Claude Grier vs. Dave Wallace — Career Comparison

Claude Grier
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Wallace
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Grier 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. Claude Grier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 7.84 and 2.226 for Dave Wallace. 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 Dave Wallace

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.43
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.66
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.12
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.21
78.21
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
4.6
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.84
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.345
0.345
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
27
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
9
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
8.78
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.63
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.63
12.63
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.74
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.03
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.97
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.51
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
5.23
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.171
1.171
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1461
26.78
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
45.29
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.82
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.177
2.177
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
21.65
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
36.58
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.368
0.368
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.78
26.78
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.29
45.29

Fielding Stats for Claude Grier and Dave Wallace

Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
2.17
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.66
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.66
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
27
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336.1
9
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.85
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.74
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.57
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.18
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.38
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.18
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Dave Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.54
76.54
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Grier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Grier and Dave Wallace

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