Joe Grzenda
Born: June 8, 1937, Scranton, PA Died: July 12, 2019, Covington Township, PAHeight: 6'2" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1961 Detroit AL 24 1 0 7.94 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 9 28 5 5 2 1 1 0 0 1964 Kansas City AL 27 0 2 5.40 20 0 0 15 5 0 0 25.0 34 121 15 15 2 11 2 1 17 1966 Kansas City AL 29 0 2 3.27 21 0 0 15 6 0 0 22.0 28 99 8 8 1 9 3 0 14 1967 New York NL 30 0 0 2.16 11 0 0 8 3 0 0 16.2 14 70 4 4 0 4 4 1 9 1969 Minnesota AL 32 4 1 3.88 38 0 0 31 7 3 0 48.2 52 207 23 21 4 13 4 1 24 1970 Washington AL 33 3 6 5.00 49 3 0 27 19 6 0 84.2 86 366 52 47 8 25 9 3 38 1971 Washington AL 34 5 2 1.92 46 0 0 25 21 5 0 70.1 54 273 19 15 2 10 7 1 56 1972 St. Louis NL 35 1 0 5.66 30 0 0 14 16 0 0 35.0 46 165 24 22 1 9 8 3 15 TOTALS 14 13 4.00 219 3 0 139 77 14 0 308.0 323 1329 150 137 20 82 38 10 173
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1961 Detroit AL 4 24 5 9 16 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 .375 .667 .423 1964 Kansas City AL 20 105 15 34 47 5 1 2 1 1 2 2 11 2 1 17 0 .324 .448 .400 1966 Kansas City AL 21 83 8 28 38 7 0 1 2 2 1 1 9 3 0 14 6 .337 .458 .412 1967 New York NL 11 59 4 14 18 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 4 1 9 3 .237 .305 .333 1969 Minnesota AL 38 185 23 52 69 5 0 4 3 1 4 3 13 4 1 24 5 .281 .373 .343 1970 Washington AL 49 322 52 86 134 14 5 8 5 2 0 3 25 9 3 38 9 .267 .416 .341 1971 Washington AL 46 249 19 54 74 12 1 2 2 4 0 1 10 7 1 56 9 .217 .297 .266 1972 St. Louis NL 30 141 24 46 64 7 4 1 4 0 2 1 9 8 3 15 3 .326 .454 .410
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1961 Detroit AL 24 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1964 Kansas City AL 27 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 Kansas City AL 29 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1967 New York NL 30 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 Minnesota AL 32 38 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .286 1970 Washington AL 33 49 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 Washington AL 34 46 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .143 .143 .143 1972 St. Louis NL 35 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 219 30 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 0 .067 .067 .125
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1961 Detroit AL P 5.2 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.76 1 0 0 1964 Kansas City AL P 25.0 0 20 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.60 2 2 0 1966 Kansas City AL P 22.0 0 21 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.45 1 1 0 1967 New York NL P 16.2 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.54 0 1 0 1969 Minnesota AL P 48.2 0 38 0 14 0 1 1.000 2.59 4 3 0 1970 Washington AL P 84.2 3 49 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.02 0 3 1 1971 Washington AL P 70.1 0 46 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 1 0 1972 St. Louis NL P 35.0 0 30 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.06 2 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1955).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (July 31, 1963).
- Signed by Kansas City Athletics (February 27, 1964).
- Sold by Kansas City Athletics to New York Mets (August 14, 1967).
- Sold by New York Mets to Minnesota Twins (November 29, 1967).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins with Charlie Walters to Washington Senators in exchange for Brant Alyea (March 21, 1970).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ted Kubiak (November 3, 1971).
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