Gus McGinnis vs. Joe Muir — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Muir
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Muir 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. Gus McGinnis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 5.19 and 1.500 for Joe Muir. By the career numbers, Gus McGinnis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Muir

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.63
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
9.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
40.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
36.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Muir

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Muir

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
1145.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
10.81
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.79
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Joe Muir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
5.5
5.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Muir
Career
Per 600 PA