Jason Grilli vs. Dick Hughes — Career Comparison

Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Dick Hughes
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Hughes 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. Dick Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.005 compared to 4.22 and 1.405 for Jason Grilli. By the career numbers, Dick Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grilli and Dick Hughes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.99
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.98
41.98
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.97
68.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
8.47
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
6.47
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.85
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.23
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.35
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
6.74
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
35.29
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2599
34.16
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
32.86
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29

Fielding Stats for Jason Grilli and Dick Hughes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.99
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
9
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.53
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.23
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.79
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.76
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grilli and Dick Hughes

Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
71
398.13
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
8.59
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.29
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
84.11
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
16.82
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
39.25
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.22
-6.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
43
241.12
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
33.64
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA