Tommy Byrne vs. Justin Grimm — Career Comparison

Tommy Byrne
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Justin Grimm
MillenialTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Byrne built a career as a starting pitcher and Justin Grimm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Byrne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.604 compared to 5.1 and 1.447 for Justin Grimm. By the career numbers, Tommy Byrne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Byrne and Justin Grimm

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.86
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
7.78
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.12
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.56
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.48
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.46
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.19
55.19
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
4.11
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
5.1
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4086
27
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
9
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
7.52
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
8.9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.65
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.17
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
6.85
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.95
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
5.06
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
9.05
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.84
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.26
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6181
40.84
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1641
39.28
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.72
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
4.55
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
5.48
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.6
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5059
33.43
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1442
34.52
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.84
40.84
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Tommy Byrne and Justin Grimm

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
6.41
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
7.78
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.89
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1183
27
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394.1
9
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.35
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
3.95
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.86
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
5.61
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.63
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
5.3
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.53
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.197
0.197
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.88
13.88
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Byrne and Justin Grimm

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
345.34
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
325
27857.14
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
550.53
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.99
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
87.02
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.82
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.33
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.82
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
43.97
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.59
60.09
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
207.94
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
168.55
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
66.87
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
89.77
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
61.3
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.07
-92.01
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.75
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.81
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
115.42
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.08
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.08
Justin Grimm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Justin Grimm
Career
Per 600 PA