Willie Banks vs. Bob Griffith — Career Comparison

Willie Banks
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Griffith
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bob Griffith posted a stronger line than Willie Banks. Bob Griffith posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.472 vs 1.557) and home runs allowed (0.46 per nine innings vs 0.96). By the career numbers, Bob Griffith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Banks and Bob Griffith

Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.67
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.86
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.01
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.64
44.64
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.13
54.13
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.75
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
4.76
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1581
27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
9
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
9.32
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
10.04
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.96
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
4.45
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.21
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
6.31
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
4.51
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.858
0.858
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.6
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2717
40.06
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2353
40.18
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.59
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.46
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
5.7
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.37
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2359
34.79
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2114
36.1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.07
40.07
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18

Fielding Stats for Willie Banks and Bob Griffith

Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.67
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.81
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.99
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
27
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626
9
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.96
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.37
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.95
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.03
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.8
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
2.88
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.79
94.79
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.76
54.76
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Banks and Bob Griffith

Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
1380
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
139
281.76
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
296
600
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
68
510
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
565.54
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
90
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
147.97
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
113.51
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.27
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.14
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
34.46
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
22.41
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.61
57.98
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
105
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
200.68
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
120
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
168.24
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.642
0.642
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
70.95
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
62.84
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
129.73
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
20.75
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.83
66.54
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.27
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
23
172.5
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.48
3.48
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
148
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.19
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bob Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.05
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100