Joe Grzenda vs. Roy K. Williams — Career Comparison

Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy K. Williams
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Roy K. Williams 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 5.04 and 1.478 for Roy K. Williams. By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Grzenda and Roy K. Williams

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.54
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.51
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.28
51.28
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
5.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1001
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333.2
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
9.52
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.51
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.69
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
40.27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.46
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
5.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.94
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
35.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.27
40.27

Fielding Stats for Joe Grzenda and Roy K. Williams

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.08
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1053
27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.05
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.54
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.36
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.93
92.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grzenda and Roy K. Williams

Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
78
281.93
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
560.24
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.685
0.685
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
155.42
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.53
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.45
63.05
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
198.8
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
184.34
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
72.29
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
126.51
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.03
72.39
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.23
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.33
55.33
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.84
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy K. Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100