Gus McGinnis vs. Mike Smith — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Smith
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Smith 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 7.04 and 1.852 for Mike Smith. 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 Mike Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.52
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
10.66
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
11.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.66
10.66
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
45.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
7.51
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.51
7.51
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
36.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.08
45.08

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Mike Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.88
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.64
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Mike Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Mike Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Smith
Career
Per 600 PA