Gus McGinnis vs. Dick Starr — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Starr
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Starr 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 5.25 and 1.706 for Dick Starr. 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 Dick Starr

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
5.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1034
27
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.18
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.18
10.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
5.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.26
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
41.79
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1582
41.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
7.48
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
6.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.706
1.706
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1374
35.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.31
41.31

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Dick Starr

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.58
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Dick Starr

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
499.12
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
515.04
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
22.65
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100.88
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
132.74
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
13
69.03
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
17.09
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
53.1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
36
191.15
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0