Jason Grimsley vs. Bill Harris — Career Comparison

Jason Grimsley
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Harris
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Harris built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Grimsley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.615 compared to 4.77 and 1.599 for Jason Grimsley. By the career numbers, Bill Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Grimsley and Bill Harris

Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
5.3
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.69
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.4
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.56
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
496
4.77
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2810
27
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936.2
9
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
9.17
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9.35
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.8
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
4.79
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
5.98
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.92
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.45
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4208
40.43
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
39.46
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.22
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
5.28
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.35
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.06
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3598
34.57
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
35.31
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Jason Grimsley and Bill Harris

Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
5.3
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.69
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2810
27
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936.2
9
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.03
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.36
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.17
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
2.57
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.39
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.451
0.451
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.2
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Grimsley and Bill Harris

Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
553
6260.38
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
486.79
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.85
9.63
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
1.08
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Bill Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Harris
Career
Per 600 PA