022
1.022
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Russ Meyer

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
319
336.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
510.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
26.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA