Jay Baller vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Jay Baller
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Joe Grzenda a clear advantage over Jay Baller across the core pitching metrics. Joe Grzenda led in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 59), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 83), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 104). Jay Baller held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 98 vs 86). Joe Grzenda was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jay Baller and Joe Grzenda

Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
5.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
6.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
40.87
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.586
1.586
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
35.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.87
40.87
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jay Baller and Joe Grzenda

Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
5.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Baller and Joe Grzenda

Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
94
3317.65
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-14.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Jay Baller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
2.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Baller
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA