Kevin Gross vs. Buz Phillips — Career Comparison

Kevin Gross
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Buz Phillips
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Gross built a career as a starting pitcher and Buz Phillips as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Gross posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.440 compared to 8.04 and 1.969 for Buz Phillips. By the career numbers, Kevin Gross had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Gross and Buz Phillips

Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
1.71
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.89
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
1.33
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.51
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.57
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.33
47.33
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.64
77.64
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.15
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
4.11
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
8.04
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.04
8.04
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7463
27
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2487.2
9
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2519
9.11
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
14.02
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.11
9.11
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.02
14.02
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
0.83
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.24
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
3.57
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.71
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.27
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1727
6.25
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.85
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.618
0.618
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.19
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.29
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.13
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10791
39.04
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
44.52
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.14
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.65
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1245
4.5
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.07
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.07
9.07
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.38
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.25
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.57
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9552
34.56
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.04
39.04
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.52
44.52

Fielding Stats for Kevin Gross and Buz Phillips

Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.71
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
1.33
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7463
27
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2487.2
9
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.65
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.24
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
1.98
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
1.9
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.97
95.97
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.64
77.64
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Gross and Buz Phillips

Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
377.87
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
646.15
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
660
521.74
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.231
1.231
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
83.79
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
63.24
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
15.02
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
4.74
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
20.55
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.76
24.32
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
170.23
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
114.62
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
109.88
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.231
1.231
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.429
1.429
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
32.41
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
28.46
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
56.13
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.98
16.58
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
184.04
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
24.51
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
277
218.97
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
52.17
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.7
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.37
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.37
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Gross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA