Rick Grapenthin vs. Irv Young — Career Comparison

Rick Grapenthin
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Irv Young
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Irv Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Grapenthin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Irv Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.211 compared to 6.35 and 1.588 for Rick Grapenthin. By the career numbers, Irv Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Irv Young

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.36
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.05
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.62
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.03
77.03
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.78
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.35
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.11
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4154
27
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1384.2
9
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.53
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
8.85
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.24
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.05
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.24
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
3.64
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
39.97
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5590
36.33
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.59
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.35
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
4.09
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
34.15
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5237
34.04
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Irv Young

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.46
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.04
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3876
27
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1292
9
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.73
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.79
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.15
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.12
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
3.67
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.12
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
3.52
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.416
2.416
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.77
71.77
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Grapenthin and Irv Young

Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1628.57
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
252.82
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
496
600
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
475
574.6
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
72.58
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
59.27
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.68
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.63
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.31
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.35
13.73
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
89.52
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
87.1
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
25.4
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
21.77
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
47.18
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
60.07
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.4
-1.7
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.31
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
179
216.53
Rick Grapenthin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.89
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Rick Grapenthin
Career
Per 600 PA
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100