Gus McGinnis vs. Gerry Staley — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gerry Staley
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Gerry Staley 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. Gerry Staley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Gerry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Gerry Staley

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.84
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.61
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.69
54.69
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.06
29.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
3.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5945
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1981.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2070
9.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
2.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
727
3.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8398
38.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
946
4.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7806
35.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Gerry Staley

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
6.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2587
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.52
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
6.74
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
6.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Gerry Staley

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
640
622.37
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
617
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
525
510.53
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
64.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
59.32
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.86
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.42
11.11
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
70.99
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
102.11
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
34.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.48
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
51.54
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
1.35
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
36.95
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
116
112.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
5.32
5.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
49.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0