Fred Cambria vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Fred Cambria
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Cambria 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. Fred Cambria posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.470 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Fred Cambria had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Cambria and Joe Grzenda

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
40.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
36.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Fred Cambria and Joe Grzenda

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Cambria and Joe Grzenda

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
16.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
32.95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA