Lou Grasmick vs. Joe Martinez — Career Comparison

Lou Grasmick
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Martinez
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Martinez built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Grasmick as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Martinez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.82 and WHIP 1.850 compared to 7.2 and 2.200 for Lou Grasmick. By the career numbers, Joe Martinez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Grasmick and Joe Martinez

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
3.4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.97
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.82
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.29
6.29
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.177
0.177
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
12.61
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.61
12.61
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.81
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
14.4
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.4
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.4
14.4
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.17
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
43.01
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
6.47
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.778
1.778
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
30.6
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
38.32
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01

Fielding Stats for Lou Grasmick and Joe Martinez

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.97
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
9
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.94
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.1
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.1
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.619
0.619
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Grasmick and Joe Martinez

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
1100
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
550
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
26.83
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
150
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
21.13
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA