Stephen Fife vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Stephen Fife
MillenialIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Stephen Fife 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. Stephen Fife posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.495 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Stephen Fife had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stephen Fife and Joe Grzenda

Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
9.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
6.92
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.06
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
39.56
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
4.38
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
34.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Stephen Fife and Joe Grzenda

Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stephen Fife and Joe Grzenda

Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
18
372.41
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
12.55
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-6.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
310.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Stephen Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
1.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA