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A reliever in all but three of his ML appearances, Grzenda, a nervous chain-smoker, was known as Shaky Joe. He threw the last pitch for the Senators in 1971 before the fans swarmed the field and the team (sans Grzenda) moved to Texas. (JL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 16, 1964: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits his 13th homer of the year, off Joe Grzenda, and New York pounds the A's, 10–6. » April 22, 1970: The Yankees and Senators battle for 18 innings before the Nats win, 2–1. The winning run scores on a walk to Ed Stroud, a single by Hank Allen, and a sac fly by Mike Epstein. The run, off Ron Klimkowski, makes a winner of Joe Grzenda. » September 19, 1970: Boston's Billy Conigliaro connects for a 4th inning home run off Washington's Jim Hannan, and in the 7th frame, brother Tony Conigliaro wallops a solo shot off Joe Grzenda. The Red Sox win 11–3 after taking the first game, 7–3. The brothers also homered in the same game on July 4. Billy will end the year with 18 home runs, while Tony will connect for 36. Frank Howard is frustrated with five strikeouts in game 1.