Ross Grimsley vs. Dave Sisler — Career Comparison

Ross Grimsley
Baby BoomersKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dave Sisler
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ross Grimsley built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Sisler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ross Grimsley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.33 and 1.531 for Dave Sisler. By the career numbers, Ross Grimsley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ross Grimsley and Dave Sisler

Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.52
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.39
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.81
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.55
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.6
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.61
55.61
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.34
46.34
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.89
23.89
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.35
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.81
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.33
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6118
27
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1969
27
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2039.1
9
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
656.1
9
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2105
9.29
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.53
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.89
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.96
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.47
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
5.05
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
3.31
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.87
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.18
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8544
37.71
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
39.86
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.41
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
4.18
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
4.83
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.51
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.76
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7792
34.39
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2523
34.6
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.86
39.86

Fielding Stats for Ross Grimsley and Dave Sisler

Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.52
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.39
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.81
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6118
27
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2039.1
9
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.26
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.58
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.47
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
1.9
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.1
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.84
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.04
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.98
96.98
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.39
97.39
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.603
0.603
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.89
23.89
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ross Grimsley and Dave Sisler

Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
519
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
247
752.28
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
197
600
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
353
529.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
159
484.26
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
67.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
76.14
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
61.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
70.05
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.05
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.05
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.09
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
9.15
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.24
18.99
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
73.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
85.28
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
78
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
121.83
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
31.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.64
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.23
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
54
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
57.87
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.33
-5
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.21
18.9
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
45.69
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
116
174
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
146.19
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
3.45
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.1
4.1
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
58.5
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
63.96
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.09
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.5
Dave Sisler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.14
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Sisler
Career
Per 600 PA