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Joe Grzenda

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Full Name: Joseph Charles Grzenda Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: April 26, 1961
Birthdate: June 8, 1937 Final Game: September 23, 1972
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 8, 1937 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Joe Grzenda (Joseph Charles Grzenda) played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career. Grzenda broke into the bigs on April 26, 1961 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.00 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Grzenda's best season was 1971, when he posted a 1.92 ERA and struck out 56 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1961 DET A 4 0 1 0 7.94 0 5 5 0 0 0 5.2 9 2 2 1 0 0
1964 KC A 20 0 0 2 5.40 17 15 15 0 0 0 25 34 2 13 2 5 1
1966 KC A 21 0 0 2 3.27 14 8 8 0 0 0 22 28 1 12 3 0 0
1967 NY N 11 0 0 0 2.16 9 4 4 0 0 0 16.2 14 0 8 4 1 1
1969 MIN A 38 0 4 1 3.88 24 23 21 0 0 3 48.2 52 4 17 4 7 1
1970 WAS A 49 3 3 6 5.00 38 52 47 0 0 6 84.2 86 8 34 9 4 3
1971 WAS A 46 0 5 2 1.92 56 19 15 0 0 5 70.1 54 2 17 7 2 1
1972 STL N 30 0 1 0 5.66 15 24 22 0 0 0 35 46 1 17 8 3 3
Total NL 41 0 1 0 4.53 24 28 26 0 0 0 51.2 60 1 25 12 4 4
Total AL 178 3 13 13 3.90 149 122 111 0 0 14 256.1 263 19 95 26 18 6
Total 219 3 14 13 4.00 173 150 137 0 0 14 308 323 20 120 38 22 10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 DET A P 4 0 5.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1964 KC A P 20 0 25 0 10 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1.000
1966 KC A P 21 0 22 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1967 NY N P 11 0 16.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1969 MIN A P 38 0 48.2 0 14 0 1 0 3 4 3 0 1.000
1970 WAS A P 49 3 84.2 3 16 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1.000
1971 WAS A P 46 0 70.1 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.000
1972 STL N P 30 0 35 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1.000
Total P 219 3 308 6 66 0 3 0 9 10 12 1 1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 DET A 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KC A 20 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KC A 21 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NY N 11 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN A 38 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 WAS A 49 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WAS A 46 7 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
1972 STL N 30 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 41 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 178 28 1 2 0 1 .071 .133 .071 0 0 2 19 0 2 0 0 0
Total 219 30 1 2 0 1 .067 .125 .067 0 0 2 19 0 2 0 0 0

[edit] 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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