Gus McGinnis vs. Barney Pelty — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barney Pelty
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barney Pelty 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. Barney Pelty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.150 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Barney Pelty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Barney Pelty

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.55
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.02
44.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.58
81.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
2.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5724
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1908
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1663
7.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
2.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
3.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.49
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7602
35.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6966
32.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.86
35.86

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Barney Pelty

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
1.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.97
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5181
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1727
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
678
3.53
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
4.34
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.81
93.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.632
1.632
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.954
2.954
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.96
65.96
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Barney Pelty

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
226.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
748
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
559.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
80.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
72.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
4.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.41
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.22
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.07
16.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
89.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
100.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.69
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
57.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.83
7.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
16.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
121
97.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
6.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
20.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Barney Pelty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100