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Joe
Grzenda		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 8, 1937 in Usa, PA, SCRANTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 24 MON NL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1962 25 MON NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1963 26 MON NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 8 8
1964 27 MON NL $ 794,286 4 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1965 28 MON NL $ 794,286 4 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1966 29 MON NL $ 794,286 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
1967 30 TOR AL $ 794,286 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1969 32 OAK AL   2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 33 OAK AL   2 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 24 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 25 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 26 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 27 MON NL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 28 MON NL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 29 MON NL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 30 TOR AL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 32 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 33 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1961 24 MON NL 3 5 .375 55 0 0 0 9 65.3 72 33 2 22 33 4.55 .285 .342 .383 .725 3.4
1962 25 MON NL 10 8 .556 62 0 0 0 11 61.0 62 33 10 23 27 4.87 .256 .325 .426 .750 3.5
1963 26 MON NL 7 5 .583 78 0 0 0 12 88.0 77 35 8 38 43 3.58 .235 .312 .367 .679 8.1
1964 27 MON NL 10 2 .833 58 0 0 0 6 70.7 71 32 6 15 44 4.08 .257 .295 .377 .671 7.2
1965 28 MON NL 8 3 .727 78 0 0 0 9 89.3 85 37 7 32 40 3.73 .252 .319 .368 .687 7.5
1967 30 AAA   2 4 .333 42 0 0 0 3 43.0 39 14 2 27 22 2.93 .245 .355 .327 .682  
1968 31 AA   1 1 .500 51 0 0 0 5 39.7 35 10 0 15 31 2.27 .241 .313 .290 .602  
1969 32 AA   4 3 .571 46 0 0 0 1 63.7 70 27 4 38 51 3.82 .283 .379 .389 .768  
1970 33 AA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 23.7 23 11 2 9 19 4.18 .256 .323 .389 .712  
5 Years Sim 38 23 .623 331 0 0 0 47 374.3 367 170 33 130 187 4.09 .256 .318 .382 .700 29.7
1 Years AAA 2 4 .333 42 0 0 0 3 43.0 39 14 2 27 22 2.93 .245 .355 .327 .682  
3 Years AA 5 4 .556 109 0 0 0 6 127.0 128 48 6 62 101 3.40 .266 .349 .359 .708  
4 Years Minors 7 8 .467 151 0 0 0 9 170.0 167 62 8 89 123 3.28 .261 .351 .351 .702  
Season Average 7 4 .636 66 0 0 0 9 74.9 73 34 6 26 37 4.09 .256 .318 .382 .700  
Career Highs 10 8 .833 78 0 0 0 12 89.3 85 37 10 38 44 4.87 .285 .342 .426 .750  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   269 125 26 96 107   .280 .345 .418 .764
vs LH   98 45 7 34 80   .207 .260 .308 .568
Home 27 14 .659 168 0 0 0 21 194.0 200 93 17 76 94 4.32 .266 .333 .381 .714
Away 11 9 .550 163 0 0 0 30 180.3 167 77 16 54 93 3.84 .245 .300 .383 .683
Mar/Apr 7 2 .778 54 0 0 0 9 61.7 67 24 3 24 34 3.50 .278 .343 .365 .709
May 6 5 .545 60 0 0 0 8 70.3 72 33 10 22 32 4.22 .263 .318 .416 .734
June 6 3 .667 57 0 0 0 6 73.3 58 22 7 31 39 2.70 .217 .299 .356 .654
July 7 4 .636 54 0 0 0 7 58.3 60 28 6 12 30 4.32 .261 .298 .400 .698
August 8 6 .571 50 0 0 0 11 48.7 59 33 2 24 22 6.10 .304 .381 .412 .793
Sep/Oct 4 3 .571 56 0 0 0 10 62.0 51 30 5 17 30 4.36 .223 .276 .345 .621
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 24 MON NL 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1963 26 MON NL 78 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1965 28 MON NL 78 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1969 32 AA   3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1970 33 AA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
3 Years Sim 211 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
2 Years AA 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9  
Career Highs 78 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
vs LH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 98 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Away 113 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 41 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
July 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1961 24 MON NL P 55 0 65.3 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.93    
1962 25 MON NL P 62 0 61.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.33    
1963 26 MON NL P 78 0 88.0 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1964 27 MON NL P 58 0 70.7 6 10 1 0 .941 2.04    
1965 28 MON NL P 78 0 89.3 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.71    
Career Totals   331 0 374.3 21 53 1 1 .987 1.78    
Career Highs   78 0 89.3 6 13 1 1 1.000 2.04    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 25 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .091 .091 .091 .182
1963 26 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 1 13.53 .333 .500 .833 1.333
1965 28 MON NL 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 3 15.7 11 5 1 6 8 2.87 .204 .283 .315 .598
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 4 20.3 14 7 2 8 9 3.10 .197 .278 .324 .602
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 28 MON NL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1963-8-12
 Games Pitched
1962-10-62
1963-8-78
1965-5-78
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Tom Burgmeier (978)
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  3. Jack Spring (973)
  4. Dan Morogiello (970)
  5. Alex Kellner (959)
  6. Frank Carpin (959)
  7. Allen Ripley (954)
  8. Joe Klink (954)
  9. Randy Niemann (953)
  10. Tom Ferrick (953)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Montreal in 1961
Earned first career win on 4/2/1961
Injured on 4/11/1962 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Toronto on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Fritz Peterson, 2B Bob Schroder. Going to TOR: P Don Drysdale, SS Mike De la hoz, RF Wes Covington, C Doc Edwards, P Joe Grzenda)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
Released by Toronto on 10/22/1968
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1969 to a minor league deal
 
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