Grier Friday vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Grier Friday
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Willie Jefferson posted a stronger line than Grier Friday. Willie Jefferson posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.94 vs 6.9) and WHIP (1.314 vs 1.900). By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson 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 Grier Friday and Willie Jefferson

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.94
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
10.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
9.89
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.7
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.84
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
42.3
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737
39.12
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.1
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
5.13
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
35.1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Grier Friday and Willie Jefferson

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.52
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
68
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grier Friday and Willie Jefferson

Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
103.66
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
37.95
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
147.64
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
53.4
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
65.97
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
49.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.99
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75