Emery Adams vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Grzenda as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Grzenda posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.562 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Grzenda

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
9.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Grzenda

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.04
92.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Joe Grzenda

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
69.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
26.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA