Gus McGinnis vs. Joe Sparma — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sparma
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sparma 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 Sparma posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.417 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Joe Sparma had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Sparma

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
3.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2594
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
8.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.54
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
6.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3755
39.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
4.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3288
34.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Sparma

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2593
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.77
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
1.61
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Sparma

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
359.22
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
522.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
62.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
52.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.92
11.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
75.73
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
81.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
21.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
21.36
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
42.72
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-1.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
19.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
108
209.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
56.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA