Joe Grzenda
Joseph Charles Grzenda
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 8, 1937 in Scranton, PA
High School: Moosic (Moosic, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1961
Final Game: September 23, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 DET AL 24 P 4 0 5.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.76 0.75 .967 2.06 0.82
1964 KCA AL 27 P 20 0 25.0 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.60 0.50 .960 1.91 0.72
1966 KCA AL 29 P 21 0 22.0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.45 0.29 .950 2.00 0.75
1967 NYM NL 30 P 11 0 16.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.54 0.09 1.000 2.00 0.78
1969 MIN AL 32 P 38 0 48.2 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 2.59 0.37 .950 1.89 0.69
1970 WSA AL 33 P 49 3 84.2 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.02 0.39 .947 1.86 0.67
1971 WSA AL 34 P 46 0 70.1 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.41 0.24 .955 1.98 0.77
1972 STL NL 35 P 30 0 35.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.06 0.27 .950 1.77 0.73
8 Seasons P 219 3 308.0 72 6 66 0 3 1.000 2.10 0.33 .953 1.91 0.72
8 Seasons TOT 219 3 308.0 72 6 66 0 3 1.000 2.10 0.33 .953 1.91 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 DET AL 24 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 27 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 29 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 30 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 32 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 WSA AL 33 49 3 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 34 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 35 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 219 3 219 219 219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1961 DET AL 24 29 93% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 KCA AL 27 132 77% 20% 10 100% 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1966 KCA AL 29 102 75% 24% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 NYM NL 30 71 75% 32% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 32 227 82% 33% 12 100% 0 0 0 0 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1970 WSA AL 33 377 80% 32% 20 85% 0 3 1 2 17 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1971 WSA AL 34 280 74% 28% 12 92% 0 0 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 STL NL 35 172 79% 29% 8 100% 0 2 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 1390 78% 29% 71 94% 0 5 2 3 67 53 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 16 94%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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