Joe Grzenda

Joseph Charles Grzenda

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 8, 1937 in Scranton, PA
High School: Moosic HS (Moosic, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1961
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Twins/Cardinals/Mets/... 1961-1972

Final Game: September 23, 1972
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1955	18	DET-min	D	15	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							JAM · PONY
1956	19	DET-min	D	22	55	55		9	2	0	0						.164	.164	.200	.364		11							VDS · GAFL
1957	20	DET-min	B	28	43	43		3	0	0	0						.070	.070	.070	.140		3							DHM · CARL
1958	21	DET-min	AA	33	81	81		4	0	0	0						.049	.049	.049	.099		4							BIR · SOUA
1959	22	DET-min	AAA	20	26	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	.150	.261	.150	.411		3		0	3	0	0		CHL · AA
1960	23	DET-min	AA	22	39	36	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	15	.028	.103	.000	.103		0							BIR,VCT · SOUA,TL
1961	24	DET-min	AAA,AA	26	41	40	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	20	.075	.098	.025	.123		1							DEN,BIR · AA,SOUA
1961	24	DET	AL	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1962	25	DET-min	AAA	29	49	49	7	7	1	0	0	2	0		0	30	.143	.143	.163	.306		8		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1963	26	DET-HOU-ATL-min	AAA	29	24	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.000	.042	.000	.042		0							SYR,OKC,DEN · IL,PCL
1964	27	OAK-min	AA	17	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							BIR · SOUL
1964	27	KCA	AL	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1965	28	OAK-HOU-min	AAA	24	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200		1		0	0	0			VAN,OKC · PCL
1966	29	OAK-min	AA	33	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286		1							MOB · SOUL
1966	29	KCA	AL	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	30	OAK-min	AA	52	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143		1							BIR · SOUL
1967	30	NYM	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1968	31	MIN-min	AAA	56	25	22	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.045	.125	.045	.170		1		0	1	0			DEN · PCL
1969	32	MIN	AL	38	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	33	WSA	AL	49	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	34	WSA	AL	46	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	35	STL	NL	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	36	NYY-min	AAA	45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1974	37	ATL-min	AAA	46	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.400	.250	.650		2		0	1	0			RMD · IL
8 Yrs				219	34	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.067	.125	.067	.192	-44	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.067	.125	.067	.192	-44	1	0	0	1	0	0

KCA (2 yrs)				41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSA (2 yrs)				95	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	1	0	0	2	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				38	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	-15	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				178	32	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.071	.133	.071	.205	-41	2	0	0	2	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				41	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	24	DET	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1

1964	27	KCA	AL	20	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1

1966	29	KCA	AL	21	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1967	30	NYM	NL	11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1969	32	MIN	AL	38	7	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1970	33	WSA	AL	49	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$12,000	1
1971	34	WSA	AL	46	9	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$15,000	1
1972	35	STL	NL	30	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				219	34	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$27,000

KCA (2 yrs)				41	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
WSA (2 yrs)				95	21	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$27,000
MIN (1 yr)				38	7	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
NYM (1 yr)				11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
STL (1 yr)				30	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1961	24	DET	AL	1	0	1		106	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.343	1.000	.416	2.000	.759	432	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000

1964	27	KCA	AL	2	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.330	.000	.404	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1966	29	KCA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	87		.000	.245	.000	.311	.000	.378	.000	.689	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1967	30	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.256	.000	.318	.000	.376	.000	.694	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1969	32	MIN	AL	7	5	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.286	.336	.000	.391	.286	.727	-15	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.400	.400	.000
1970	33	WSA	AL	12	12	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.325	.000	.385	.000	.710	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1971	34	WSA	AL	9	8	0	0.0	86	.333	.143	.247	.143	.318	.143	.367	.286	.684	-16	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1972	35	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.377	.000	.701	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				34	30	1	0.9	93	.182	.067	.253	.125	.326	.067	.383	.192	.709	-44	.056	-5.8	-0.6	.143	.067	.000
162 Game Avg.				25	22	1	0.9	93	.182	.067	.253	.125	.326	.067	.383	.192	.709	-44	.056	-5.8	-0.6	.143	.067	.000

KCA (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.255	.000	.323	.000	.395	.000	.719	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
WSA (2 yrs)				21	20	0	0.0	91	.250	.053	.250	.053	.323	.053	.378	.105	.701	-70	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
MIN (1 yr)				7	5	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.286	.336	.000	.391	.286	.727	-15	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.400	.400	.000
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.256	.000	.318	.000	.376	.000	.694	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.377	.000	.701	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1		106	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.343	1.000	.416	2.000	.759	432		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				32	28	1	1.0	93	.222	.071	.253	.133	.326	.071	.384	.205	.710	-41	.063	-5.3	-0.6	.154	.071	.000
NL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.256	.000	.321	.000	.376	.000	.698	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1969	32	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	24	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1964	27	KCA	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%

1966	29	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1967	30	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1969	32	MIN	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	28.6%	0.0%		1.50	1.7				29%
1970	33	WSA	AL	12	0.0%	91.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.1			1.00	8%
1971	34	WSA	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		7.0	4.00	33%
1972	35	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
8 Yrs				34	0.0%	55.9%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	9.50	1.6		30.0	3.33	32%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.1%	8.4%	6.1%	28%	1.80	5.9	42.1	9.1	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	24	DET	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.22	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	0.3	0

1964	27	KCA	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.34	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.12	-0.6	0

1966	29	KCA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.20	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.37	-0.2	0

1969	32	MIN	AL	-0.7	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.31	-0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.18	-0.7	0
1970	33	WSA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.57	-0.3	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.91	-3.2	0
1971	34	WSA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.06	-0.9	0
1972	35	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.07	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0
8 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	34	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.60	-0.5	-0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.99	-5.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	24	DET	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	27	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1966	29	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	32	MIN	AL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	33	WSA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	34	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	35	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	24	DET	AL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1964	27	KCA	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1966	29	KCA	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1967	30	NYM	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1969	32	MIN	AL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	33	WSA	AL	12	17%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	34	WSA	AL	9	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1972	35	STL	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				34	26%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	9	0	0%	8	4	50%	24	1	4%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1961	24	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	1	0
1962	25	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	1	0
1963	26	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	1	0
1964	27	24	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0
1965	28	24	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0
1966	29	45	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0
1967	30	56	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0
1968	31	56	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0
1969	32	94	12	10	1	1	0	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	1	0
1970	33	143	24	22	1	1	0	2	15	.045	.125	.045	.170	-50	1	0
1971	34	189	33	29	1	2	1	2	19	.069	.129	.069	.198	-42	2	2
1972	35	219	34	30	1	2	1	2	19	.067	.125	.067	.192	-44	2	2

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	24	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	4

1964	27	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20

1966	29	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1967	30	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11

1969	32	38	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	38
1970	33	49	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	49
1971	34	46	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	46
1972	35	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
8 Yrs		220	34	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.033	.094	.033	.127	1	219
162 Game Avg.		162	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.033	.094	.033	.127	1	219

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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