Jason Grilli vs. Homer Hillebrand — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Homer Hillebrand
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Homer Hillebrand 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. Homer Hillebrand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.51 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 4.22 and 1.405 for Jason Grilli. By the career numbers, Homer Hillebrand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Homer Hillebrand

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.41
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.86
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.51
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.2
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
8.47
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.75
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
35.63
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2599
34.16
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.26
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Homer Hillebrand

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.22
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.89
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
975
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
5.37
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
6.65
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
6.45
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.296
5.296
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Homer Hillebrand

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
47
197.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
549.65
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.607
0.607
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
130.07
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
104.9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.39
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.17
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
45.73
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.43
47.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
163.64
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
163.64
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.578
0.578
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
83.92
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
32.78
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.05
54.74
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.37
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100