Tom Earley vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Tom Earley
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Earley 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. Tom Earley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Tom Earley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Earley and Joe Grzenda

Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1079
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
8.73
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1546
38.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.65
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
4.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1394
34.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Tom Earley and Joe Grzenda

Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
27
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
9
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.978
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Earley and Joe Grzenda

Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
94
454.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
551.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
111.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
87.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.14
29.72
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
135.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
130.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
111.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.91
28.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
19.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
125.81
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA