Rube Benton vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Benton 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. Rube Benton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Benton and Joe Grzenda

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2472
8.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9732
34.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Joe Grzenda

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
6.4
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Joe Grzenda

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA