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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #784. Aaron Cook… #785. Doc Ayers… #786. Jeff Brantley… #787. ROSS GRIMSLEY… #788. John Danks… #789. Brad Lidge… #790. Jesse Flores… 

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 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

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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
1974 24 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 25 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 26 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 27 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 28 MON NL 36 105 90 5 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 20 .144 .170 .156 .326 -7 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 TOT MLB 25 9 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 54 3 0 0 0 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
1980 30 CLE AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 346 400 353 21 45 4 0 0 15 0 0 6 116 .127 .144 .139 .283 -19 49 5 1 39 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 187 165 10 21 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 54 .127 .144 .139 .283 -19 23 2 0 18 0 0
BAL (5 yrs) 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
CLE (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 174 400 353 21 45 4 0 0 15 0 0 6 116 .127 .144 .139 .283 -19 49 5 1 39 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 21 CIN NL 26 60 -7 -0 0 0 6 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1972 22 CIN NL 30 78 -12 0 0 0 8 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1
1973 23 CIN NL 39 90 -18 1 0 0 10 -7 -0.8 3 -5 -0.8 .479 .495 -0.8 0.0 -5 $29,000 1
1974 24 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $42,000 1
1975 25 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 26 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 27 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $70,000 1
1978 28 MON NL 36 105 -13 -1 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $229,167 1 AS,CYA-7
1979 29 MON NL 32 58 -6 -1 0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $229,167 1
1980 30 MON NL 11 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $229,167 1
1980 30 CLE AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 32 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $229,167 1
11 Seasons 346 400 -57 -1 1 0 45 -12 -1.2 12 0 -1.2 .496 .499 -1.3 0.2 0 $1,057,668
BAL (5 yrs) 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $341,167
MON (3 yrs) 79 172 -20 -1 1 0 20 -1 -0.1 5 4 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 4 $687,501
CIN (3 yrs) 95 228 -36 1 1 0 24 -11 -1.2 7 -4 -1.1 .487 .497 -1.2 0.0 -4 $29,000
CLE (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1974 24 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 9 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .500 .833 3 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 CIN NL 21 P 26 26 6 161.1 30 5 25 0 0 1.000 1.67 1.15 .954 1.90 1.90 4 2 33% 35% 0
1972 CIN NL 22 P 30 28 4 197.2 37 3 34 0 0 1.000 1.68 1.23 .950 1.78 1.78 3 6 67% 37% 1
1973 CIN NL 23 P 38 36 8 242.1 44 11 33 0 3 1.000 1.63 1.16 .950 1.88 1.88 7 6 46% 36% 1
1974 BAL AL 24 P 40 39 17 295.2 56 3 51 2 1 .964 1.64 1.35 .947 1.81 1.80 8 19 70% 38% 5
1975 BAL AL 25 P 35 32 8 197.0 39 6 33 0 2 1.000 1.78 1.11 .940 1.87 1.86 11 9 45% 38% 1
1976 BAL AL 26 P 28 19 2 136.2 28 8 19 1 0 .964 1.78 0.96 .950 1.87 1.88 6 2 25% 34% 0
1977 BAL AL 27 P 34 34 11 218.1 63 8 52 3 4 .952 2.47 1.76 .948 1.95 1.93 8 4 33% 39% 0
1978 MON NL 28 P 36 36 19 263.0 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.12 1.72 .951 1.91 1.89 11 7 39% 32% 2 AS,CYA-7
1979 MON NL 29 P 32 27 2 151.1 33 3 27 3 0 .909 1.78 0.94 .951 1.80 1.80 7 6 46% 34% 2
1980 TOT MLB 30 P 25 18 2 116.0 22 2 19 1 0 .955 1.63 0.84 .955 1.88 1.88 4 3 43% 33% 0
1980 MON NL 30 P 11 7 0 41.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.82 .952 1.92 1.91 2 1 33% 31% 0
1980 CLE AL 30 P 14 11 2 74.2 13 1 11 1 0 .923 1.45 0.86 .957 1.86 1.85 2 2 50% 35% 0
1982 BAL AL 32 P 21 0 0 60.0 14 2 11 1 1 .929 1.95 0.62 .958 1.80 1.80 1 2 67% 36% 1
11 Seasons P 345 295 79 2039.1 430 60 357 13 14 .970 1.84 1.21 .949 1.86 1.85 70 66 49% 36% 13
11 Seasons TOT 345 295 79 2039.1 430 60 357 13 14 .970 1.84 1.21 .949 1.86 1.85 70 66 49% 36% 13
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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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (212th)

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 (207th)

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)

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

Assists as P s c a p y
1974 AL  51 (4th)
1977 AL  52 (3rd)
1978 NL  53 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1972 NL  1.000 (1st)
1973 NL  1.000 (1st)
1975 AL  1.000 (1st)


† 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 (546), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (503), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1076th), 2.9 career WAR/8.4 7yr-peak WAR/5.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197323Cincinnati Reds$29,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197424Baltimore Orioles$42,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197727Baltimore Orioles$70,0001978 TSN Guide
197828Montreal Expos$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses
197929Montreal Expos$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses
198030Montreal Expos$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses
198131Cleveland Indians$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses; released 1980
198232Baltimore Orioles$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses
198333Baltimore Orioles$229,1671978 TSN Guide$175K salary; $325K bonus; bonuses; released 1982
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,516,002
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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