Joe Grzenda vs. Jim Whitney — Career Comparison

Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Whitney
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Whitney posted a stronger line than Joe Grzenda. Jim Whitney posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.97 vs 4) and WHIP (1.147 vs 1.562). By the career numbers, Jim Whitney had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Joe Grzenda and Jim Whitney

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.02
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.53
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
0.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
2.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10489
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3496.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3598
9.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
4.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.55
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.07
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
38.83
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14666
37.75
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2026
5.22
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14227
36.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Joe Grzenda and Jim Whitney

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
1.11
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13962
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4654
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
0.95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
1.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
2.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289
2.49
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.08
89.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.238
2.238
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grzenda and Jim Whitney

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
550
143.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2306
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2144
557.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.703
0.703
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
145.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
101.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
29.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
10.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
4.68
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
44.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262.92
68.41
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
804
209.19
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
187.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
82.22
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
72.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
150.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284.17
73.94
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
41.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
54.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.93
10.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100