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: 15-34 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 15

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	95	2	Apr 7	WSA		DET	W,14-4	6-GF	S(1)	99	4.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.00	4.14	15	6	5	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	.05	0.012	.07	0.01%	1.76	6t --- 0 out a6	9t end a10
2	96	8	Apr 18	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.50	4.64	10	2	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	.17	-0.008	.27	-0.01%	-0.05	7b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
3	97	9	Apr 20	WSA		NYY	L,2-11	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	4.07	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	8t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d9
4	98	11	Apr 22	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	16-GF(18)	W(1-0)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.90	3.24	10	3	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.376	2.45	0.31%	1.32	16t --- 0 out tie	18t end tie
May				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
5	99	20	May 1	WSA		OAK	L,5-12	9-GF		8	1.0	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.27	3.64	7	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	.07	-0.011	.09	-0.01%	-2.56	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
6	100	21	May 2	WSA		OAK	L,3-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.55	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.14	0.006	.16	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
7	101	22	May 3(1)	WSA		OAK	L,1-3	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	3.71	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.40	0.014	.45	0.01%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
8	102	27	May 9	WSA	@	MIL	L,2-3	10-10	L(1-1)	5	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.29	3.74	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.023	2.37	0.01%	0.05	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 2 out tie
9	103	29	May 10(2)	WSA	@	MIL	L,6-7	9-9	L(1-2)	0	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.78	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.072	2.33	-0.04%	-0.41	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
10	104	39	May 23	WSA	@	DET	W,6-5	5-6		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.39	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.13	0.01%	0.94	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d2
11	105	42	May 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-9	W(2-2)	2	8.1	3	5	2	1	1	1	0	2.96	3.71	31	17	9	0	1	3	63			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	2	.68	0.146	.36	0.05%	-0.76	1b start a 5	9b --- 1 out a2
12	106	44	May 29	WSA		KCR	W,5-4	10-10		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.69	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.059	1.95	0.02%	0.21	10t 1-- 2 out tie	10t 3 out tie
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
13	107	47	Jun 2	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.65	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.064	1.14	0.03%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
14	108	51	Jun 6	WSA		MIN	L,2-4	5-7		3	2.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.89	3.53	11	5	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.151	.80	-0.05%	-0.68	5t 12- 1 out tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
15	109	52	Jun 7	WSA		MIN	L,9-10	10-11	L(2-3)	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.68	3.49	8	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.249	1.30	-0.07%	-0.96	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 1 out d1
16	110	56	Jun 13	WSA	@	CHW	W,12-7	GS-3		5	2.0	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.88	3.85	13	3	3	0	1	7	22			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.469	.32	-0.10%	-4.44	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 0 out d1
17	111	60	Jun 16	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-7	GS-4	L(2-4)	2	4.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.35	4.19	19	8	2	0	1	6	33			0	0	0	17	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.10	-0.288	.51	-0.08%	-2.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
18	112	63	Jun 19(1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,10-12	6-7		2	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.30	4.14	10	2	2	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	.10	-0.010	.05	0.00%	-1.24	6b 123 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
19	113	66	Jun 21	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.06	6	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.057	.10	0.01%	0.94	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
20	114	70	Jun 26	WSA		BAL	L,2-12	5-6		4	1.2	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	5.93	4.47	10	2	3	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.023	.02	0.00%	-3.93	5t -2- 1 out d5	6t 3 out d10
21	115	72	Jun 28	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	7-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.79	4.57	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.014	.19	0.00%	0.07	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
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
22	116	75	Jul 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.74	4.55	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
23	117	78	Jul 4	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	4.47	6	3	3	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.45	0.017	.08	0.00%	0.79	7b --3 0 out d1	8b end d 2
24	118	82	Jul 7(1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-7	5-6		2	1.2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.87	4.46	11	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.401	.21	-0.03%	-3.62	5b 12- 1 out a1	6b 3 out d4
25	119	83	Jul 7(2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,5-7	5-6		-1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	5.81	4.70	9	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.036	.04	0.00%	-0.03	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
26	120	89	Jul 16	WSA		CAL	L,2-3	8-9	L(2-5)	8	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.84	4.64	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.175	.12	0.01%	0.86	8t -2- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
27	121	90	Jul 17	WSA		CAL	L,0-10	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72	4.60	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
28	122	94	Jul 21	WSA		OAK	L,0-4	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	4.59	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
29	123	96	Jul 24	WSA	@	CAL	W,9-8	9-9		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	4.57	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.063	.05	0.00%	-0.19	9b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
30	124	98	Jul 26	WSA	@	CAL	L,10-11	2-3		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.43	4.74	9	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.017	.01	0.00%	-0.11	2b --- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d4
31	125	100	Jul 29	WSA	@	MIL	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.27	4.70	6	2	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.254	.04	0.00%	1.34	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
Aug				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
32	126	106	Aug 3	WSA	@	DET	W,4-0	7-GF	S(4)	4	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.01	4.49	10	2	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.75	7b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 4
33	127	110	Aug 7	WSA		BOS	L,1-3	6-8		3	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.79	4.44	9	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.145	.00	0.00%	2.22	6t -23 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
34	128	113	Aug 9(2)	WSA		CLE	L,3-6	2-5		1	3.2	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.93	4.56	17	3	7	2	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.34	2t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d5
35	129	115	Aug 12	WSA		MIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(5)	2	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.81	4.48	7	3	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.29	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 2
36	130	117	Aug 14	WSA		CHW	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(3-5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.74	4.50	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.39	0.125	.00	0.00%	0.44	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
37	131	121	Aug 18	WSA		KCR	L,8-12	8-GF		3	2.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.99	4.57	12	4	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-2.12	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
38	132	129	Aug 28(2)	WSA	@	KCR	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.92	4.49	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Sept				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
39	133	133	Sep 1	WSA		CLE	L,3-4	8-8		3	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.15	4.48	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-2.46	8t --- 0 out d1	8t --3 1 out d3
40	134	135	Sep 3	WSA		CLE	L,2-4	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	4.45	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.44	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
41	135	137	Sep 5	WSA		DET	W,3-2	7-8		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	4.41	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.128	.00	0.00%	0.88	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out tie
42	136	138	Sep 6	WSA		DET	L,7-8	7-8		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.00	4.40	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-1.02	7t --- 0 out d3	8t -23 0 out a1
43	137	139	Sep 7	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.37	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
44	138	141	Sep 9	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-4	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.83	4.31	5	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.271	.00	0.00%	0.74	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
45	139	144	Sep 12	WSA	@	DET	L,4-6	7-8	BL(3-6)	2	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.90	4.31	4	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-0.44	7b 123 2 out a1	8b -2- 1 out tie
46	140	150	Sep 19(2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-11	7-7		6	0.2	4	4	2	1	2	1	0	5.08	4.45	8	1	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-3.94	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d7
47	141	152	Sep 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-5	5-6		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.07	4.41	8	4	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.12	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
48	142	154	Sep 23	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-6	7-7		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.12	4.37	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.56	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
49	143	157	Sep 26	WSA		BOS	L,3-6	4-5		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.00	4.28	7	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.88	4t --- 0 out d6	5t 3 out d5
							15-34		W-L:3-6,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.2	84.2	86	52	47	34	38	8	3	5.00	4.28	366	1.47		7%	7%	76	39	27	41%	0	3	1	322	14	5	9	9	2	5	.94	-0.410	.30	0.09%	-11.93

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