Wilbur Cooper vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Wilbur Cooper
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wilbur Cooper 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. Wilbur Cooper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.89 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Wilbur Cooper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilbur Cooper and Joe Grzenda

Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
1.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
0.46
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.82
54.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.85
51.85
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.92
78.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119
2.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10440
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3480
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3415
8.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
2.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
3.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.605
0.605
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14377
37.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
3.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13424
34.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Wilbur Cooper and Joe Grzenda

Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
27
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
9
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
929
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
887
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.709
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilbur Cooper and Joe Grzenda

Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
237.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1316
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1227
559.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
133.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
107.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
15.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
7.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
25.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.91
46.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
379
172.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
344
156.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
50.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
48.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
96.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.74
52.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
21.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
63.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.4
9.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
17.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.47
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
9.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA