Joe Grzenda

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: June 8, 1937 in Scranton, PA us

Died: July 12, 2019 in Covington Township, PA

Buried: St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, PA

High School: Moosic HS (Moosic, PA)

Debut: April 26, 1961 (Age 23-322d, 11,848th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1972 (Age 35-107d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Joseph Charles Grzenda

Pronunciation: \greh-ZEN-duh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

4.00

219

308.0

173

WHIP

1.438

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1955	18	DET-min	D	2	5	.286		15																										JAM PONY
1956	19	DET-min	D	13	3	.813	3.19	22	20		12	1		144.0	94	60	51	5	114		129	6	0	16				1.444	5.9	0.3	7.1	8.1	1.13	VDS GAFL
1957	20	DET-min	B	9	4	.692	3.07	28	15		8	1		129.0	80	54	44	3	94	0	136	4	1	11				1.349	5.6	0.2	6.6	9.5	1.45	DHM CARL
1958	21	DET-min	AA	16	7	.696	3.19	33	32		11	1		223.0	170	90	79	16	128	2	189	3	0	6				1.336	6.9	0.6	5.2	7.6	1.48	BIR SOUA
1959	22	DET-min	AAA	3	8	.273	3.58	19	15		2	1		88.0	92	40	35	3	64	0	80	1	0	10				1.773	9.4	0.3	6.5	8.2	1.25	CHL AA
1960	23	DET-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.62	22	19		4	1		119.1	104	64	48	3	89	3	91	1	1	5				1.617	7.8	0.2	6.7	6.9	1.02	BIR,VCT SOUA,TL
1961	24	DET-min	AAA,AA	4	8	.333	4.58	26	19		6	0		125.2	148	79	64	13	67	2	77	3	0	6				1.711	10.6	0.9	4.8	5.5	1.15	DEN,BIR AA,SOUA
1961	24	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	8.22	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00

1962	25	DET-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.14	25	20		2	0		126.0	142	84	72	12	55	4	77	4	0	3				1.563	10.1	0.9	3.9	5.5	1.40	DEN AA
1963	26	DET-MLN-HOU-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.78	29	3		0	0		49.0	63	34	26	7	17	1	24	2	0	4				1.633	11.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	1.41	SYR,DEN,OKC IL,PCL
1964	27	KCA-min	AA	4	1	.800	5.52	17	1		0	0		31.0	35	22	19	4	13	2	35	0	0	4				1.548	10.2	1.2	3.8	10.2	2.69	BIR SOUL
1964	27	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	5.40	20	0	5	0	0	0	25.0	34	15	15	2	13	2	17	1	1	5	121	72	3.97	1.880	12.2	0.7	4.7	6.1	1.31

1965	28	KCA-HOU-min	AAA					24																										VAN,OKC PCL
1966	29	KCA-min	AA	5	2	.714	1.84	33	0		0	0		44.0	33	11	9	2	13	2	37	1	0	3				1.045	6.8	0.4	2.7	7.6	2.85	MOB SOUL
1966	29	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	3.27	21	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	28	8	8	1	12	3	14	0	1	0	99	106	3.51	1.818	11.5	0.4	4.9	5.7	1.17
1967	30	KCA-min	AA	6	0	1.000	1.20	52	0		0	0		75.0	51	12	10	0	13	6	53	1	0	5				0.853	6.1	0.0	1.6	6.4	4.08	BIR SOUL
1967	30	NYM	NL	0	0		2.16	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	8	4	9	1	0	1	70	161	3.08	1.320	7.6	0.0	4.3	4.9	1.13

1968	31	MIN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.14	56	0		0	0		86.0	81	34	30	5	30	4	60	3	0	1				1.291	8.5	0.5	3.1	6.3	2.00	DEN PCL
1969	32	MIN	AL	4	1	.800	3.88	38	0	7	0	0	3	48.2	52	23	21	4	17	4	24	1	1	7	207	96	3.70	1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.41
1970	33	WSA	AL	3	6	.333	5.00	49	3	19	0	0	6	84.2	86	52	47	8	34	9	38	3	1	4	366	71	4.28	1.417	9.1	0.9	3.6	4.0	1.12
1971	34	WSA	AL	5	2	.714	1.92	46	0	21	0	0	5	70.1	54	19	15	2	17	7	56	1	0	2	273	173	2.00	1.009	6.9	0.3	2.2	7.2	3.29
1972	35	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	5.66	30	0	16	0	0	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	8	15	3	0	3	165	61	3.63	1.800	11.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.88
1973	36	NYY-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.43	45	0		0	0	18	74.0	51	22	20	7	31	8	58	0	1	2				1.108	6.2	0.9	3.8	7.1	1.87	SYR IL
1974	37	ATL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.66	46	0		0	0	11	56.0	68	29	29	6	18	1	37	1	0	5				1.536	10.9	1.0	2.9	5.9	2.06	RMD IL
8 Yrs				14	13	.519	4.00	219	3	77	0	0	14	308.0	323	150	137	20	120	38	173	10	4	22	1329	89	3.52	1.438	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.44
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.519	4.00	67	1	24	0	0	4	94	99	46	42	6	37	12	53	3	1	7	407	89	3.52	1.438	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.44

KCA (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	4.40	41	0	11	0	0	0	47.0	62	23	23	3	25	5	31	1	2	5	220	84	3.75	1.851	11.9	0.6	4.8	5.9	1.24
WSA (2 yrs)				8	8	.500	3.60	95	3	40	0	0	11	155.0	140	71	62	10	51	16	94	4	1	6	639	96	3.24	1.232	8.1	0.6	3.0	5.5	1.84
MIN (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.88	38	0	7	0	0	3	48.2	52	23	21	4	17	4	24	1	1	7	207	96	3.70	1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.41
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		2.16	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	8	4	9	1	0	1	70	161	3.08	1.320	7.6	0.0	4.3	4.9	1.13
STL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.66	30	0	16	0	0	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	8	15	3	0	3	165	61	3.63	1.800	11.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.88
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	8.22	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00

AL (6 yrs)				13	13	.500	3.90	178	3	58	0	0	14	256.1	263	122	111	19	95	26	149	6	4	18	1094	92	3.53	1.397	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.2	1.57
NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.53	41	0	19	0	0	0	51.2	60	28	26	1	25	12	24	4	0	4	235	77	3.45	1.645	10.5	0.2	4.4	4.2	0.96

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