Fred Anderson vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson 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. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Joe Grzenda

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Joe Grzenda

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
6.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Joe Grzenda

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA