Ray Benge vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Ray Benge
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Benge 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 4.52 and 1.480 for Ray Benge. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Benge and Joe Grzenda

Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
1.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.72
43.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.97
71.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
941
4.52
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5626
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1875.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2177
10.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.63
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
2.87
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
3.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.668
0.668
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8278
39.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
5.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7650
36.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Ray Benge and Joe Grzenda

Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
27
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
9
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.087
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Benge and Joe Grzenda

Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
353
300
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
706
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
659
560.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
105.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
95.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
10.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
10.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.19
21.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
115.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
116.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
38.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
32.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
70.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.85
20.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
58.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ray Benge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
28.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.95
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Benge
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA