Cal McLish vs. Milt Pappas — Career Comparison

Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Milt Pappas
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish and Milt Pappas are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 97 for Cal McLish and 92 for Milt Pappas, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 91 and 91 respectively. If forced to pick, Cal McLish gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Cal McLish and Milt Pappas

Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520
1.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.17
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.31
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.46
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.03
56.03
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.42
89.42
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
4
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1203
3.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9558
27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
9.43
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3046
8.6
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.84
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.42
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.25
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.99
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728
4.88
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6938
38.81
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13198
37.28
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
4.61
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
3.76
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.07
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6359
35.57
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12224
34.53
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Cal McLish and Milt Pappas

Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.17
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
1.32
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9559
27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186.1
9
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
0.69
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
1.37
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754
2.13
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
2.06
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.95
96.95
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.44
89.44
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.11
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cal McLish and Milt Pappas

Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
527
269.34
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
564
600
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1174
600
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1073
548.38
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
77.66
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
67.46
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
49.06
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.57
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
6.64
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.53
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.22
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
18.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.4
23.83
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42.98
21.96
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
107.84
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
125.53
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
89.95
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
36.8
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
34.24
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
60.82
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.64
17.71
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
6.48
3.31
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.09
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
18.4
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
208.51
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
510
260.65
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
26.58
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.13
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.56
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.64
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.51
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.06
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.51
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100