Jason Grilli vs. Irv Higginbotham — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Irv Higginbotham
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Irv Higginbotham 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. Irv Higginbotham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 4.22 and 1.405 for Jason Grilli. By the career numbers, Irv Higginbotham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Irv Higginbotham

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.77
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.98
41.98
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.81
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
8.57
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.44
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
3.18
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1015
37.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.03
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.16
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
942
34.79
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Irv Higginbotham

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
729
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.78
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.56
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Irv Higginbotham

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
48
320
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
566.67
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.92
19.44
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
100
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
120
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.81
18.76
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA