Mike Farmer vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Mike Farmer
Gen XIndianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Farmer 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 7.71 and 1.607 for Mike Farmer. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Farmer and Joe Grzenda

Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.96
6.96
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
40.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
8.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.04
8.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.82
40.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Mike Farmer and Joe Grzenda

Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.96
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Farmer and Joe Grzenda

Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA