Gus McGinnis vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Smith
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pete 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. Pete Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.55 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Pete Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Pete Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.41
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
4.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1043
9.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
3.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
5.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4423
38.81
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.61
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3920
34.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Pete Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.58
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.21
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
1.79
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Pete Smith

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
416.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
496.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
48.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.45
13.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.58
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
53.41
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
3.92
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
83
147.77
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4.06
4.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA