Nelson Briles vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Nelson Briles
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nelson Briles 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 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 93), and run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 93). Nelson Briles held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Joe Grzenda.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Briles and Joe Grzenda

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
3.44
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6335
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2111.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2141
9.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.79
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
2.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
4.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8858
37.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.96
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8184
34.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Nelson Briles and Joe Grzenda

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6337
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
1.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.57
96.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Briles and Joe Grzenda

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
509.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
532
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
528.95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
81.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
65.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.05
21.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
106.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
107.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
62.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.33
13.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
192.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA