Gus McGinnis vs. Joe Poetz — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Poetz
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Poetz 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. Joe Poetz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Joe Poetz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Poetz

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.15
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
40.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
30.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Poetz

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Poetz

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.613
0.613
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
208.16
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.45
66.71
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA