Gus McGinnis vs. Joe Trimble — Career Comparison

Gus McGinnis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Trimble
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Trimble 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 7.48 and 1.846 for Joe Trimble. 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 Joe Trimble

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.99
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
10.66
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9.55
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.15
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
41.79
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
42.78
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
7.48
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.643
1.643
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37.23
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
35.72
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.79
41.79
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.78
42.78

Fielding Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Trimble

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.49
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.67
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.32
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.58
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus McGinnis and Joe Trimble

Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
55.57
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.37
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
208.16
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.45
66.71
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-32.34
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus McGinnis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA