Claude Grier vs. Mac MacArthur — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mac MacArthur
Pre-GenerationalScotlandThrows RightIndianapolis HoosiersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier built a career as a starting pitcher and Mac MacArthur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Grier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 5.02 and 1.500 for Mac MacArthur. By the career numbers, Claude Grier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Grier and Mac MacArthur

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.43
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.21
78.21
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.79
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
4.6
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
8.78
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
9.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.03
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.63
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.29
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
41.54
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
8.48
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
37.56
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Mac MacArthur

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.17
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.85
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.08
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
2.57
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.12
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.38
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.25
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.71
92.71
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.167
2.167
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Mac MacArthur

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
256.39
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
163.64
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
518.06
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
572.73
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.23
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.3
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.9
44.67
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
7.33
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
132.16
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
179.74
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
56.59
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-11.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.29
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA