Joe Grzenda vs. Mel Wright — Career Comparison

Joe Grzenda
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Wright
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Joe Grzenda posted a stronger line than Mel Wright. Joe Grzenda posted stronger numbers in ERA (4 vs 7.61) and WHIP (1.562 vs 1.774). By the career numbers, Joe Grzenda 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 Mel Wright

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
6.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
7.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
9.44
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
12.75
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.75
12.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.51
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.89
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.06
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
3.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.64
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
38.83
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
42.11
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
2.25
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.38
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
8.14
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.14
8.14
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.738
1.738
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1182
34.54
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
38.89
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11

Fielding Stats for Joe Grzenda and Mel Wright

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.4
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
6.21
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
27
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.29
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.5
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.79
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
2.1
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.79
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.448
0.448
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grzenda and Mel Wright

Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
3864.71
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
58
3163.64
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.66
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-20.16
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-61.75
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Mel Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grzenda
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Wright
Career
Per 600 PA