Wally Bunker vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wally Bunker 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 97), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 95), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 111). Wally Bunker held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 100). Role difference aside, Joe Grzenda holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Wally Bunker and Joe Grzenda

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.94
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.77
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
4.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
3.92
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4115
34.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Wally Bunker and Joe Grzenda

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
2.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.89
96.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Bunker and Joe Grzenda

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
207
321.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
514.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
48.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
35.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
12.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
60.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
104.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
57.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.44
-2.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
225.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
29.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA