Lefty Grove vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Lefty Grove
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Lefty Grove and Catfish Hunter are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lefty Grove posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 3.26) and home runs allowed (0.37 per nine innings vs 0.98). Catfish Hunter had the advantage in WHIP (1.151 vs 1.278). By the career numbers, Lefty Grove had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Grove and Catfish Hunter

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.41
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
1.3
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
1.04
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.69
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
0.58
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.32
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.43
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.03
68.03
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.19
74.19
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.68
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.47
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.08
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
3.06
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
3.26
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11822
27
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3940.2
9
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3849
8.79
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.37
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
0.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
2.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
5.18
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
5.25
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.876
0.876
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.12
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16633
37.99
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.28
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1594
3.64
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.22
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.19
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.2
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15404
35.18
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.99
37.99
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Lefty Grove and Catfish Hunter

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
1.31
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10348
27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3449.1
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.59
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
0.83
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
1.48
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
1.42
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.39
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.278
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.086
1.086
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Grove and Catfish Hunter

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
235.21
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
515
435.21
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1579
600
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
710
600
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1369
520.2
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
76.76
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
58.9
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
10.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.9
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.7
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.07
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
17.86
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.38
26.37
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42.57
35.98
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
107.92
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
159.72
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
117.42
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
132.68
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
45.22
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
45.98
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
51
43.1
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
85.5
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.78
19.3
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45.21
38.21
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
39.9
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.76
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
593
225.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
135.21
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
39.14
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
39
32.96
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.76
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100