Steve Grilli
Stephen Joseph Grilli
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 2, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
School: Gannon University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1975
Final Game: September 17, 1979
Relatives: Father of Jason Grilli
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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
1975 26 DET AL 0 0 1.35 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 29 298 1.350 4.1 0.0 8.1 6.8 0.83
1976 27 DET AL 3 1 .750 4.64 36 0 24 0 0 3 66.0 63 43 34 5 41 5 36 5 2 5 301 80 1.576 8.6 0.7 5.6 4.9 0.88
1977 28 DET AL 1 2 .333 4.83 30 2 13 0 0 0 72.2 71 42 39 8 49 2 49 3 0 5 326 89 1.651 8.8 1.0 6.1 6.1 1.00
1979 30 TOR AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9
4 Seasons 4 3 .571 4.51 70 2 40 0 0 3 147.2 138 87 74 13 96 8 91 8 2 11 664 89 1.585 8.4 0.8 5.9 5.5 0.95
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .571 4.51 66 2 38 0 0 3 139 130 82 70 12 91 8 86 8 2 10 627 89 1.585 8.4 0.8 5.9 5.5 0.95
DET (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.58 69 2 40 0 0 3 145.1 137 87 74 13 96 8 90 8 2 11 656 87 1.603 8.5 0.8 5.9 5.6 0.94
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 26 DET AL 3 29 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .136 .310 .136 .447 .167 3 1 0 0 1 1
1976 27 DET AL 36 302 245 43 63 14 5 5 2 2 41 36 .257 .368 .416 .785 .278 102 5 5 6 5 5
1977 28 DET AL 30 326 268 42 71 10 2 8 6 5 49 49 .265 .383 .407 .790 .297 109 7 3 5 1 2
1979 30 TOR AL 1 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 .167 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons 70 665 542 87 138 24 7 13 8 7 96 91 .255 .371 .397 .767 .281 215 13 8 12 7 8
162 Game Avg. 66 628 512 82 130 23 7 12 8 7 91 86 .255 .371 .397 .767 .281 203 12 8 11 7 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 28 DET AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 38 25 13 5 1 1 3.0 0.0 4.8
1 Season 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 38 25 13 5 1 1 3.0 0.0 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 26 DET AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 0.695 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 6.7
1976 27 DET AL 36 36 24 3 1 4 3 1 75% 7 1 43 18 42% 8 0.620 9 4 22 7 3 26 23 13 22 7 23 3 5.5
1977 28 DET AL 30 28 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 9 38% 7 0.544 4 5 19 2 4 22 15 13 20 3 21 0 6.8
1979 30 TOR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.574 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
4 Seasons 70 68 40 4 2 4 3 1 75% 8 2 73 27 37% 0.585 13 11 43 9 7 52 41 27 45 11 47 3 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 26 DET AL 29 48% 0.0% 17.2% 20.7% 0.0% 0% 0.67 62% 9 1 11%
1976 27 DET AL 302 36% 1.7% 11.9% 13.6% 8.0% 38% 1.11 69% 75 5 7%
1977 28 DET AL 326 35% 2.5% 15.0% 15.0% 6.1% 28% 0.69 65% 67 7 10%
1979 30 TOR AL 8 38% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 75% 1 0 0%
4 Seasons 665 36% 2.0% 13.7% 14.4% 6.6% 32% 0.86 67% 152 13 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 26 DET AL 29 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 20% 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 27 DET AL 302 63 5 0 24 3 2 4 1 38 17 5 45% 5 5 1 127 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1977 28 DET AL 326 71 8 0 10 7 1 5 3 20 12 2 60% 0 5 0 138 6 5 55% 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1979 30 TOR AL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 665 138 13 0 40 10 3 9 4 63 30 8 48% 6 11 1 281 8 7 53% 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1975 26 0 0 1.35 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 29 298 1.350 4.1 0.0 8.1 6.8 0.83 298
1976 27 3 1 .750 4.33 39 0 27 0 0 3 72.2 66 45 35 5 47 6 41 5 2 6 330 86 1.555 8.2 0.6 5.8 5.1 0.87 86
1977 28 4 3 .571 4.58 69 2 40 0 0 3 145.1 137 87 74 13 96 8 90 8 2 11 656 87 1.603 8.5 0.8 5.9 5.6 0.94 87
1978 29 4 3 .571 4.58 69 2 40 0 0 3 145.1 137 87 74 13 96 8 90 8 2 11 656 87 1.603 8.5 0.8 5.9 5.6 0.94 87
1979 30 4 3 .571 4.51 70 2 40 0 0 3 147.2 138 87 74 13 96 8 91 8 2 11 664 89 1.585 8.4 0.8 5.9 5.5 0.95 89

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 26 0 0 1.29 7.0 3 1 1 0 6 5 0 1.286 3.9 7.7 6.4 0.83 0.0 3
1976 27 2 4 .333 5.66 62.0 68 43 39 5 44 34 5 1.806 9.9 6.4 4.9 0.77 0.7 36
1977 28 3 4 .429 5.16 68.0 71 43 39 8 49 46 3 1.765 9.4 6.5 6.1 0.94 1.1 30
1979 30 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1
4 Seasons 5 8 .385 5.08 140.0 142 87 79 13 99 86 8 1.721 9.1 5.5 0.87 0.8 70

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