Spud Chandler vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Spud Chandler
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spud Chandler 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. Spud Chandler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.205 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Spud Chandler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spud Chandler and Joe Grzenda

Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.71
71.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.2
87.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4455
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1485
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1327
8.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
2.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
614
3.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6102
36.98
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.205
1.205
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5620
34.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
34.54
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Spud Chandler and Joe Grzenda

Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
27
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
9
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.327
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spud Chandler and Joe Grzenda

Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
211
209.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
605
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
543.47
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
109.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
80.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
17.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.98
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
28.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.99
37.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
157.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
132.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
52.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
44.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
88.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.34
35.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
19.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
152.73
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
32.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.93
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spud Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA