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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	WSA		DET	W,14-4	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8 (5)	Apr 18	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9	Apr 20	WSA		NYY	L,2-11		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	11 (1)	Apr 22	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	20 (8)	May 1	WSA		OAK	L,5-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21	May 2	WSA		OAK	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22	May 3 (1)	WSA		OAK	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	27 (4)	May 9	WSA	@	MIL	L,2-3		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	29 (1)	May 10 (2)	WSA	@	MIL	L,6-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39 (9)	May 23	WSA	@	DET	W,6-5		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	42 (2)	May 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	31	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	44 (1)	May 29	WSA		KCR	W,5-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	47 (2)	Jun 2	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	51 (3)	Jun 6	WSA		MIN	L,2-4		11	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	52	Jun 7	WSA		MIN	L,9-10		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56 (3)	Jun 13	WSA	@	CHW	W,12-7	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	60 (3)	Jun 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-7	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	63 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,10-12		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	66 (2)	Jun 21	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	70 (3)	Jun 26	WSA		BAL	L,2-12		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	72 (1)	Jun 28	WSA		BAL	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	75 (2)	Jul 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	78 (2)	Jul 4	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	82 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-7		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	83	Jul 7 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,5-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	89 (5)	Jul 16	WSA		CAL	L,2-3		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	90	Jul 17	WSA		CAL	L,0-10	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	94 (3)	Jul 21	WSA		OAK	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	96 (1)	Jul 24	WSA	@	CAL	W,9-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	98 (1)	Jul 26	WSA	@	CAL	L,10-11		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	100 (1)	Jul 29	WSA	@	MIL	W,4-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	106 (5)	Aug 3	WSA	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	110 (3)	Aug 7	WSA		BOS	L,1-3		9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	113 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-6		17	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	115 (1)	Aug 12	WSA		MIN	W,5-3	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
36	117 (1)	Aug 14	WSA		CHW	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	121 (3)	Aug 18	WSA		KCR	L,8-12	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	129 (7)	Aug 28 (2)	WSA	@	KCR	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	133 (3)	Sep 1	WSA		CLE	L,3-4		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	135 (1)	Sep 3	WSA		CLE	L,2-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	137 (1)	Sep 5	WSA		DET	W,3-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	138	Sep 6	WSA		DET	L,7-8		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
43	139	Sep 7	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	141 (1)	Sep 9	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	144 (2)	Sep 12	WSA	@	DET	L,4-6		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	150 (5)	Sep 19 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-11		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	152 (1)	Sep 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-5		8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
48	154 (1)	Sep 23	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-6		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	157 (2)	Sep 26	WSA		BOS	L,3-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							49gm		84.2	3	16	0	19	1