Terry Clark vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Terry Clark
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Terry Clark 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 5.54 and 1.730 for Terry Clark. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Terry Clark and Joe Grzenda

Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
3.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.3
30.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.67
29.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
5.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
11.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.58
11.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.56
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.97
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
5.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
935
36.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Terry Clark and Joe Grzenda

Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
3.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.49
96.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.604
0.604
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.67
29.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Terry Clark and Joe Grzenda

Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
18200
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
3864.71
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
255.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
243.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA