Emery Adams vs. Jason Grilli — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Emery Adams 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. Jason Grilli posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Jason Grilli had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Jason Grilli

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.22
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
9.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.61
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.84
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2969
39.03
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.46
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.16
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Jason Grilli

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.68
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.04
92.04
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Jason Grilli

Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
45.73
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
200
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
69.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
32.78
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA