Fred Beebe vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Fred Beebe
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Beebe 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 Beebe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Fred Beebe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beebe and Joe Grzenda

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.76
42.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.74
75.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
2.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3883
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1294.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1090
7.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
534
3.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
4.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5373
37.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
4.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4793
33.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Fred Beebe and Joe Grzenda

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3435
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.39
93.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.168
2.168
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.84
65.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beebe and Joe Grzenda

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
205
255.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
481
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
570.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
89.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
73.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.77
19.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
113.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
99.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
29.94
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
37.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
67.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.12
12.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.98
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
116.01
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
19.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA