Bo Belinsky vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Bo Belinsky
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bo Belinsky 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 124), walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 74), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 94). Bo Belinsky held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 86). Role difference aside, Joe Grzenda holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bo Belinsky and Joe Grzenda

Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.97
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.86
69.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
4.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
8.16
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
4.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
6.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.44
6.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2919
39.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2544
34.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.49
39.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bo Belinsky and Joe Grzenda

Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.97
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
91.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.808
0.808
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.86
69.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bo Belinsky and Joe Grzenda

Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
148
387.77
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
539.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
70.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
68.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.56
11.94
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
73.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
107.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
15.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
2.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
183.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bo Belinsky
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA