Claude Grier vs. Juan Padilla — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Juan Padilla
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Padilla as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Padilla posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.452 compared to 4.6 and 1.424 for Claude Grier. By the career numbers, Juan Padilla had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Grier and Juan Padilla

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
6.1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.55
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.58
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.72
51.72
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
4.6
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.06
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
8.78
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.15
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.03
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.94
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
39.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.21
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
35.27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Juan Padilla

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
2.17
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
6.1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.85
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.31
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.57
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.6
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.38
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.6
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Juan Padilla

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
256.39
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
12600
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
518.06
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.614
0.614
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
124.23
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
116.3
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.9
44.67
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
132.16
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
179.74
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.569
0.569
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.41
56.59
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.29
Juan Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Juan Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA