Joe Grzenda

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Full Name: Joseph Charles Grzenda	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: April 26, 1961
Birthdate: June 8, 1937	Final Game: September 23, 1972
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on June 8, 1937 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Joe Grzenda (Joseph Charles Grzenda) played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career. Grzenda broke into the bigs on April 26, 1961 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.00 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Grzenda's best season was 1971, when he posted a 1.92 ERA and struck out 56 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	DET	A	4	0	1	0	7.94	0	5	5	0	0	0	5.2	9	2	2	1	0	0
1964	KC	A	20	0	0	2	5.40	17	15	15	0	0	0	25	34	2	13	2	5	1
1966	KC	A	21	0	0	2	3.27	14	8	8	0	0	0	22	28	1	12	3	0	0
1967	NY	N	11	0	0	0	2.16	9	4	4	0	0	0	16.2	14	0	8	4	1	1
1969	MIN	A	38	0	4	1	3.88	24	23	21	0	0	3	48.2	52	4	17	4	7	1
1970	WAS	A	49	3	3	6	5.00	38	52	47	0	0	6	84.2	86	8	34	9	4	3
1971	WAS	A	46	0	5	2	1.92	56	19	15	0	0	5	70.1	54	2	17	7	2	1
1972	STL	N	30	0	1	0	5.66	15	24	22	0	0	0	35	46	1	17	8	3	3
Total	NL		41	0	1	0	4.53	24	28	26	0	0	0	51.2	60	1	25	12	4	4
Total	AL		178	3	13	13	3.90	149	122	111	0	0	14	256.1	263	19	95	26	18	6
Total			219	3	14	13	4.00	173	150	137	0	0	14	308	323	20	120	38	22	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	DET	A	P	4	0	5.2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1964	KC	A	P	20	0	25	0	10	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1.000
1966	KC	A	P	21	0	22	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	P	11	0	16.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1969	MIN	A	P	38	0	48.2	0	14	0	1	0	3	4	3	0	1.000
1970	WAS	A	P	49	3	84.2	3	16	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1.000
1971	WAS	A	P	46	0	70.1	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1.000
1972	STL	N	P	30	0	35	2	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
Total			P	219	3	308	6	66	0	3	0	9	10	12	1	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	DET	A	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	KC	A	20	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	21	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1967	NY	N	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	MIN	A	38	5	1	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	WAS	A	49	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
1971	WAS	A	46	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
1972	STL	N	30	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		41	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		178	28	1	2	0	1	.071	.133	.071	0	0	2	19	0	2	0	0	0
Total			219	30	1	2	0	1	.067	.125	.067	0	0	2	19	0	2	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1955).
Released by Detroit Tigers (July 31, 1963).
Signed by Kansas City Athletics (February 27, 1964).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to New York Mets (August 14, 1967).
Sold by New York Mets to Minnesota Twins (November 29, 1967).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Charlie Walters to Washington Senators in exchange for Brant Alyea (March 21, 1970).
Traded by Texas Rangers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ted Kubiak (November 3, 1971).

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