Jim Brown vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Jim Brown
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Brown and Joe Grzenda are fairly close on the surface numbers. Joe Grzenda posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 4.74) and WHIP (1.562 vs 1.743). Jim Brown had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.07 per nine innings vs 0.58). 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 Jim Brown and Joe Grzenda

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.38
11.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
4.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
43.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.744
1.744
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
39.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.61
43.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jim Brown and Joe Grzenda

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
771
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.91
73.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.943
1.943
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brown and Joe Grzenda

Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
589.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
144.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
96.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.21
54.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
214.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
155.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.16
59.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA