Bill Fitch vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Bill Fitch
UnknownNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Fitch 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 8.1 and 1.725 for Bill Fitch. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fitch and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
12.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.525
0.525
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
43.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
8.78
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.725
1.725
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
39.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bill Fitch and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fitch and Joe Grzenda

Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
112.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
131.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fitch
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA