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

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-18

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 7

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	5	20	May 9	KCA	@	MIN	L,8-10	7-7		99	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.11	4	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.032	.53	-0.03%	-0.36	7b -2- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
2	6	21	May 10	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-6	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.11	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.010	.12	0.01%	0.91	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
3	7	22	May 11	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-6	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.45	2.61	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.020	.18	-0.01%	-0.59	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
4	8	27	May 16	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	3-4		4	1.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	9.00	5.81	9	2	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.233	1.19	-0.19%	-3.33	3b 1-- 2 out d1	4b 3 out d5
5	9	28	May 17(1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,9-11	5-5		0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.53	5.08	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.022	.12	-0.02%	-1.51	5b 1-- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d7
6	10	37	May 25	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	7-7	L(0-1)	7	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.37	4.82	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.176	.69	-0.04%	-0.75	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
7	11	40	May 30	KCA		NYY	L,1-9	8-8		4	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	11.05	5.06	6	0	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.013	.07	0.00%	-0.53	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	12	42	Jun 1	KCA		BAL	L,4-8	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.68	4.32	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.045	.10	0.01%	0.94	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d2
9	13	45	Jun 5	KCA		BOS	L,7-14	6-7		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	7.94	4.55	10	4	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.007	.01	0.00%	-0.06	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
10	14	46	Jun 6	KCA		BOS	L,6-8	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.30	4.23	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.026	.06	0.00%	0.47	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
11	15	50	Jun 9(1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.28	3.72	8	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	16	55	Jun 14(1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-5	7-7		4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.14	3.90	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.047	.05	0.00%	-0.51	7b --3 1 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d2
13	17	63	Jun 21(1)	KCA		WSA	L,2-13	8-GF		6	1.2	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	6.06	4.07	9	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	8t --- 1 out d10	9t end d11
14	18	67	Jun 24	KCA		DET	L,5-9	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	3.99	5	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	19	81	Jul 10	KCA		MIN	L,3-9	7-8		15	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.12	4.00	7	0	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.94	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
16	20	84	Jul 12(2)	KCA		CHW	L,4-11	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.87	3.83	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
17	21	85	Jul 13(1)	KCA		CHW	L,6-8	5-6		0	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.64	4.40	11	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	.60	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-2.72	5t 1-3 0 out d2	6t 3 out d7
18	22	86	Jul 13(2)	KCA		CHW	W,8-7	3-3		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	4.37	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.42	3t 12- 2 out d4	3t 3 out d4
19	23	87	Jul 14	KCA		CLE	L,7-9	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.32	4.21	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.81	9t 1-3 0 out d1	9t end d 2
20	24	90	Jul 16	KCA		CLE	L,9-12	9-10	L(0-2)	1	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.40	3.97	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-0.72	9t --- 0 out tie	10t -2- 1 out d1
							2-18		W-L:0-2	1.9	25.0	34	15	15	13	17	2	1	5.40	3.97	121	1.00		9%	2%	34		10	60%	2	2	0	105	5	1	2	0	1	0	.48	-0.774	.18	-0.27%	-5.01

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