Wei-Yin Chen vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Wei-Yin Chen
MillenialTaiwanThrows LeftBats RightAsiaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wei-Yin Chen 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. Wei-Yin Chen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 135 vs 121), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 100). Joe Grzenda held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 81). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Wei-Yin Chen.

Pitching Stats for Wei-Yin Chen and Joe Grzenda

Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.64
53.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.63
77.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
4.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3194
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1090
9.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
1.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
2.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
7.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.15
7.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4485
37.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
4.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4123
34.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Wei-Yin Chen and Joe Grzenda

Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3194
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.36
98.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.822
0.822
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.63
77.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wei-Yin Chen and Joe Grzenda

Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
1189.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
556.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.39
2.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.66
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
37.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.37
-34.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-20.16
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
248.65
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Wei-Yin Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wei-Yin Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA