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Jason Grimsley
Jason Alan Grimsley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 7, 1967 in Cleveland, TX
High School: Tarkington (Cleveland, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1989
Final Game: May 31, 2006
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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
1989 21 PHI NL 1 3 .250 5.89 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 19 13 12 2 19 1 7 0 0 2 91 60 2.073 9.3 1.0 9.3 3.4 0.37
1990 22 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.30 11 11 0 0 0 0 57.1 47 21 21 1 43 0 41 2 1 6 255 115 1.570 7.4 0.2 6.8 6.4 0.95
1991 23 PHI NL 1 7 .125 4.87 12 12 0 0 0 0 61.0 54 34 33 4 41 3 42 3 0 14 272 75 1.557 8.0 0.6 6.0 6.2 1.02
1993 25 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.31 10 6 1 0 0 0 42.1 52 26 25 3 20 1 27 1 0 2 194 82 1.701 11.1 0.6 4.3 5.7 1.35
1994 26 CLE AL 5 2 .714 4.57 14 13 0 1 0 0 82.2 91 47 42 7 34 1 59 6 1 6 368 102 1.512 9.9 0.8 3.7 6.4 1.74
1995 27 CLE AL 0 0 6.09 15 2 2 0 0 1 34.0 37 24 23 4 32 1 25 2 0 7 165 77 2.029 9.8 1.1 8.5 6.6 0.78
1996 28 CAL AL 5 7 .417 6.84 35 20 4 2 1 0 130.1 150 110 99 14 74 5 82 13 0 11 620 72 1.719 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.7 1.11
1999 31 NYY AL 7 2 .778 3.60 55 0 25 0 0 1 75.0 66 39 30 7 40 5 49 4 0 8 336 131 1.413 7.9 0.8 4.8 5.9 1.23
2000 32 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.04 63 4 18 0 0 1 96.1 100 58 54 10 42 1 53 5 0 16 428 96 1.474 9.3 0.9 3.9 5.0 1.26
2001 33 KCR AL 1 5 .167 3.02 73 0 24 0 0 0 80.1 71 32 27 8 28 5 61 2 0 4 327 160 1.232 8.0 0.9 3.1 6.8 2.18
2002 34 KCR AL 4 7 .364 3.91 70 0 26 0 0 1 71.1 64 32 31 4 37 8 59 1 0 8 310 127 1.416 8.1 0.5 4.7 7.4 1.59
2003 35 KCR AL 2 6 .250 5.16 76 0 5 0 0 0 75.0 88 47 43 6 36 5 58 5 0 4 346 95 1.653 10.6 0.7 4.3 7.0 1.61
2004 36 TOT AL 5 7 .417 3.86 73 0 7 0 0 0 63.0 61 36 27 4 35 6 39 3 0 6 285 121 1.524 8.7 0.6 5.0 5.6 1.11
2004 36 KCR AL 3 3 .500 3.38 32 0 4 0 0 0 26.2 24 11 10 1 15 3 18 1 0 4 118 142 1.463 8.1 0.3 5.1 6.1 1.20
2004 36 BAL AL 2 4 .333 4.21 41 0 3 0 0 0 36.1 37 25 17 3 20 3 21 2 0 2 167 109 1.569 9.2 0.7 5.0 5.2 1.05
2005 37 BAL AL 1 2 .333 5.73 22 0 9 0 0 0 22.0 24 15 14 5 9 2 10 0 0 1 93 75 1.500 9.8 2.0 3.7 4.1 1.11
2006 38 ARI NL 1 2 .333 4.88 19 0 6 0 0 0 27.2 30 15 15 4 8 2 10 0 0 1 118 97 1.373 9.8 1.3 2.6 3.3 1.25
15 Seasons 42 58 .420 4.77 552 72 127 3 1 4 936.2 954 549 496 83 498 46 622 47 2 96 4208 97 1.550 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.25
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .420 4.77 60 8 14 0 0 0 102 104 60 54 9 54 5 68 5 0 10 459 97 1.550 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.25
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
KCR (4 yrs) 10 21 .323 3.94 251 0 59 0 0 1 253.1 247 122 111 19 116 21 196 9 0 20 1101 124 1.433 8.8 0.7 4.1 7.0 1.69
PHI (3 yrs) 5 12 .294 4.35 27 27 0 0 0 0 136.2 120 68 66 7 103 4 90 5 1 22 618 85 1.632 7.9 0.5 6.8 5.9 0.87
CLE (3 yrs) 8 6 .571 5.09 39 21 3 1 0 1 159.0 180 97 90 14 86 3 111 9 1 15 727 90 1.673 10.2 0.8 4.9 6.3 1.29
NYY (2 yrs) 10 4 .714 4.41 118 4 43 0 0 2 171.1 166 97 84 17 82 6 102 9 0 24 764 108 1.447 8.7 0.9 4.3 5.4 1.24
BAL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.78 63 0 12 0 0 0 58.1 61 40 31 8 29 5 31 2 0 3 260 94 1.543 9.4 1.2 4.5 4.8 1.07
ARI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.88 19 0 6 0 0 0 27.2 30 15 15 4 8 2 10 0 0 1 118 97 1.373 9.8 1.3 2.6 3.3 1.25
CAL (1 yr) 5 7 .417 6.84 35 20 4 2 1 0 130.1 150 110 99 14 74 5 82 13 0 11 620 72 1.719 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.7 1.11
AL (11 yrs) 36 44 .450 4.84 506 45 121 3 1 4 772.1 804 466 415 72 387 40 522 42 1 73 3472 99 1.542 9.4 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.35
NL (4 yrs) 6 14 .300 4.44 46 27 6 0 0 0 164.1 150 83 81 11 111 6 100 5 1 23 736 87 1.588 8.2 0.6 6.1 5.5 0.90

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
1999 31 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
2000 32 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 18 2.700 10.8 0.0 13.5 2.7 0.20
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00

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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
1989 21 PHI NL 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1990 22 PHI NL 12 20 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .188 .235 .188 .423 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 23 PHI NL 12 19 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .059 .158 .059 .217 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 31 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 32 NYY AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 33 KCR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 34 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 35 KCR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 36 TOT AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 36 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 36 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 38 ARI NL 19 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 71 53 43 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .093 .188 .093 .281 -19 4 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 121 98 9 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 11 30 .093 .188 .093 .281 -19 9 0 0 11 0 0
KCR (4 yrs) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 28 46 38 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .105 .171 .105 .276 -20 4 0 0 5 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 92 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 19 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 92 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 47 50 42 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .095 .156 .095 .251 -28 4 0 0 5 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
1989 PHI NL 21 P 4 4 18.1 6 1 4 1 1 .833 2.45 1.25 .950 1.87 0.62
1990 PHI NL 22 P 11 11 57.1 22 13 8 1 2 .955 3.30 1.91 .959 1.81 0.58
1991 PHI NL 23 P 12 12 61.0 17 2 14 1 3 .941 2.36 1.33 .953 1.86 0.59
1993 CLE AL 25 P 10 6 42.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.80 .950 1.79 0.56
1994 CLE AL 26 P 14 13 82.2 15 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.63 1.07 .953 1.72 0.52
1995 CLE AL 27 P 15 2 34.0 8 0 8 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.53 .962 1.80 0.53
1996 CAL AL 28 P 35 20 130.1 43 23 18 2 2 .953 2.83 1.17 .960 1.77 0.52
1999 NYY AL 31 P 55 0 75.0 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 2.52 0.38 .948 1.69 0.47
2000 NYY AL 32 P 63 4 96.1 24 11 11 2 4 .917 2.06 0.35 .958 1.62 0.46
2001 KCR AL 33 P 73 0 80.1 22 6 12 4 2 .818 2.02 0.25 .964 1.75 0.49
2002 KCR AL 34 P 70 0 71.1 17 6 10 1 1 .941 2.02 0.23 .959 1.69 0.48
2003 KCR AL 35 P 76 0 75.0 32 17 14 1 2 .969 3.72 0.41 .956 1.73 0.49
2004 TOT AL 36 P 73 0 63.0 26 10 12 4 0 .846 3.14 0.30 .954 1.66 0.45
2004 KCR AL 36 P 32 0 26.2 12 3 7 2 0 .833 3.38 0.31 .958 1.65 0.45
2004 BAL AL 36 P 41 0 36.1 14 7 5 2 0 .857 2.97 0.29 .950 1.66 0.45
2005 BAL AL 37 P 22 0 22.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.82 0.09 .950 1.68 0.46
2006 ARI NL 38 P 19 0 27.2 4 0 3 1 1 .750 0.98 0.16 .975 1.72 0.43
15 Seasons P 552 72 936.2 267 107 142 18 21 .933 2.39 0.45 .957 1.73 0.48
15 Seasons TOT 552 72 936.2 267 107 142 18 21 .933 2.39 0.45 .890 1.73 0.48
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2001 AL--73--3rd
2002 AL--70--8th
2003 AL--76--3rd
2004 AL--73--10th
Career--552--248th

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL--1--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1991 NL--14--3rd
1996 AL--11--7th
2000 AL--16--2nd
Career--96--92nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 AL--6--10th
1996 AL--13--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.

April 2, 1992: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Curt Schilling.

March 30, 1993: Released by the Houston Astros.

April 7, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

February 15, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Pep Harris to the California Angels for Brian Anderson.

October 8, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

March 20, 1997: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 3, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 29, 1997: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Jamie Brewington.

October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 20, 2000: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 19, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 21, 2004: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Baltimore Orioles for Denny Bautista.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 7, 2006: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Philadelphia Phillies$105,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$118,000
1993Cleveland Indians$125,000
1995Cleveland Indians$325,000
1996California Angels$425,000
1999New York Yankees$350,000
2000New York Yankees$750,000
2001Kansas City Royals$750,000
2002Kansas City Royals$1,900,000
2003Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
2004Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
2005Baltimore Orioles$2,000,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$825,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,673,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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