Rick Grapenthin

Richard Ray Grapenthin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 16, 1958 in Linn Grove, IA
School: Indiana State University
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1983
Team: Expos 1983-1985

Final Game: June 29, 1985
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
1980	22	WSN-min	A-	2	2	.500	5.67	7	2		0	27.0	30	17	17	0	14	0	24	1	0	2			1.630	10.0	0.0	4.7	8.0	1.71	JAM · NYPL
1981	23	WSN-min	A	5	4	.556	4.50	31	3	19	5	80.0	96	47	40	5	22	3	44	5	0	5			1.475	10.8	0.6	2.5	5.0	2.00	WPB · FLOR
1982	24	WSN-min	A,AAA	4	3	.571	2.44	47	2	32	12	77.1	77	28	21	5	35	7	62	0	0	4			1.448	9.0	0.6	4.1	7.2	1.77	SJO,WCH · CALL,AA
1983	25	WSN-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.84	40	0	23	8	70.1	72	35	30	8	26	1	33	2	0	0			1.393	9.2	1.0	3.3	4.2	1.27	WCH · AA
1983	25	MON	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	44	1.250	9.0	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00
1984	26	WSN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.07	53	0	39	18	91.0	81	38	31	4	33	7	44	2	1	5			1.253	8.0	0.4	3.3	4.4	1.33	INA · AA
1984	26	MON	NL	1	2	.333	3.52	13	1	5	2	23.0	19	9	9	3	7	0	9	0	0	0	92	100	1.130	7.4	1.2	2.7	3.5	1.29
1985	27	WSN-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.74	48	0	33	11	84.1	77	38	35	7	31	7	24	2	0	2			1.281	8.2	0.7	3.3	2.6	0.77	INA · AA
1985	27	MON	NL	0	0		14.14	5	0	1	0	7.0	13	11	11	0	8	2	4	1	0	0	43	26	3.000	16.7	0.0	10.3	5.1	0.50
1986	28	SDP-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.01	39	1	22	2	70.0	92	60	39	4	28	7	33	1	1	4			1.714	11.8	0.5	3.6	4.2	1.18	LVG · PCL
1987	29	STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.64	55	0	19	8	99.0	107	50	40	9	32	6	49	0	2	0			1.404	9.7	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.53	LOU · AA
1988	30	STL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.63	45	0	26	10	69.1	67	30	28	5	21	3	30	5	1	1			1.269	8.7	0.6	2.7	3.9	1.43	LOU · AA
1989	31	DET-NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.41	15	1	5	1	37.0	37	19	14	2	14	0	13	2	0	1			1.378	9.0	0.5	3.4	3.2	0.93	TOL,CLB · IL
3 Seasons				1	3	.250	6.35	19	1	6	2	34.0	36	24	24	5	16	2	16	1	0	0	151	57	1.529	9.5	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
162 Game Avg.				3	10	.250	6.35	65	3	20	7	116	122	82	82	17	54	7	54	3	0	0	513	57	1.529	9.5	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1983	25	MON	NL	4.0	0	4	2	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$
1984	26	MON	NL	23.0	1	9	12	1	1.0	3	0.2	$
1985	27	MON	NL	7.0	0	11	4	0	.4	-7	-0.6	$
3 Seasons				34.0	1	24	18	1	.9	-6	-0.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB	Pos
1980	22	WSN-min	A-	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0			JAM · NYPL
1981	23	WSN-min	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	WPB · FLOR
1982	24	WSN-min	AAA,A	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	WCH,SJO · AA,CALL
1983	25	WSN-min	AAA	40	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	WCH · AA
1983	25	MON	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1984	26	WSN-min	AAA	53	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	INA · AA
1984	26	MON	NL	13	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	1
1985	27	WSN-min	AAA	48	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	INA · AA
1985	27	MON	NL	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	475	1	0	0	/1
1986	28	SDP-min	AAA	39	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500		0		0	LVG · PCL
1987	29	STL-min	AAA	55	6	5	1	2	1	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900		2		0	LOU · AA
1988	30	STL-min	AAA	45	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000		2		0	LOU · AA
1989	31	DET-NYY-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	TOL,CLB · IL
3 Seasons				19	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	64	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	60	60	9	17	0	0	9	.286	.286	.286	.571	64	17	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1983	25	MON	NL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
1984	26	MON	NL	5	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	1
1985	27	MON	NL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				7	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1983	MON	NL	25	P	1	0	4.0	1	0	1	1.000	2.25	1.00	.950	2.02	1.90	0	1	100%
1984	MON	NL	26	P	13	1	23.0	6	2	4	1.000	2.35	0.46	.953	1.88	1.87	1	0	0%
1985	MON	NL	27	P	5	0	7.0	1	0	1	1.000	1.29	0.20	.950	1.93	1.92	0	0
	3 Seasons			P	19	1	34.0	8	2	6	1.000	2.12	0.42	.952	1.91	1.88	1	1	50%
	3 Seasons			TOT	19	1	34.0	8	2	6	1.000	2.12	0.42	.952	1.91	1.88	1	1	50%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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July 9, 1980: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.

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