Jimmy Cooke vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Jimmy Cooke
UnknownThrows LeftBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jimmy Cooke 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 4.74 and 1.718 for Jimmy Cooke. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Cooke and Joe Grzenda

Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
10.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
42.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.718
1.718
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
36.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Cooke and Joe Grzenda

Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Cooke and Joe Grzenda

Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
352.94
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
12
423.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
13.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
2.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jimmy Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA