Bob Evans vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Bob Evans
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Evans 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 6 and 1.602 for Bob Evans. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Evans and Joe Grzenda

Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.29
34.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.74
55.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1773
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
10.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.78
10.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
4.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.878
0.878
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2716
41.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
6.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2397
36.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.36
41.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bob Evans and Joe Grzenda

Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.87
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.37
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.12
95.12
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.28
55.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Evans and Joe Grzenda

Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
123
301.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
551.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
61.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
56.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
10.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
66.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
93.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.73
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
51.43
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.69
-1.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
31.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122.5
122.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bob Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA