Gus McGinnis vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange 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. Lee Stange posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.289 compared to 4.99 and 1.643 for Gus McGinnis. By the career numbers, Lee Stange had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus McGinnis and Lee Stange

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
2.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.46
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.41
50.41
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.82
34.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.99
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.13
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
5.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.873
0.873
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.26
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.643
1.643
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
35.04
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Lee Stange

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
2.66
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
1.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.42
95.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.638
0.638
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Lee Stange

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
583.78
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
494.59
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.08
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
48.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
124
201.08
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA