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John Denny
John Allen Denny

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 12, 1974
vs. NYM 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 18, 1986
Born November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1970. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 21 STL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    3    2    0   0    0    1   0   0    11   0   0  0.00  3.63  inf 1.500
 1975 22 STL NL  10   7  25  24   3   2   0  0  136.0  149   73   60   5   51   72   3   8   591   6   1  3.97  3.81   96 1.471
 1976 23 STL NL  11   9  30  30   8   3   0  0  207.0  189   71   58  11   74   74   8   5   861   3   0  2.52  3.54  140 1.271
 1977 24 STL NL   8   8  26  26   3   1   0  0  149.7  165   85   75   9   62   60   5   6   664   0   1  4.51  3.87   86 1.517
 1978 25 STL NL  14  11  33  33  11   2   0  0  234.0  200   81   77  13   74  103   6   8   936   4   4  2.96  3.54  120 1.171
 1979 26 STL NL   8  11  31  31   5   2   0  0  206.0  206  116  111  24  100   99   3   6   900   7   1  4.85  3.82   79 1.485
 1980 27 CLE AL   8   6  16  16   4   1   0  0  108.7  116   54   53   4   47   59   5   4   464   2   1  4.39  4.12   94 1.500
 1981 28 CLE AL  10   6  19  19   6   3   0  0  145.7  139   62   51   9   66   94   3  10   623   3   0  3.15  3.66  116 1.407
 1982 29 TOT      6  13  25  25   5   0   0  0  160.7  144   92   87  12   83  113   6   5   703   3   2  4.87  4.06   83 1.413
         CLE AL   6  11  21  21   5   0   0  0  138.3  126   80   77  11   73   94   6   5   609   2   2  5.01  4.12   82 1.439
         PHI NL   0   2   4   4   0   0   0  0   22.3   18   12   10   1   10   19   0   0    94   1   0  4.03  3.68   91 1.254
 1983 30 PHI NL  19   6  36  36   7   1   0  0  242.7  229   77   64   9   53  139   4   6   983   5   1  2.37  3.60  152 1.162 MVP-13,CYA-1
 1984 31 PHI NL   7   7  22  22   2   0   0  0  154.3  122   53   42  11   29   94   4   0   612   2   0  2.45  3.63  148 0.978
 1985 32 PHI NL  11  14  33  33   6   2   0  0  230.7  252  112   98  15   83  123   3   8   998   5   0  3.82  3.71   97 1.452
 1986 33 CIN NL  11  10  27  27   2   1   0  0  171.3  179   89   80  15   56  115   4   2   731   9   1  4.20  3.88   92 1.372
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .532 123 108 325 322  62  18   0  0 2148.7 2093  967  856 137  778 1146  54  68  9077  49  12  3.59  3.74  104 1.336
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  34  33   6   1   0  0  225.7  219  101   89  14   81  120   5   7   953   5   1  3.59  3.74  104 1.336
 Career High     19  14  36  36  11   3   0  0  242.7  252  116  111  24  100  139   8  10   998   9   4  2.37  4.12  152 0.978
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 22 STL NL  26   44    4   10   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  17  .227  .227  .227   25   10   6   0   0   0   0
 1976 23 STL NL  30   67    3   15   2  0   0    4   1  0   1  27  .224  .235  .254   39   17   7   0   0   0   0
 1977 24 STL NL  26   51    4    5   0  0   0    2   1  0   1  15  .098  .132  .098  -37    5   5   0   0   1   1
 1978 25 STL NL  33   73   10   13   3  1   0    3   0  0   4  21  .178  .218  .247   31   18   7   1   0   0   0
 1979 26 STL NL  31   70    5    9   2  1   0    3   1  2   1  21  .129  .139  .186  -13   13   8   1   0   0   0
 1982 29 TOT     25    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .167  .375  .167   55    1   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL   4    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .167  .375  .167   55    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 30 PHI NL  36   77    7   13   1  0   0    2   2  0   2  16  .169  .190  .182    4   14  17   0   0   0   2 MVP-13
 1984 31 PHI NL  22   47    3    9   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  11  .191  .204  .191   11    9   5   1   0   0   0
 1985 32 PHI NL  33   81    2   10   1  0   0    4   2  0   4  19  .123  .165  .136  -16   11   3   0   0   0   0
 1986 33 CIN NL  27   54    6   12   0  0   0    4   2  3   3  15  .222  .263  .222   34   12   5   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     326  570   44   97   9  2   0   29   9  5  19 164  .170  .197  .193    9  110  63   3   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        283   22   48   4  1   0   14   4  2   9  81  .170  .197  .193    9   55  31   1   0   0   2
 Career High     36   81   10   15   3  1   0    4   2  3   4  27                          18  17   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 22 STL NL   50   40    3   2.0    99| .227  .270| .227  .341| .227  .390| .454  .732|  25  .199  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1976 23 STL NL   75   59    5   2.3    93| .224  .264| .235  .330| .254  .376| .489  .706|  39  .256  -5.7  -0.6 100%
 1977 24 STL NL   58   52    1   0.5   102| .098  .268| .132  .336| .098  .408| .230  .744| -37  .018 -10.0  -1.0 100%
 1978 25 STL NL   85   68    5   2.0    94| .178  .261| .218  .328| .247  .384| .465  .712|  31  .202  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1979 26 STL NL   80   72    2   0.8   101| .129  .271| .139  .337| .186  .403| .325  .740| -13  .038 -11.3  -1.2  33%
 1982 29 TOT       8    5    1   5.4    97| .167  .269| .375  .333| .167  .391| .542  .723|  55  .611  -0.2   0.0   0%
         PHI NL    8    5    1   5.4    97| .167  .269| .375  .333| .167  .391| .542  .723|  55  .611  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1983 30 PHI NL   96   83    3   1.0    96| .169  .262| .190  .330| .182  .388| .372  .719|   4  .063 -10.2  -1.1 100%
 1984 31 PHI NL   54   44    2   1.2    95| .191  .266| .204  .331| .191  .386| .395  .717|  11  .095  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1985 32 PHI NL   88   74    2   0.7    97| .123  .263| .165  .332| .136  .393| .301  .724| -16  .039 -13.0  -1.4 100%
 1986 33 CIN NL   62   51    3   1.6   101| .222  .266| .263  .337| .222  .401| .485  .738|  34  .138  -5.2  -0.5  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      656  548   27   1.3    97| .170  .265| .197  .333| .193  .392| .390  .725|   9  .106 -73.0  -7.6  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1974 21 STL NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.70  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1975 22 STL NL   P   25     11   30    4    2  .911  .947  1.64  0.72  2.71  1.86   24  136.0
 1976 23 STL NL   P   30     24   34    4    3  .935  .949  1.93  0.72  2.52  1.88   30  207.0
 1977 24 STL NL   P   26      9   37    3    3  .939  .950  1.77  0.67  2.77  1.85   26  149.7
 1978 25 STL NL   P   33     17   73    4    8  .957  .951  2.73  0.72  3.46  1.91   33  234.0
 1979 26 STL NL   P   31     16   36    2    4  .963  .951  1.68  0.66  2.27  1.80   31  206.0
 1980 27 CLE AL   P   16      8   18    1    2  .963  .956  1.62  0.77  2.15  1.85   16  108.7
 1981 28 CLE AL   P   19     14   40    3    7  .947  .963  2.84  0.81  3.34  1.98   19  145.7
 1982 29 TOT      P   25     13   26    0    3 1.000  .956  1.56  0.72  2.19  1.83   25  160.6
         CLE AL   P   21     12   19    0    2 1.000  .957  1.48  0.73  2.02  1.80   21  138.3
         PHI NL   P    4      1    7    0    1 1.000  .952  2.00  0.70  3.23  1.98    4   22.3
 1983 30 PHI NL   P   36     16   42    8    6  .879  .952  1.61  0.68  2.15  1.92   36  242.7
 1984 31 PHI NL   P   22     20   36    1    2  .982  .954  2.55  0.67  3.27  1.88   22  154.3
 1985 32 PHI NL   P   33     15   39    0    4 1.000  .952  1.64  0.68  2.11  1.92   33  230.7
 1986 33 CIN NL   P   27     16   40    2    2  .966  .956  2.07  0.66  2.94  1.94   27  171.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1974 21 STL NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.70  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1975 22 STL NL   P   25     11   30    4    2  .911  .947  1.64  0.72  2.71  1.86   24  136.0
 1976 23 STL NL   P   30     24   34    4    3  .935  .949  1.93  0.72  2.52  1.88   30  207.0
 1977 24 STL NL   P   26      9   37    3    3  .939  .950  1.77  0.67  2.77  1.85   26  149.7
 1978 25 STL NL   P   33     17   73    4    8  .957  .951  2.73  0.72  3.46  1.91   33  234.0
 1979 26 STL NL   P   31     16   36    2    4  .963  .951  1.68  0.66  2.27  1.80   31  206.0
 1980 27 CLE AL   P   16      8   18    1    2  .963  .956  1.62  0.77  2.15  1.85   16  108.7
 1981 28 CLE AL   P   19     14   40    3    7  .947  .963  2.84  0.81  3.34  1.98   19  145.7
 1982 29 TOT      P   25     13   26    0    3 1.000  .956  1.56  0.72  2.19  1.83   25  160.6
         CLE AL   P   21     12   19    0    2 1.000  .957  1.48  0.73  2.02  1.80   21  138.3
         PHI NL   P    4      1    7    0    1 1.000  .952  2.00  0.70  3.23  1.98    4   22.3
 1983 30 PHI NL   P   36     16   42    8    6  .879  .952  1.61  0.68  2.15  1.92   36  242.7
 1984 31 PHI NL   P   22     20   36    1    2  .982  .954  2.55  0.67  3.27  1.88   22  154.3
 1985 32 PHI NL   P   33     15   39    0    4 1.000  .952  1.64  0.68  2.11  1.92   33  230.7
 1986 33 CIN NL   P   27     16   40    2    2  .966  .956  2.07  0.66  2.94  1.94   27  171.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 325    179  451   32   46  .952  .953  1.94  0.70  2.64  1.89  322 2148.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       325    179  451   32   46  .952  .953  1.94  0.70  2.64  1.89  322   2149

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1983   NLCS  PHI LAD     W   1   1   0.00  0  1  0  0   6     5   0   3   3 
        WS    PHI BAL     L   2   2   3.46  1  1  0  0  13    12   5   3   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   2.37  1  2  0  0  19    17   5   6  12 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1983   NLCS  PHI LAD     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    PHI BAL     L   2   5   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   6   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .167  .167  .167   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1983-NL-CYA
1983-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-13-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-1-0.86
1 Cy Young
Car-57-0.86 shares

Sac. Hits
1983 NL-17-2

ERA
1976 NL-2.52-1
1983 NL-2.37-2

Wins
1983 NL-19-1

Won-Loss %
1983 NL-.760-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1983 NL-1.162-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1978 NL-7.69-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1983 NL-1.97-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1981 AL-5.81-8

Innings
1983 NL-242.7-7

Strikeouts
1981 AL-94-8

Games Started
1983 NL-36-3

Comp. Games
1978 NL-11-7

Shutouts
1981 AL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1979 NL-24-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1979 NL-100-4
1981 AL-66-2
1985 NL-83-9

Hits Allowed
1983 NL-229-8
1985 NL-252-5

SO to Walk
1983 NL-2.62-6

Losses
1985 NL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1979 NL-111-3
1985 NL-98-6

Wild Pitches
1981 AL-10-3
1985 NL-8-8

Hit Batsmen
1976 NL-8-2
1978 NL-6-9
1984 NL-4-10

Batters Faced
1983 NL-983-9
1985 NL-998-10

Adjusted ERA+
1976 NL-140-1
1983 NL-152-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 11 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (772) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (492) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 4, 1970: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1970.
December 7, 1979: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jerry Mumphrey to the Cleveland Indians for Bobby Bonds.
November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.
February 13, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
September 12, 1982: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wil Culmer, Jerry Reed, and Roy Smith.
December 11, 1985: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jeff Gray to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Redus and Tom Hume.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 Philadelphia Phillies $1,109,333

1986 Cincinnati Reds $1,083,333

Career (may be incomplete) $2,192,666

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View John Denny's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Awards 1983-NL-CYA 1983-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1983-NL-13-0.07 Car-983-0.07 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1983-NL-1-0.86 1 Cy Young Car-57-0.86 shares	Sac. Hits 1983 NL-17-2	ERA 1976 NL-2.52-1 1983 NL-2.37-2	Wins 1983 NL-19-1
Won-Loss % 1983 NL-.760-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1983 NL-1.162-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1978 NL-7.69-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1983 NL-1.97-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1981 AL-5.81-8	Innings 1983 NL-242.7-7
Strikeouts 1981 AL-94-8	Games Started 1983 NL-36-3	Comp. Games 1978 NL-11-7	Shutouts 1981 AL-3-5	Home Runs Allow. 1979 NL-24-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1979 NL-100-4 1981 AL-66-2 1985 NL-83-9
Hits Allowed 1983 NL-229-8 1985 NL-252-5	SO to Walk 1983 NL-2.62-6	Losses 1985 NL-14-9	Earned Runs Allow. 1979 NL-111-3 1985 NL-98-6	Wild Pitches 1981 AL-10-3 1985 NL-8-8	Hit Batsmen 1976 NL-8-2 1978 NL-6-9 1984 NL-4-10
Batters Faced 1983 NL-983-9 1985 NL-998-10	Adjusted ERA+ 1976 NL-140-1 1983 NL-152-2