Herb Goodall vs. Zack Greinke — Career Comparison

Herb Goodall
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Zack Greinke
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Zack Greinke built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Goodall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Herb Goodall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 3.49 and 1.178 for Zack Greinke. By the career numbers, Herb Goodall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Goodall and Zack Greinke

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.49
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.56
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.07
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.44
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.66
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.6
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.41
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.06
59.06
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.32
92.32
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.66
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.39
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1315
3.49
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
27
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10168
27
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
9
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3389.1
9
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
7.76
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3207
8.52
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
0.97
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.21
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
2.02
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.07
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.8
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2979
7.91
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.27
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.21
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
39.47
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13877
36.85
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
6.03
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
3.74
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.22
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.17
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.71
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.43
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12890
34.23
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Herb Goodall and Zack Greinke

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.54
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.56
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.44
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10168
27
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3389.1
9
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
0.9
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.03
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
1.29
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.02
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.84
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
834
2.21
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.59
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
2.19
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.92
98.92
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.32
92.32
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.16
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Goodall and Zack Greinke

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
19
237.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
597
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
600
600
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
562.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
521
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.927
0.927
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.652
0.652
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
237.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
117
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
212.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
39
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.6
120
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.93
47.93
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
262.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
175
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
275
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
145
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.925
0.925
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.598
0.598
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
125
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
49
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
34
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
187.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
74
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.63
132.9
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48.43
48.43
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
114
114
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
5.26
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
47
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Greinke
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Greinke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
90