John Denny
John Allen Denny
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ
High School: Prescott (Prescott, AZ)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1974
Final Game: August 18, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 21 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1975 STL NL 22 P 25 24 136.0 45 11 30 4 2 .911 2.71 1.64 .949 1.86 0.72
1976 STL NL 23 P 30 30 207.0 62 24 34 4 3 .935 2.52 1.93 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 STL NL 24 P 26 26 149.2 49 9 37 3 3 .939 2.77 1.77 .951 1.85 0.67
1978 STL NL 25 P 33 33 234.0 94 17 73 4 8 .957 3.46 2.73 .951 1.91 0.72
1979 STL NL 26 P 31 31 206.0 54 16 36 2 4 .963 2.27 1.68 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 CLE AL 27 P 16 16 108.2 27 8 18 1 2 .963 2.15 1.63 .956 1.85 0.77
1981 CLE AL 28 P 19 19 145.2 57 14 40 3 7 .947 3.34 2.84 .963 1.98 0.81
1982 TOT MLB 29 P 25 25 160.2 39 13 26 0 3 1.000 2.18 1.56 .954 1.83 0.72
1982 CLE AL 29 P 21 21 138.1 31 12 19 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.48 .955 1.80 0.73
1982 PHI NL 29 P 4 4 22.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.22 2.00 .950 1.97 0.70
1983 PHI NL 30 P 36 36 242.2 66 16 42 8 6 .879 2.15 1.61 .956 1.92 0.68 CYA-1,MVP-13
1984 PHI NL 31 P 22 22 154.1 57 20 36 1 2 .982 3.27 2.55 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 PHI NL 32 P 33 33 230.2 54 15 39 0 4 1.000 2.11 1.64 .950 1.92 0.68
1986 CIN NL 33 P 27 27 171.1 58 16 40 2 2 .966 2.94 2.07 .955 1.94 0.66
13 Seasons P 325 322 2148.2 662 179 451 32 46 .952 2.64 1.94 .953 1.89 0.70
13 Seasons TOT 325 322 2148.2 662 179 451 32 46 .952 2.64 1.94 .905 1.89 0.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 STL NL 21 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 22 26 24 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 STL NL 23 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 24 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 STL NL 25 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 STL NL 26 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE AL 27 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 28 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 29 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 29 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 30 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 31 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PHI NL 32 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 33 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 326 266 270 325 325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1974 STL NL 21 11 91% 45% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 22 626 80% 33% 30 90% 0 11 3 6 30 17 2 4 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1976 STL NL 23 888 82% 34% 41 88% 0 22 3 16 35 30 1 4 0 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 8 88%
1977 STL NL 24 687 82% 34% 39 90% 0 10 1 6 37 25 5 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 100%
1978 STL NL 25 979 81% 37% 77 92% 0 18 1 14 72 53 9 4 1 1 2 1 8 8 8 0 5 100%
1979 STL NL 26 922 78% 32% 38 97% 2 15 1 13 37 24 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 12 100%
1980 CLE AL 27 484 77% 33% 19 100% 0 8 0 5 18 15 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1981 CLE AL 28 646 75% 37% 47 87% 4 14 0 12 40 27 8 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 6 0 8 63%
1982 CLE AL 29 632 73% 32% 24 92% 1 12 0 10 22 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1982 PHI NL 29 96 70% 35% 8 88% 0 1 0 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 PHI NL 30 1023 81% 40% 49 88% 0 15 0 14 43 36 6 8 0 2 6 3 6 4 6 0 3 100%
1984 PHI NL 31 626 80% 39% 38 97% 1 20 2 17 35 28 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1985 PHI NL 32 1036 80% 35% 39 100% 0 13 0 12 38 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 7 100%
1986 CIN NL 33 756 77% 38% 43 93% 2 16 3 11 40 33 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 8 75%
13 Seasons 9412 79% 35% 492 92% 10 175 14 137 455 342 56 31 2 9 20 8 46 37 44 2 62 90%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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