Harry Ables vs. Jason Grilli — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Grilli as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 4.22 and 1.405 for Jason Grilli. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Jason Grilli

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.98
41.98
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2969
39.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.46
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Jason Grilli

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Jason Grilli

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA