Dustin McGowan vs. Michael Rucker — Career Comparison

Dustin McGowan
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Rucker
MillenialMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dustin McGowan and Michael Rucker are about as close as two relievers get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 96 for Dustin McGowan and 93 for Michael Rucker, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 90 and 88 respectively. If forced to pick, Dustin McGowan gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Dustin McGowan and Michael Rucker

Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
4.01
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
7.01
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.95
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.47
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.72
50.72
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.79
23.79
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
4.5
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.96
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951
27
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
27
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
650.1
9
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123.1
9
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.57
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
8.83
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.08
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.39
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
3.86
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.65
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540
7.47
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
8.76
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.64
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.36
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2818
39
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
38.75
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.86
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.97
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.94
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.25
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.68
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.17
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
34.32
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
34.37
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Dustin McGowan and Michael Rucker

Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
4.01
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
7.01
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.95
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951
27
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
27
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
650.1
9
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123.1
9
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.64
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.18
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.58
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.98
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.95
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.81
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.95
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.61
91.61
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.452
0.452
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.135
0.135
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.79
23.79
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dustin McGowan and Michael Rucker

Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
6020.69
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
57600
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
558.62
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
1.19
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.83
-37.86
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
393.1
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.53
1.53
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Michael Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA