Gus McGinnis vs. Mike Scott — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Scott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike Scott 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. Mike Scott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Mike Scott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Mike Scott

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.55
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.45
53.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
813
3.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1858
8.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.73
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1469
6.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.013
1.013
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8571
37.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.53
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7746
33.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Mike Scott

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
2.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.98
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Mike Scott

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
281.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
653
527.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
65.41
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
52.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
11.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.92
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.27
13.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
81.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
87.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
36.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
61.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.96
-1.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.8
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
279
225.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
47.64
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67