Grier Friday vs. Bryan King — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialColoradoThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Grier Friday built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.071 compared to 6.9 and 1.900 for Grier Friday. By the career numbers, Bryan King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grier Friday and Bryan King

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
9.16
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.9
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.1
9
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
10.5
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
7.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.05
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
6.6
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.7
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
9.64
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
42.3
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
36.64
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.9
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.72
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.1
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
35.1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
33.68
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64

Fielding Stats for Grier Friday and Bryan King

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
9.16
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.1
9
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.76
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.14
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.857
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grier Friday and Bryan King

Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
37.95
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
49.5
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bryan King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan King
Career
Per 600 PA