Sam Gray vs. Dave Wallace — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Gray built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Wallace as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Gray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 7.84 and 2.226 for Dave Wallace. By the career numbers, Sam Gray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Gray and Dave Wallace

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.75
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.66
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.07
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.51
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.53
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.95
60.95
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
907
4.18
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.84
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5854
27
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951.1
9
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2196
10.13
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.63
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.63
12.63
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.51
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.74
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
2.95
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.97
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
3.37
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.23
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.702
0.702
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8570
39.53
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
45.29
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.39
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1116
5.15
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.27
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.177
2.177
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7902
36.45
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
36.58
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.29
45.29

Fielding Stats for Sam Gray and Dave Wallace

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.66
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
27
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.2
9
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.74
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.66
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.267
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.385
0.385
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Gray and Dave Wallace

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
379
315.4
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
600
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
648
539.25
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
103.19
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
82.39
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.64
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.5
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
20.8
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.89
33.19
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
129.82
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
138.14
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
40.78
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
40.78
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
79.89
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.56
33.75
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
34.12
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
146
121.5
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
25.8
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA