Jim McLaughlin vs. Clarke Schmidt — Career Comparison

Jim McLaughlin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Clarke Schmidt
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clarke Schmidt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McLaughlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McLaughlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 3.82 and 1.276 for Clarke Schmidt. By the career numbers, Jim McLaughlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Clarke Schmidt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.22
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
3.82
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
8.24
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.08
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.18
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
8.79
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.59
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
41.32
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1670
38.21
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.28
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.69
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
36.82
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1485
33.98
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Clarke Schmidt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.98
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.22
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.15
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.82
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.8
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.65
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.64
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.62
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Clarke Schmidt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
29100
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.591
0.591
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
47.27
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
218.18
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.94
52.81
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA