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Ross Grimsley

Ross Albert II Grimsley

All-Star Player

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 7, 1950 in Topeka, KS
High School: Frayser (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
Final Game: September 24, 1982
Relatives: Son of Ross Grimsley
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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
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 91 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 3 813 105 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 97 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 68 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 Seasons 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 101 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 94 1.294 9.3 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.33

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
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 Seasons (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
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 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
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

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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
1971 21 CIN NL 26 60 51 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 .118 .167 .118 .284 -16 6 2 0 6 0 0 1
1972 22 CIN NL 30 78 66 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 .121 .134 .121 .256 -25 8 0 0 11 0 0 1
1973 23 CIN NL 39 90 82 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 .061 .061 .061 .122 -65 5 2 0 8 0 0 1
1978 28 MON NL 36 105 90 5 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 20 .144 .170 .156 .326 -8 14 1 1 11 1 0 1 AS,CYA-7
1979 29 MON NL 32 58 55 4 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 .200 .200 .236 .436 20 13 0 0 3 0 0 1
1980 30 MON NL 11 9 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 174 400 353 21 45 4 0 0 15 0 0 6 116 .127 .144 .139 .283 -19 49 5 1 39 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 372 329 20 42 4 0 0 14 0 0 6 108 .127 .144 .139 .283 -19 46 5 1 36 1 0
MON (3 yrs) 79 172 154 10 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 2 34 .169 .184 .195 .378 6 30 1 1 14 1 0
CIN (3 yrs) 95 228 199 11 19 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 82 .095 .113 .095 .209 -39 19 4 0 25 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
1972 22 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 CIN NL WS OAK L 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 23 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 7 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .500 .833 3 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 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
1971 CIN NL 21 P 26 26 161.1 30 5 25 0 0 1.000 1.67 1.15 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 CIN NL 22 P 30 28 197.2 37 3 34 0 0 1.000 1.68 1.23 .949 1.78 0.73
1973 CIN NL 23 P 38 36 242.1 44 11 33 0 3 1.000 1.63 1.16 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 BAL AL 24 P 40 39 295.2 56 3 51 2 1 .964 1.64 1.35 .946 1.81 0.83
1975 BAL AL 25 P 35 32 197.0 39 6 33 0 2 1.000 1.78 1.11 .936 1.87 0.85
1976 BAL AL 26 P 28 19 136.2 28 8 19 1 0 .964 1.78 0.96 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 BAL AL 27 P 34 34 218.1 63 8 52 3 4 .952 2.47 1.76 .948 1.95 0.84
1978 MON NL 28 P 36 36 263.0 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.12 1.72 .950 1.91 0.72 AS,CYA-7
1979 MON NL 29 P 32 27 151.1 33 3 27 3 0 .909 1.78 0.94 .955 1.80 0.66
1980 TOT MLB 30 P 25 18 116.0 22 2 19 1 0 .955 1.63 0.84 .955 1.88 0.74
1980 MON NL 30 P 11 7 41.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.82 .944 1.92 0.69
1980 CLE AL 30 P 14 11 74.2 13 1 11 1 0 .923 1.45 0.86 .962 1.86 0.77
1982 BAL AL 32 P 21 0 60.0 14 2 11 1 1 .929 1.95 0.62 .957 1.80 0.73
11 Seasons P 345 295 2039.1 430 60 357 13 14 .970 1.84 1.21 .949 1.86 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 345 295 2039.1 430 60 357 13 14 .970 1.84 1.21 .918 1.86 0.77

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 (194th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .645 (4th)

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 (189th)

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  1198 (10th)
1978 NL  1068 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 NL  11 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (522), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

February 1, 1969: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

December 4, 1973: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Wally Williams (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles for Bill Wood (minors), Junior Kennedy and Merv Rettenmund.

October 10, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

July 11, 1980: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Oliver.

August 13, 1981: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

April 5, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 19, 1982: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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