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Wayne Granger
Wayne Allan Granger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 15, 1944 in Springfield, MA
High School: Huntington (Huntington, MA)
School: Springfield College
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1968
Final Game: June 25, 1976
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1968 24 STL NL 4 2 .667 2.25 34 0 19 0 0 4 44.0 40 14 11 2 12 3 27 2 0 2 184 129 1.182 8.2 0.4 2.5 5.5 2.25
1969 25 CIN NL 9 6 .600 2.80 90 0 55 0 0 27 144.2 143 64 45 10 40 14 68 7 2 5 611 135 1.265 8.9 0.6 2.5 4.2 1.70 MVP-15
1970 26 CIN NL 6 5 .545 2.66 67 0 59 0 0 35 84.2 79 33 25 5 27 8 38 1 0 3 352 157 1.252 8.4 0.5 2.9 4.0 1.41 CYA-8,MVP-30
1971 27 CIN NL 7 6 .538 3.33 70 0 41 0 0 11 100.0 94 39 37 8 28 7 51 1 0 1 412 98 1.220 8.5 0.7 2.5 4.6 1.82
1972 28 MIN AL 4 6 .400 3.01 63 0 40 0 0 19 89.2 83 42 30 7 28 6 45 2 0 0 378 107 1.238 8.3 0.7 2.8 4.5 1.61
1973 29 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 3.63 40 0 24 0 0 5 62.0 69 36 25 4 24 8 24 3 0 2 275 101 1.500 10.0 0.6 3.5 3.5 1.00
1973 29 STL NL 2 4 .333 4.24 33 0 18 0 0 5 46.2 50 29 22 3 21 7 14 2 0 1 203 86 1.521 9.6 0.6 4.1 2.7 0.67
1973 29 NYY AL 0 1 .000 1.76 7 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 19 7 3 1 3 1 10 1 0 1 72 208 1.435 11.2 0.6 1.8 5.9 3.33
1974 30 CHW AL 0 0 8.22 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 16 8 7 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 46 2.478 18.8 1.2 3.5 4.7 1.33
1975 31 HOU NL 2 5 .286 3.65 55 0 22 0 0 5 74.0 76 39 30 7 23 7 30 4 1 1 323 93 1.338 9.2 0.9 2.8 3.6 1.30
1976 32 MON NL 1 0 1.000 3.66 27 0 7 0 0 2 32.0 32 15 13 3 16 4 16 2 0 1 143 103 1.500 9.0 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.00
9 Seasons 35 35 .500 3.14 451 0 270 0 0 108 638.2 632 290 223 47 201 57 303 22 3 15 2718 113 1.304 8.9 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.51
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.14 68 0 41 0 0 16 96 95 44 34 7 30 9 46 3 0 2 410 113 1.304 8.9 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.51
CIN (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 2.92 227 0 155 0 0 73 329.1 316 136 107 23 95 29 157 9 2 9 1375 127 1.248 8.6 0.6 2.6 4.3 1.65
STL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 3.28 67 0 37 0 0 9 90.2 90 43 33 5 33 10 41 4 0 3 387 101 1.357 8.9 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.24
MIN (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.01 63 0 40 0 0 19 89.2 83 42 30 7 28 6 45 2 0 0 378 107 1.238 8.3 0.7 2.8 4.5 1.61
MON (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.66 27 0 7 0 0 2 32.0 32 15 13 3 16 4 16 2 0 1 143 103 1.500 9.0 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.00
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 1.76 7 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 19 7 3 1 3 1 10 1 0 1 72 208 1.435 11.2 0.6 1.8 5.9 3.33
HOU (1 yr) 2 5 .286 3.65 55 0 22 0 0 5 74.0 76 39 30 7 23 7 30 4 1 1 323 93 1.338 9.2 0.9 2.8 3.6 1.30
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 8.22 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 16 8 7 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 46 2.478 18.8 1.2 3.5 4.7 1.33
NL (7 yrs) 31 28 .525 3.13 376 0 221 0 0 89 526.0 514 233 183 38 167 50 244 19 3 14 2228 115 1.295 8.8 0.7 2.9 4.2 1.46
AL (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 3.20 75 0 49 0 0 19 112.2 118 57 40 9 34 7 59 3 0 1 490 104 1.349 9.4 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.74

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1968 24 STL NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1970 26 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1970 26 CIN NL WS L BAL 0 0 33.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 6.000 47.3 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 11.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 22 2.500 18.0 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 WS 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 19 2.700 18.9 2.7 5.4 5.4 1.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 24 STL NL 34 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 25 CIN NL 90 27 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .095 .208 .095 .304 -14 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 MVP-15
1970 26 CIN NL 67 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/7 CYA-8,MVP-30
1971 27 CIN NL 70 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .571 .821 132 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 28 MIN AL 63 10 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .300 .500 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 29 STL NL 33 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 HOU NL 55 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 MON NL 27 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
10 Seasons 439 80 68 1 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 32 .103 .176 .162 .337 -5 11 1 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .103 .176 .162 .337 -5 4 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (3 yrs) 227 46 38 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 19 .105 .190 .184 .375 4 7 0 0 4 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 67 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 63 10 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .300 .500 45 3 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 27 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 55 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 376 70 58 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 27 .086 .172 .138 .310 -12 8 1 0 6 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 63 10 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .300 .500 45 3 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 24 STL NL WS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 CIN NL WS BAL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1968 STL NL 24 P 34 0 44.0 22 6 14 2 1 .909 4.09 0.59 .959 2.00 0.85
1969 CIN NL 25 P 90 0 144.2 45 14 29 2 3 .956 2.68 0.48 .958 1.95 0.78 MVP-15
1970 CIN NL 26 P 67 0 84.2 34 8 22 4 4 .882 3.19 0.45 .956 1.85 0.71 CYA-8,MVP-30
1970 CIN NL 26 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.40 CYA-8,MVP-30
1970 CIN NL 26 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80 CYA-8,MVP-30
1971 CIN NL 27 P 70 0 100.0 38 9 29 0 1 1.000 3.42 0.54 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 MIN AL 28 P 63 0 89.2 21 5 14 2 0 .905 1.91 0.30 .952 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT MLB 29 P 40 0 62.0 15 4 8 3 0 .800 1.74 0.30 .960 1.89 0.75
1973 STL NL 29 P 33 0 46.2 15 4 8 3 0 .800 2.31 0.36 .960 1.89 0.73
1973 NYY AL 29 P 7 0 15.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.88 0.86
1974 CHW AL 30 P 5 0 7.2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.52 0.60 .933 1.76 0.82
1975 HOU NL 31 P 55 0 74.0 23 2 18 3 1 .870 2.43 0.36 .952 1.86 0.72
1976 MON NL 32 P 27 0 32.0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.69 0.22 .957 1.88 0.72
9 Seasons P 451 0 638.2 208 50 141 17 11 .918 2.69 0.42 .955 1.90 0.76
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
9 Seasons TOT 452 0 639.0 208 50 141 17 11 .918 2.69 0.42 .874 1.90 0.76

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (15, 2%)
1970 NL (30, 0%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (8, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 NL  90 (1st)
1970 NL  67 (3rd)
1971 NL  70 (1st)
1972 AL  63 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1969 NL  27 (2nd)
1970 NL  35 (1st)
1971 NL  11 (9th)
1972 AL  19 (4th)
Career  108 (106th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1969 NL  55 (1st)
1970 NL  59 (1st)
1971 NL  41 (5th)
1972 AL  40 (6th)
Career  270 (133rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1965 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bobby Tolan to the Cincinnati Reds for Vada Pinson.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Hall.

November 29, 1972: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Cumberland and Larry Hisle.

August 7, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Ken Crosby (September 12, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

March 26, 1974: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 3, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 23, 1974: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

February 10, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

December 9, 1975: Released by the Houston Astros.

February 14, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

February 9, 1977: Released by the Montreal Expos.

February 24, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

March 29, 1977: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

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