Jim Fairbank vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Fairbank and Joe Grzenda are fairly close on the surface numbers. Joe Grzenda posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 5.49) and WHIP (1.562 vs 1.878). Jim Fairbank had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.22 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 Jim Fairbank and Joe Grzenda

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jim Fairbank and Joe Grzenda

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Fairbank and Joe Grzenda

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.66
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-22.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-20.16
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA