Gene Fodge vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Gene Fodge
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Fodge 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 4.76 and 1.538 for Gene Fodge. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Fodge and Joe Grzenda

Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.63
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
10.66
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
39.71
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
37.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Gene Fodge and Joe Grzenda

Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.63
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.82
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Fodge and Joe Grzenda

Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
16
1066.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
529.41
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.66
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-23.98
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-20.16
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Gene Fodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Fodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA