Joey Estes vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Joey Estes
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joey Estes 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 5.51 and 1.312 for Joey Estes. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joey Estes and Joe Grzenda

Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
148.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
9.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.88
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
6.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
39.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
35.66
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Joey Estes and Joe Grzenda

Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
148.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.367
0.367
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joey Estes and Joe Grzenda

Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
600
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.66
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-20.16
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Estes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA