Gus McGinnis vs. Eric Plunk — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Plunk
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Gus McGinnis and Eric Plunk are fairly close on the surface numbers. Eric Plunk posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.82 vs 4.99) and WHIP (1.478 vs 1.643). Gus McGinnis had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.17 per nine innings vs 0.95). By the career numbers, Eric Plunk had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Eric Plunk

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.77
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
3.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
5.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5030
39.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.36
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4268
33.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Eric Plunk

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Eric Plunk

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
715
143000
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
19.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA