Rube Chambers vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Rube Chambers
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Chambers 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.562 compared to 5.49 and 1.617 for Rube Chambers. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Chambers and Joe Grzenda

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.433
0.433
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
4.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
29.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
6.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
23.16
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.542
0.542
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
29.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Rube Chambers and Joe Grzenda

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Chambers and Joe Grzenda

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
47
247.37
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
505.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
53.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
184.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
68.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
54.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA