Jason Grilli vs. Lefty Holmes — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lefty Holmes
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Holmes 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. Jason Grilli posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 4.48 and 1.398 for Lefty Holmes. By the career numbers, Jason Grilli had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Lefty Holmes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.93
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.22
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.48
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
349.2
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
8.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.84
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.09
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
5.64
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2969
39.03
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
39.3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.46
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
5.61
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.69
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2599
34.16
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
34.08
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Lefty Holmes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.65
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.09
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.34
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Lefty Holmes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
73
277.22
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
554.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.706
0.706
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
163.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
132.91
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
30.38
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
45.73
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
62.61
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
6
200
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
201.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
178.48
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.75
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
64.56
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
144.3
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
32.78
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.65
74.62
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
30.38
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100