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, 11,841st 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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	4	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	7 (2)	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEP	W,6-4		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	11 (3)	Apr 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-4		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	16 (4)	Apr 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (4)	May 1	MIN		SEP	W,4-1	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	23 (1)	May 4	MIN		CHW	W,4-3		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	29 (5)	May 14	MIN		BAL	L,8-9		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	31 (1)	May 17	MIN		DET	L,0-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	32	May 18	MIN		DET	L,2-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	34 (1)	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	43 (8)	May 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	45 (1)	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	51 (5)	Jun 8	MIN		WSA	L,5-7		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	52	Jun 9	MIN		BOS	L,3-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	54 (1)	Jun 11	MIN		BOS	L,5-13		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	56 (1)	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-12		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	59 (2)	Jun 17	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	63 (3)	Jun 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,14-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	64	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	65	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3		10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	70 (4)	Jun 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-7		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	77 (4)	Jul 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	80 (2)	Jul 6	MIN		OAK	W,7-6		8	2.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
28	88 (7)	Jul 13 (2)	MIN		SEP	W,5-4		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	90 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	94 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,2-3		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	97 (2)	Jul 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	99 (1)	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	113 (13)	Aug 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	126 (12)	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	138 (11)	Sep 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,16-4	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	139	Sep 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	157 (17)	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	162 (4)	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	W,6-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							38gm		48.2	0	14	0	14	1