Benny Frey vs. Joe Grzenda — Career Comparison

Benny Frey
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Benny Frey 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 4.5 and 1.447 for Benny Frey. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Benny Frey and Joe Grzenda

Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.99
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.01
41.01
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.61
49.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
4.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3480
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1415
10.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.42
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5047
39.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
5.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4772
37.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Benny Frey and Joe Grzenda

Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
27
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
9
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.1
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.594
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Benny Frey and Joe Grzenda

Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
366.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
542.25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
138.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
121.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.98
49.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
159.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
177.46
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
46.48
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
32.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
78.87
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.6
58.59
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
36.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
94.37
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
6.36
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
18.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.23
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.82
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benny Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA