Rube Geyer vs. Jason Grilli — Career Comparison

Rube Geyer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rube Geyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Grilli as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Geyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 4.22 and 1.405 for Jason Grilli. By the career numbers, Rube Geyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Geyer and Jason Grilli

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.72
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.98
41.98
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.73
31.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
3.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1237
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
412.1
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
9.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.95
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.84
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
2.9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1758
38.37
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.14
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
5.46
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.46
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1565
34.16
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.16
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rube Geyer and Jason Grilli

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
234
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
7.82
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
31.5
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
231.75
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
294.75
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
263.25
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.31
89.31
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Geyer and Jason Grilli

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
104
445.71
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
570
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
111.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
94.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.66
28.54
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
132.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
124.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.7
28.7
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.67
6.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA