Bill Fagan vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Bill Fagan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bill Fagan and Joe Grzenda are fairly close on the surface numbers. Joe Grzenda posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 5.28) and WHIP (1.562 vs 1.778). Bill Fagan had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.24 per nine innings vs 0.58). By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fagan and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.72
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.24
11.24
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.93
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
42.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
8.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
37.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.57
42.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bill Fagan and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.85
84.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fagan and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
24
160
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
573.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
113.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
93.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
31.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
140
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
60
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
31.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
146.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
4.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA