Joe Grahe vs. Rube Marquard — Career Comparison

Joe Grahe
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Marquard
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Rube Marquard built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Grahe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Marquard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 4.41 and 1.614 for Joe Grahe. By the career numbers, Rube Marquard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Grahe and Rube Marquard

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
1.46
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.1
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.49
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.55
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.48
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.17
53.17
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.37
75.37
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.54
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.41
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.08
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9920
27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306.2
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
10.14
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3233
8.8
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.61
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.29
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
4.09
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.59
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1593
4.34
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.22
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.11
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1812
40.74
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13657
37.17
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.27
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.22
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
5.01
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1443
3.93
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1574
35.39
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12760
34.73
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Joe Grahe and Rube Marquard

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
4.2
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
19.37
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.12
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
747
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
9
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.72
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.28
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.64
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
25.19
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.41
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
2.47
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
28.88
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
2.36
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
27.47
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.12
95.12
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.418
1.418
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.86
20.86
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.98
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grahe and Rube Marquard

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
4315.38
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
536
269.12
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1195
600
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
438.46
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1107
555.82
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
99.41
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
88.87
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
8.54
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.51
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
10.54
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
56.17
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.2
23.7
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
112.47
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
119.5
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
31.63
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
32.13
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
63.26
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
68.74
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.98
22.08
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.51
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
16.57
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
104.44
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
5.75
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
24.1
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.01
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.51
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Marquard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71