Gus McGinnis vs. Lamar Potter — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lamar Potter
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lamar Potter 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 6.23 and 1.431 for Lamar Potter. 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 Lamar Potter

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
39.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
35.72
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Lamar Potter

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.632
1.632
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.455
2.455
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Lamar Potter

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
240
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
21.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
120
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
23.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA