Jason Grilli vs. Jim Hardin — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Hardin
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Hardin built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Grilli as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Hardin led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 143 vs 89), home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 81), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 83). Jason Grilli held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 89). Role difference aside, Jim Hardin holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Jim Hardin

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.33
57.33
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.18
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
8.47
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
8.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.84
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.42
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
4.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3096
37.07
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
3.62
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2599
34.16
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2849
34.11
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Jim Hardin

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.72
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.77
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.74
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.97
97.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Jim Hardin

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
164
367.16
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
523.88
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
53.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.72
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.72
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.83
17.53
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
89.55
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
80.6
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.82
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
67.16
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-0.16
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.87
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
98
219.4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
2.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
47.01
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA