Bob Grzenda
Bob Grzenda
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Moosic, Pa.

High School:
Bishop Hannan

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 180

Position:
RHP

Birthdate:
08/21/1979

VILLANOVA: Battling for a weekend starter role... Solid as a starter as well as out of the bullpen...Workhorse for the Wildcats, who was among the Big East leaders in complete games last season.

2001- Made 14 appearances with 11 coming as a starter...P osted a 2-7 record and a 5.97 ERA...Led the team and placed among the conference leaders with four complete games...Recorded 60.1 innings, allowing 69 hits, 48 runs (40 earned), 23 walks and 47 strikeouts...Led the Villanova team in strikeouts...2-6 with a 6.80 ERA in Big East play...All four of his complete games came in conference action.

2000- Tied for the team lead with 17 appearances... Recorded a 2-1 record and a 3.90 ERA...Pitched 32.1 innings giving up just 29 hits and 19 runs (14 earned), striking out 27 and walking 17...Held opponents to a .244 batting average...Had a 1-1 record and 4.80 ERA in eight Big East appearances...Struck out 12 batters in 15 innings pitched in conference action.

1999- Made 15 appearances on the season...Registered a 1-3 record and a 9.57 ERA...Gave up 43 hits and 28 earned runs in 26.1 innings of work...Struck out 30 batters, walking only 20...Made six Big East appearances tallying a 0-1 record and a 5.17 ERA...Pitched in 15.2 innings in conference play, striking out 18 batters.

PERSONAL: Communications major...Earned four varsity letters in baseball for head coach William Kearney...Three- time Lackawanna League All-Star...Named the Lackawanna League AA Player of the Year in 1997-98...Lackawanna League All-Regional Player of the Year in 1998...Recorded an 18-2 record and a 1.73 ERA from 1996-98...Struck out 20 batters against Caibondale Area High School...One of seven children of Robert and Regina Grzenda...Born 8/21/79 in Scranton, Pa.

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