Ted Abernathy vs. Claude Grier — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Grier built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Abernathy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 4.6 and 1.424 for Claude Grier. By the career numbers, Ted Abernathy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Claude Grier

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.54
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.73
47.73
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
4.6
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
8.78
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.55
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.171
1.171
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4296
33.69
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Claude Grier

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
2.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.85
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
2.57
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
2.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.96
94.96
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Claude Grier

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
97
256.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
204
600
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
532.35
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
518.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
73.53
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.23
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.71
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.93
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.93
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.9
44.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
132.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
33
97.06
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
179.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
35.29
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
21
61.76
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
1.09
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
56.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.65
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100