Chad Billingsley vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Chad Billingsley
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chad Billingsley 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. Chad Billingsley led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 86), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 113). Joe Grzenda held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 142). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Chad Billingsley.

Pitching Stats for Chad Billingsley and Joe Grzenda

Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.46
56.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
3.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
8.63
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
3.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1052
7.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.37
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5202
38.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4557
33.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Chad Billingsley and Joe Grzenda

Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.95
94.95
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Billingsley and Joe Grzenda

Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
329.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
516.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
71.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
55.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.35
19.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
96.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
100.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
30.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
46.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
8.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
27.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
247.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
52.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA