Joe Grzenda vs. Ed Wilson — Career Comparison

Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Wilson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Ed Wilson 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. Ed Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 4 and 1.562 for Joe Grzenda. By the career numbers, Ed Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Grzenda and Ed Wilson

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.17
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
9.44
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
9.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.58
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
39.98
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.25
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
34.92
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Joe Grzenda and Ed Wilson

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.47
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.18
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.1
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.91
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.94
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.8
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grzenda and Ed Wilson

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
215.09
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
543.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.66
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
23.74
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-20.16
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
25.4
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100