Rick Adams vs. Joe Grahe — Career Comparison

Rick Adams
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grahe
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Grahe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.59 and WHIP 1.388 compared to 4.41 and 1.614 for Joe Grahe. By the career numbers, Rick Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Adams and Joe Grahe

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.58
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.67
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.31
42.31
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.59
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.41
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
9.05
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
10.14
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.61
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.45
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
4.09
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
3.59
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.59
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.58
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
38.92
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1812
40.74
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.27
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.31
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
5.01
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
34.32
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1574
35.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.92
38.92
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74

Fielding Stats for Rick Adams and Joe Grahe

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.57
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.64
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
2.47
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.43
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
2.36
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Adams and Joe Grahe

Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
4315.38
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
511.11
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
438.46
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
30.66
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
56.17
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
177.78
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
38.94
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
68.74
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
5.4
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA