Earl Allen vs. Joe Grahe — Career Comparison

Earl Allen
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grahe
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earl Allen 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. Joe Grahe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.41 and WHIP 1.614 compared to 6.75 and 2.167 for Earl Allen. By the career numbers, Joe Grahe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Allen and Joe Grahe

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.67
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.31
42.31
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
4.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
10.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.61
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.09
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
4.59
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
48
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812
40.74
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.27
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.581
1.581
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1574
35.39
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74

Fielding Stats for Earl Allen and Joe Grahe

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1201
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400.1
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.64
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.47
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.36
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.562
0.562
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.86
20.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Allen and Joe Grahe

Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
4315.38
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
438.46
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.43
56.17
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.98
68.74
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA