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Ross Grimsley

Ross Albert Grimsley Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 7, 1950 in Topeka, KS
High School: Frayser HS (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1971
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Reds/Expos/Indians 1971-1982
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 24, 1982
Relatives: Son of Ross Grimsley
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1971 21 CIN NL 10 7 .588 3.57 26 26 0 6 3 0 161.1 151 67 64 15 43 2 67 2 1 3 660 92 1.202 8.4 0.8 2.4 3.7 1.56
1972 22 CIN NL 14 8 .636 3.05 30 28 2 4 1 1 197.2 194 73 67 18 50 8 79 0 0 3 813 106 1.234 8.8 0.8 2.3 3.6 1.58
1973 23 CIN NL 13 10 .565 3.23 38 36 1 8 1 1 242.1 245 96 87 24 68 11 90 0 3 4 1009 106 1.292 9.1 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.32
1974 24 BAL AL 18 13 .581 3.07 40 39 1 17 4 1 295.2 267 111 101 26 76 9 158 3 0 9 1198 112 1.160 8.1 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.08
1975 25 BAL AL 10 13 .435 4.07 35 32 1 8 1 0 197.0 210 95 89 29 47 1 89 1 1 6 822 87 1.305 9.6 1.3 2.1 4.1 1.89
1976 26 BAL AL 8 7 .533 3.95 28 19 5 2 0 0 136.2 143 66 60 8 35 2 41 1 0 2 578 83 1.302 9.4 0.5 2.3 2.7 1.17
1977 27 BAL AL 14 10 .583 3.96 34 34 0 11 2 0 218.1 230 105 96 24 74 2 53 1 1 2 923 96 1.392 9.5 1.0 3.1 2.2 0.72
1978 28 MON NL 20 11 .645 3.05 36 36 0 19 3 0 263.0 237 103 89 17 67 6 84 2 2 4 1068 115 1.156 8.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.25 AS,CYA-7
1979 29 MON NL 10 9 .526 5.35 32 27 2 2 0 0 151.1 199 102 90 18 41 1 42 3 1 2 678 69 1.586 11.8 1.1 2.4 2.5 1.02
1980 30 TOT MLB 6 9 .400 6.59 25 18 2 2 0 0 116.0 164 94 85 16 36 2 29 2 0 3 538 60 1.724 12.7 1.2 2.8 2.3 0.81
1980 30 MON NL 2 4 .333 6.31 11 7 2 0 0 0 41.1 61 31 29 5 12 1 11 1 0 1 196 57 1.766 13.3 1.1 2.6 2.4 0.92
1980 30 CLE AL 4 5 .444 6.75 14 11 0 2 0 0 74.2 103 63 56 11 24 1 18 1 0 2 342 61 1.701 12.4 1.3 2.9 2.2 0.75
1982 32 BAL AL 1 2 .333 5.25 21 0 3 0 0 0 60.0 65 35 35 7 22 5 18 0 0 2 257 77 1.450 9.8 1.1 3.3 2.7 0.82
11 Yrs 124 99 .556 3.81 345 295 17 79 15 3 2039.1 2105 947 863 202 559 49 750 15 9 40 8544 92 1.306 9.3 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.34
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .556 3.81 37 31 2 8 2 0 217 224 101 92 21 59 5 80 2 1 4 908 92 1.306 9.3 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.34
BAL (5 yrs) 51 45 .531 3.78 158 124 10 38 7 1 907.2 915 412 381 94 254 19 359 6 2 21 3778 94 1.288 9.1 0.9 2.5 3.6 1.41
MON (3 yrs) 32 24 .571 4.11 79 70 4 21 3 0 455.2 497 236 208 40 120 8 137 6 3 7 1942 87 1.354 9.8 0.8 2.4 2.7 1.14
CIN (3 yrs) 37 25 .597 3.26 94 90 3 18 5 2 601.1 590 236 218 57 161 21 236 2 4 10 2482 102 1.249 8.8 0.9 2.4 3.5 1.47
CLE (1 yr) 4 5 .444 6.75 14 11 0 2 0 0 74.2 103 63 56 11 24 1 18 1 0 2 342 61 1.701 12.4 1.3 2.9 2.2 0.75
AL (6 yrs) 55 50 .524 4.00 172 135 10 40 7 1 982.1 1018 475 437 105 278 20 377 7 2 23 4120 90 1.319 9.3 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.36
NL (6 yrs) 69 49 .585 3.63 173 160 7 39 8 2 1057.0 1087 472 426 97 281 29 373 8 7 17 4424 95 1.294 9.3 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1971 21 CIN NL 161.1 26 26 67 3.74 3.96 0.36 0.06 94.5 3.46 -6 -0.7 -0.1 0.4 9 .472 .496 $
1972 22 CIN NL 197.2 30 28 73 3.32 3.80 0.36 0.05 92.8 3.24 -4 -0.5 .2 -0.1 0.9 14 .484 .497 $
1973 23 CIN NL 242.1 38 36 96 3.57 4.12 0.30 0.12 92.6 3.66 2 0.3 1.9 -0.1 2.0 25 .507 .502 $29,000
1974 24 BAL AL 295.2 40 39 111 3.38 4.12 0.26 0.12 93.4 3.72 11 1.3 3.7 -0.1 3.6 41 .532 .508 $42,000
1975 25 BAL AL 197.0 35 32 95 4.34 4.32 0.52 0.13 91.7 3.60 -16 -1.7 2.0 -0.1 -0.1 5 .453 .490 $
1976 26 BAL AL 136.2 28 19 66 4.35 4.12 0.10 0.05 92.6 3.77 -8 -0.9 .8 -0.1 0.2 5 .467 .494 $
1977 27 BAL AL 218.1 34 34 105 4.33 4.57 0.27 0.15 91.8 4.08 -6 -0.7 -0.1 1.1 18 .481 .496 $70,000
1978 28 MON NL 263.0 36 36 103 3.52 4.02 0.48 0.13 95.5 3.50 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.5 23 .489 .498 $229,167 AS,CYA-7
1979 29 MON NL 151.1 32 27 102 6.07 4.16 0.22 0.12 97.5 3.96 -37 -3.6 1.7 -0.1 -2.5 -21 .387 .478 $229,167
1980 30 MON NL 41.1 11 7 31 6.75 3.94 -0.06 0.06 98.7 4.01 -13 -1.3 .3 0.0 -0.9 -9 .383 .492 $229,167
1980 30 CLE AL 74.2 14 11 63 7.59 4.34 -0.34 0.12 100.8 4.84 -23 -2.1 .6 -0.0 -1.5 -15 .351 .487 $
1982 32 BAL AL 60.0 21 0 35 5.25 4.48 0.28 -0.35 99.8 3.84 -9 -0.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .456 .494 $229,167
11 Seasons 2039.1 345 295 947 4.18 4.15 0.29 0.09 94.1 3.72 -113 -11.2 1.2 -1.3 4.1 91 .468 .494 $1,057,668
BAL (5 yrs) 907.2 158 124 412 4.09 4.30 0.30 0.09 93.0 3.80 -29 -2.9 1.3 -0.7 4.2 65 .482 .496 $341,167
MON (3 yrs) 455.2 79 70 236 4.66 4.06 0.34 0.12 96.5 3.70 -53 -5.3 1.1 -0.2 -1.9 -7 .433 .489 $687,501
CIN (3 yrs) 601.1 94 90 236 3.53 3.97 0.33 0.08 93.2 3.47 -8 -1.0 1.0 -0.4 3.3 48 .490 .498 $29,000
CLE (1 yr) 74.2 14 11 63 7.59 4.34 -0.34 0.12 100.8 4.84 -23 -2.1 .6 -0.0 -1.5 -15 .351 .487 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1972 22 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 30 0.222 2.0 1.0 0.0 5.0
1972 22 CIN NL WS L OAK 2 1 .667 2.57 4 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 30 1.429 9.0 1.3 3.9 2.6 0.67
1973 23 CIN NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 12.27 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.455 17.2 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.50
1974 24 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 1.69 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18 0.563 1.7 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 3 2 .600 3.24 9 3 3 1 0 0 25.0 17 9 9 3 7 2 12 0 0 0 98 0.960 6.1 1.1 2.5 4.3 1.71
1 ALCS 0 0 1.69 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18 0.563 1.7 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 4.26 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.2 9 6 6 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 50 0.868 6.4 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
1 WS 2 1 .667 2.57 4 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 30 1.429 9.0 1.3 3.9 2.6 0.67

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1978 MON NL 28

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1971 21 CIN NL 26 660 605 67 151 28 1 15 4 2 43 67 .250 .301 .374 .674 .259 226 13 2 8 2 2 5
1972 22 CIN NL 30 813 745 73 194 45 5 18 3 6 50 79 .260 .305 .407 .712 .270 303 14 0 14 4 8 7
1973 23 CIN NL 38 1009 920 96 245 48 9 24 7 6 68 90 .266 .315 .416 .732 .273 383 23 0 16 5 11 6
1974 24 BAL AL 40 1198 1095 111 267 32 7 26 8 19 76 158 .244 .292 .357 .649 .262 391 20 3 14 10 9 10
1975 25 BAL AL 35 822 761 95 210 43 4 29 11 9 47 89 .276 .317 .457 .775 .280 348 23 1 9 4 1 12
1976 26 BAL AL 28 578 529 66 143 24 4 8 6 2 35 41 .270 .315 .376 .691 .279 199 8 1 9 4 2 7
1977 27 BAL AL 34 923 829 105 230 44 5 24 8 4 74 53 .277 .335 .429 .764 .271 356 33 1 12 7 2 8
1978 28 MON NL 36 1068 975 103 237 45 8 17 11 7 67 84 .243 .291 .358 .649 .249 349 26 2 16 8 6 17
1979 29 MON NL 32 678 618 102 199 40 4 18 7 6 41 42 .322 .363 .487 .850 .320 301 17 3 9 7 1 11
1980 30 TOT MLB 25 538 485 94 164 30 5 16 4 3 36 29 .338 .380 .520 .899 .330 252 13 2 6 9 2 9
1980 30 CLE AL 14 342 311 63 103 18 4 11 2 2 24 18 .331 .376 .521 .897 .322 162 9 1 2 4 1 6
1980 30 MON NL 11 196 174 31 61 12 1 5 2 1 12 11 .351 .385 .517 .903 .344 90 4 1 4 5 1 3
1982 32 BAL AL 21 257 230 35 65 8 1 7 1 2 22 18 .283 .343 .417 .760 .280 96 10 0 3 2 5 2
11 Yrs 345 8544 7792 947 2105 387 53 202 70 66 559 750 .270 .318 .411 .729 .276 3204 200 15 116 62 49 94
162 Game Avg. 37 908 828 101 224 41 6 21 7 7 59 80 .270 .318 .411 .729 .276 340 21 2 12 7 5 10
MLB Averages .258 .323 .378 .701 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 21 CIN NL -3.2 -0.4 673 -0.1 10.8 -10.9 .93 0.7 -0.8 2.1 0.2 0.93 7.7 0 0 0
1972 22 CIN NL 5.2 0.6 825 1.4 14.1 -12.8 1.00 0.5 0.9 11.1 1.3 1.00 3.0 0 0 1
1973 23 CIN NL 6.6 0.7 1031 0.6 18.6 -17.9 1.02 0.2 0.4 12.9 1.4 1.02 3.8 1 0 1
1974 24 BAL AL 14.6 1.6 1235 2.3 21.8 -19.5 1.01 2.7 -0.5 17.8 2.0 1.01 27.2 1 0 0
1975 25 BAL AL -9.6 -1.0 847 -1.0 15.7 -16.7 1.04 -2.0 1.0 -8.4 -0.9 1.04 -20.5 2 1 0
1976 26 BAL AL -9.9 -1.0 588 -0.7 8.0 -8.7 .83 -0.1 -0.7 -5.3 -0.6 0.83 -1.0 2 1 6
1977 27 BAL AL -2.0 -0.2 939 0.3 17.1 -16.8 1.03 -0.8 1.1 4.4 0.5 1.03 -8.6 0 0 0
1978 28 MON NL 12.6 1.4 1092 2.5 19.2 -16.7 1.00 2.1 0.4 13.6 1.5 1.00 18.6 0 0 0
1979 29 MON NL -28.9 -2.8 697 -4.0 10.7 -14.7 .98 -3.6 -0.4 -36.3 -3.5 0.98 -35.8 3 0 2
1980 30 TOT MLB -33.3 -3.2 552 -2.1 6.9 -9.0 .82 -2.7 0.1 -40.6 -3.8 0.82 -33.2 1 0 6
1980 30 MON NL -11.9 -1.2 201 -1.2 2.8 -4.0 .97 -1.1 -0.2 -14.1 -1.4 0.97 -11.9 0 0 4
1980 30 CLE AL -21.4 -2.0 351 -0.9 4.2 -5.1 .73 -1.6 0.4 -26.6 -2.4 0.73 -21.3 1 0 2
1982 32 BAL AL -6.3 -0.6 264 0.3 4.2 -3.9 .88 0.1 0.2 4.1 0.4 0.88 -2.1 5 6 9
11 Yrs -54.2 -4.9 8743 -0.6 147.1 -147.7 .98 -2.9 2.2 -24.8 -1.5 0.98 -41.0 15 8 25

Starting Pitching*

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
1971 21 CIN NL 26 26 10 7 9 2 3 18 8 .692 2 3 6 3 14 54% 52.5 81 21 15 6 3 8 4.7 5.1 6.2
1972 22 CIN NL 30 28 14 8 6 0 2 19 9 .679 0 0 4 1 20 71% 53.4 83 19 23 9 4 7 4.0 4.3 6.8
1973 23 CIN NL 38 36 13 10 13 1 2 20 16 .556 3 6 8 1 22 61% 52.2 77 21 24 8 11 3 3.9 3.5 6.7
1974 24 BAL AL 40 39 18 13 8 1 6 23 16 .590 1 2 17 4 26 67% 57.3 92 21 30 5 19 6 3.9 4.0 7.6
1975 25 BAL AL 35 32 10 13 9 2 4 14 18 .438 2 6 8 1 14 44% 50.3 78 26 32 8 19 7 3.5 3.5 6.1
1976 26 BAL AL 28 19 8 7 4 1 2 12 7 .632 0 3 2 0 10 53% 48.7 79 28 22 8 6 7 5.0 4.5 6.1
1977 27 BAL AL 34 34 14 10 10 2 2 19 15 .559 1 4 11 2 17 50% 48.5 78 27 26 11 14 11 4.2 4.3 6.4
1978 28 MON NL 36 36 20 11 5 1 5 23 13 .639 0 4 19 3 26 72% 55.5 83 21 17 7 12 10 4.3 4.2 7.3
1979 29 MON NL 32 27 9 9 9 3 1 14 13 .519 3 6 2 0 10 37% 41.9 76 16 29 8 6 7 4.9 5.2 5.4
1980 30 TOT MLB 25 18 6 9 3 5 2 7 11 .389 1 1 2 0 4 22% 0.0 69 19 17 5 2 9 4.5 4.4 5.8
1980 30 MON NL 11 7 2 4 1 2 1 3 4 .429 0 0 0 0 2 29% 38.0 63 22 5 1 1 4 3.5 3.3 4.9
1980 30 CLE AL 14 11 4 5 2 3 1 4 7 .364 1 1 2 0 2 18% 41.2 69 19 12 4 1 5 5.2 4.8 6.4
10 Yrs 324 295 122 97 76 18 29 169 126 .573 13 35 79 15 163 55% 51 92 16 235 75 96 75 4.2 4.2 6.5
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1972 22 CIN NL 30 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 .998 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1973 23 CIN NL 38 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 2 0 0% 9 1.025 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2.5
1974 24 BAL AL 40 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 1.009 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1975 25 BAL AL 35 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 1.042 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 1.3
1976 26 BAL AL 28 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 5 .826 2 1 6 0 1 8 7 2 6 2 7 1 7.2
1979 29 MON NL 32 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% 6 .983 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 3.4
1980 30 TOT MLB 25 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% .820 1 0 6 0 0 7 1 6 3 0 5 2 4.7
1980 30 MON NL 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .969 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 5.3
1980 30 CLE AL 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .734 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 4.0
1982 32 BAL AL 21 21 3 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 26 4 15% 6 .883 5 6 9 5 2 14 16 5 17 3 18 0 8.6
8 Yrs 249 50 17 2 2 6 3 3 50% 8 2 54 17 31% .971 15 8 25 10 5 35 31 19 31 11 36 5 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1971 21 CIN NL 660 18% 2.3% 10.2% 6.5% 6.7% 29% 0.93 80% 115 13 11%
1972 22 CIN NL 813 17% 2.2% 9.7% 6.2% 8.4% 35% 0.75 80% 133 14 11%
1973 23 CIN NL 1009 19% 2.4% 8.9% 6.7% 8.0% 33% 0.83 80% 161 23 14%
1974 24 BAL AL 1198 18% 2.2% 13.2% 6.3% 5.4% 24% 1.07 77% 191 20 10%
1975 25 BAL AL 822 23% 3.5% 10.8% 5.7% 9.3% 36% 1.12 79% 125 23 18%
1976 26 BAL AL 578 21% 1.4% 7.1% 6.1% 6.2% 25% 0.98 84% 92 8 9%
1977 27 BAL AL 923 24% 2.6% 5.7% 8.0% 7.9% 32% 1.41 82% 167 33 20%
1978 28 MON NL 1068 16% 1.6% 7.9% 6.3% 6.6% 30% 1.11 83% 191 26 14%
1979 29 MON NL 678 23% 2.7% 6.2% 6.1% 9.1% 31% 1.46 83% 137 17 12%
1980 30 TOT MLB 538 20% 3.0% 5.4% 6.7% 9.5% 31% 1.03 83% 105 13 12%
1980 30 MON NL 196 21% 2.6% 5.6% 6.1% 9.2% 30% 1.02 83% 45 4 9%
1980 30 CLE AL 342 19% 3.2% 5.3% 7.0% 9.7% 32% 1.04 84% 60 9 15%
1982 32 BAL AL 257 33% 2.7% 7.0% 8.6% 6.2% 25% 0.89 81% 58 10 17%
11 Yrs 8544 20% 2.4% 8.8% 6.5% 7.5% 31% 1.04 81% 1475 200 14%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.2% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1971 21 CIN NL 660 151 15 0 5 11 4 7 8 25 11 3 44% 5 3 1 225 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
1972 22 CIN NL 813 194 18 0 4 15 3 9 9 20 13 2 65% 7 3 0 296 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
1973 23 CIN NL 1009 245 24 0 8 20 4 18 6 43 21 6 49% 6 4 1 349 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
1974 24 BAL AL 1198 267 26 0 18 19 7 15 11 47 23 9 49% 10 9 3 369 8 19 30% 7 17 1 2 0 0 5 3 25 0
1975 25 BAL AL 822 210 29 0 4 24 5 19 10 30 15 5 50% 12 6 2 265 11 9 55% 9 8 1 1 1 0 1 1 11 0
1976 26 BAL AL 578 143 8 0 10 7 1 4 4 34 18 3 53% 7 2 0 201 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 27 BAL AL 923 230 24 0 10 21 3 10 14 38 24 3 63% 8 2 0 336 8 4 67% 5 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
1978 28 MON NL 1068 237 17 0 19 16 1 9 8 49 24 5 49% 17 4 0 370 11 7 61% 10 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 16 0
1979 29 MON NL 678 199 18 0 13 13 5 9 9 45 27 3 60% 11 2 0 259 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 10 0
1980 30 TOT MLB 538 164 16 1 17 13 3 8 8 38 22 3 58% 9 3 2 197 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1980 30 MON NL 196 61 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 17 9 1 53% 3 1 1 75 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1980 30 CLE AL 342 103 11 1 11 9 2 5 6 21 13 2 62% 6 2 1 122 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 32 BAL AL 257 65 7 0 10 6 1 5 2 19 7 3 37% 2 2 0 94 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
11 Yrs 8544 2105 202 1 118 165 37 113 89 388 205 45 53% 94 40 9 2961 70 66 51% 58 63 10 3 2 0 21 10 140 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1971 21 10 7 .588 3.57 26 26 0 6 3 0 161.1 151 67 64 15 43 2 67 2 1 3 660 92 1.202 8.4 0.8 2.4 3.7 1.56 92
1972 22 24 15 .615 3.28 56 54 2 10 4 1 359.0 345 140 131 33 93 10 146 2 1 6 1473 99 1.220 8.6 0.8 2.3 3.7 1.57 99
1973 23 37 25 .597 3.26 94 90 3 18 5 2 601.1 590 236 218 57 161 21 236 2 4 10 2482 102 1.249 8.8 0.9 2.4 3.5 1.47 102
1974 24 55 38 .591 3.20 134 129 4 35 9 3 897.0 857 347 319 83 237 30 394 5 4 19 3680 105 1.220 8.6 0.8 2.4 4.0 1.66 105
1975 25 65 51 .560 3.36 169 161 5 43 10 3 1094.0 1067 442 408 112 284 31 483 6 5 25 4502 101 1.235 8.8 0.9 2.3 4.0 1.70 101
1976 26 73 58 .557 3.42 197 180 10 45 10 3 1230.2 1210 508 468 120 319 33 524 7 5 27 5080 99 1.242 8.8 0.9 2.3 3.8 1.64 99
1977 27 87 68 .561 3.50 231 214 10 56 12 3 1449.0 1440 613 564 144 393 35 577 8 6 29 6003 98 1.265 8.9 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.47 98
1978 28 107 79 .575 3.43 267 250 10 75 15 3 1712.0 1677 716 653 161 460 41 661 10 8 33 7071 101 1.248 8.8 0.8 2.4 3.5 1.44 101
1979 29 117 88 .571 3.59 299 277 12 77 15 3 1863.1 1876 818 743 179 501 42 703 13 9 35 7749 97 1.276 9.1 0.9 2.4 3.4 1.40 97
1980 30 123 97 .559 3.76 324 295 14 79 15 3 1979.1 2040 912 828 195 537 44 732 15 9 38 8287 93 1.302 9.3 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.36 93
1981 31 123 97 .559 3.76 324 295 14 79 15 3 1979.1 2040 912 828 195 537 44 732 15 9 38 8287 93 1.302 9.3 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.36 93
1982 32 124 99 .556 3.81 345 295 17 79 15 3 2039.1 2105 947 863 202 559 49 750 15 9 40 8544 92 1.306 9.3 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.34 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1971 21 7 9 .438 4.65 149.0 165 86 77 16 47 62 2 1.423 10.0 2.8 3.7 1.32 1.0 26
1972 22 10 11 .476 4.05 189.0 224 94 85 21 58 76 0 1.492 10.7 2.8 3.6 1.31 1.0 30
1973 23 12 12 .500 3.96 225.0 262 110 99 26 73 83 0 1.489 10.5 2.9 3.3 1.14 1.0 38
1974 24 15 15 .500 4.04 272.0 294 136 122 29 84 146 3 1.390 9.7 2.8 4.8 1.74 1.0 40
1975 25 7 13 .350 5.24 182.0 230 118 106 32 51 82 1 1.544 11.4 2.5 4.1 1.61 1.6 35
1976 26 5 9 .357 5.50 126.0 162 86 77 9 40 38 1 1.603 11.6 2.9 2.7 0.95 0.6 28
1977 27 9 13 .409 4.86 200.0 243 120 108 25 78 49 1 1.605 10.9 3.5 2.2 0.63 1.1 34
1978 28 15 12 .556 3.63 248.0 252 111 100 18 71 79 2 1.302 9.1 2.6 2.9 1.11 0.7 36
1979 29 4 11 .267 6.15 142.0 206 108 97 19 42 40 3 1.746 13.1 2.7 2.5 0.95 1.2 32
1980 30 3 9 .250 7.28 110.0 168 99 89 16 37 28 2 1.864 13.7 3.0 2.3 0.76 1.3 25
1982 32 2 4 .333 5.95 56.0 67 41 37 7 23 17 0 1.607 10.8 3.7 2.7 0.74 1.1 21
11 Yrs 89 118 .430 4.73 1899.0 2273 1109 997 218 604 700 15 1.515 10.8 3.3 1.16 1.0 345

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1978

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 NL (7, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .645 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1974 AL  1.160 (5th)
1978 NL  1.156 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL  8.127 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL  2.313 (10th)
1975 AL  2.147 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 AL  295.7 (8th)
1978 NL  263.0 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL  36 (7th)
1974 AL  39 (9th)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  19 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 AL  4 (6th)
1978 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  18 (10th)
1973 NL  24 (9th)
1974 AL  26 (7th)
1975 AL  29 (3rd)
Career  202 (203rd)

Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  245 (9th)
1978 NL  237 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 AL  9 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1974 AL  1,198 (10th)
1978 NL  1,068 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1974 AL  2.7 (8th)
1978 NL  2.1 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Larry Gura (971)
  2. Doc Medich (962)
  3. Dick Donovan (960)
  4. Tom Browning (954)
  5. John Smiley (954)
  6. Scott McGregor (951)
  7. Bill Lee (951)
  8. Bob Purkey (945)
  9. Buddy Black (944)
  10. Bob Ojeda (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Vinegar Bend Mizell (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lefty Gomez (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Britt Burns (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dontrelle Willis (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Moose (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Glavine (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Gullickson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Glavine (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Podres (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Herb Pennock (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Paul Splittorff (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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