Lou Grasmick vs. Roy Patterson — Career Comparison

Lou Grasmick
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Patterson
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Patterson 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. Roy Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.172 compared to 7.2 and 2.200 for Lou Grasmick. By the career numbers, Roy Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Grasmick and Roy Patterson

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.21
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.53
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.61
82.61
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.78
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.75
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.177
0.177
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4095
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
9
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1327
8.75
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
14.4
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.8
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.4
14.4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
2.91
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.524
0.524
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.25
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5519
36.39
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
3.75
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
30.6
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5208
34.34
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.39
36.39

Fielding Stats for Lou Grasmick and Roy Patterson

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.21
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.38
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4095
27
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1365
9
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.49
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
2.85
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.15
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.49
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
3.34
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.66
95.66
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.755
2.755
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.98
30.98
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Grasmick and Roy Patterson

Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
205.59
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
553.07
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
86.03
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
75.98
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.82
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.4
19.44
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
99.44
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
108.38
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
49.16
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.4
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.26
13.69
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
20.11
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
86
96.09
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.24
6.24
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
24.58
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lou Grasmick
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100