Claude Grier vs. Dave Sisler — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Sisler
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Sisler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Sisler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 4.6 and 1.424 for Claude Grier. By the career numbers, Dave Sisler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Grier and Dave Sisler

Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.39
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.81
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.6
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.34
46.34
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.89
23.89
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
4.6
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
4.33
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1969
27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656.1
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
8.78
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.53
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.96
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.03
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
5.05
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
4.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.102
1.102
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
39.86
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.41
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
4.83
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2523
34.6
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.86
39.86

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Dave Sisler

Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
2.17
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.39
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.81
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.54
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.85
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.47
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.57
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.1
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.38
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
2.04
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.39
97.39
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.603
0.603
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.89
23.89
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Dave Sisler

Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
97
256.39
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
752.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
197
600
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
518.06
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
159
484.26
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.23
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
25
76.14
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.3
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
23
70.05
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.05
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.05
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.09
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.9
44.67
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
6.24
18.99
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
132.16
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
28
85.28
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
179.74
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
40
121.83
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.15
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
14
42.64
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.23
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
57.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
56.59
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
6.21
18.9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
52.86
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
45.69
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.29
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
48
146.19
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.5
113.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.1
4.1
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
63.96
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.09
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.14
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA