Lou Grasmick vs. Jim Missouri — Career Comparison

Lou Grasmick
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Missouri
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Missouri 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. Jim Missouri posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.78 and WHIP 1.540 compared to 7.2 and 2.200 for Lou Grasmick. By the career numbers, Jim Missouri had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Grasmick and Jim Missouri

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
2.42
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.78
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.177
0.177
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
10.29
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.72
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
14.4
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.57
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.4
14.4
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.23
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
962
40.9
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.81
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
6.76
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.76
6.76
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
30.6
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
36.23
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.9
40.9

Fielding Stats for Lou Grasmick and Jim Missouri

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.42
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211.2
9
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.21
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.55
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.3
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Grasmick and Jim Missouri

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
462.16
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
567.57
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.36
11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-2.24
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA