Claude Grier vs. Scott Rice — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Rice
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Rice as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Rice posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.562 compared to 4.6 and 1.424 for Claude Grier. By the career numbers, Scott Rice had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Grier and Scott Rice

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
14.61
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.55
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
4.6
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.18
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
8.78
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.03
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.43
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
6.51
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
7.52
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.171
1.171
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.11
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
38.83
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.25
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.31
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.25
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
32.15
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Scott Rice

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
2.17
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
14.61
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.54
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.85
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
2.57
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.48
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.38
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.48
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Scott Rice

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
256.39
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
600
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
518.06
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.23
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.3
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.9
44.67
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
132.16
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
179.74
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
56.59
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.29
Scott Rice
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Rice
Career
Per 600 PA