Roger Bowman vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Roger Bowman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Joe Grzenda posted a stronger line than Roger Bowman. Joe Grzenda posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 5.81) and WHIP (1.562 vs 1.785). By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Roger Bowman and Joe Grzenda

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
3.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
5.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
117.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
10.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
43.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.768
1.768
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
37.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.14
43.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Roger Bowman and Joe Grzenda

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
6.4
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10.8
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger Bowman and Joe Grzenda

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
50
1363.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
490.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
21.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
25.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA