Jerry Reuss
Jerry Reuss
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: June 19, 1949 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Ritenour (St. Louis, MO)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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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
1969 STL NL 20 P 1 1 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 2.00 .950 1.93 0.80
1970 STL NL 21 P 20 20 127.1 27 8 18 1 0 .963 1.84 1.30 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 STL NL 22 P 36 35 211.0 34 6 26 2 0 .941 1.36 0.89 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 HOU NL 23 P 33 30 192.0 33 4 25 4 0 .879 1.36 0.88 .955 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 24 P 41 40 279.1 44 4 37 3 2 .932 1.32 1.00 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 PIT NL 25 P 35 35 260.0 53 11 37 5 1 .906 1.66 1.37 .947 1.88 0.71
1975 PIT NL 26 P 32 32 237.1 54 6 48 0 1 1.000 2.05 1.69 .943 1.86 0.72 AS,MVP-23
1976 PIT NL 27 P 31 29 209.1 36 8 26 2 2 .944 1.46 1.10 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 PIT NL 28 P 33 34 208.0 50 7 40 3 2 .940 2.03 1.42 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 PIT NL 29 P 23 12 82.2 14 4 10 0 4 1.000 1.52 0.61 .950 1.92 0.72
1979 LAD NL 30 P 39 21 160.0 40 2 35 3 1 .925 2.08 0.95 .952 1.80 0.66
1980 LAD NL 31 P 37 29 229.1 63 18 40 5 5 .921 2.28 1.57 .954 1.91 0.69 AS,CYA-2,MVP-20
1981 LAD NL 32 P 22 22 152.2 49 10 38 1 4 .980 2.83 2.18 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 33 P 39 37 254.2 70 21 46 3 4 .957 2.37 1.72 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 LAD NL 34 P 32 31 223.1 73 17 52 4 4 .945 2.78 2.16 .952 1.92 0.68
1984 LAD NL 35 P 30 15 99.0 21 4 16 1 0 .952 1.82 0.67 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 LAD NL 36 P 34 33 212.2 42 12 27 3 0 .929 1.65 1.15 .955 1.92 0.68
1986 LAD NL 37 P 19 13 74.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 2.55 1.11 .952 1.95 0.66
1987 TOT MLB 38 P 25 23 119.0 30 8 21 1 4 .967 2.19 1.16 .953 1.86 0.65
1987 TOT NL 38 P 8 7 36.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.98 0.50 .950 1.91 0.61
1987 LAD NL 38 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
1987 CIN NL 38 P 7 7 34.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.04 0.57 .950 1.92 0.61
1987 CAL AL 38 P 17 16 82.1 26 7 18 1 3 .962 2.73 1.47 .954 1.84 0.67
1988 CHW AL 39 P 32 29 183.0 38 10 27 1 2 .974 1.82 1.16 .961 1.78 0.67
1989 TOT AL 40 P 30 26 140.4 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.60 .961 1.87 0.66
1989 CHW AL 40 P 23 19 106.2 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.01 0.52 .958 1.87 0.66
1989 MIL AL 40 P 7 7 33.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.86 .967 1.87 0.66
1990 PIT NL 41 P 4 1 7.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.52 0.75 .967 1.76 0.57
22 Seasons P 628 548 3669.2 815 170 603 42 38 .948 1.90 1.23 .952 1.88 0.70
22 Seasons TOT 628 548 3669.2 815 170 603 42 38 .948 1.90 1.23 .901 1.88 0.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 STL NL 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 21 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 STL NL 22 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 23 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 24 42 40 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 PIT NL 25 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 26 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 27 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 28 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 PIT NL 29 23 12 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 30 39 21 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 31 37 29 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 LAD NL 32 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 33 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 34 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 LAD NL 35 30 15 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 36 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 19 13 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 38 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 38 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 38 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHW AL 39 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHW AL 40 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIL AL 40 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 41 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 631 477 552 630 629 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1969 STL NL 20 28 71% 39% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 21 571 78% 29% 18 89% 0 8 2 5 18 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1971 STL NL 22 971 74% 29% 31 81% 0 6 1 5 27 21 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 78%
1972 HOU NL 23 861 69% 24% 27 81% 2 5 1 0 23 14 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 56%
1973 HOU NL 24 1214 76% 25% 36 94% 1 4 1 3 38 27 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 9 89%
1974 PIT NL 25 1158 82% 27% 44 89% 0 12 2 8 38 26 5 5 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 12 75%
1975 PIT NL 26 1011 79% 30% 53 91% 0 6 0 5 48 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 12 100%
1976 PIT NL 27 905 82% 32% 30 83% 0 8 0 8 25 22 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 5 60%
1977 PIT NL 28 934 80% 32% 45 89% 0 7 0 4 41 29 4 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 8 100%
1978 PIT NL 29 379 82% 32% 11 91% 0 5 1 2 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 100%
1979 LAD NL 30 734 80% 33% 37 84% 1 2 0 2 34 24 4 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 12 75%
1980 LAD NL 31 935 84% 40% 51 84% 2 18 2 13 42 32 5 5 0 5 0 5 4 3 3 1 5 80%
1981 LAD NL 32 625 87% 41% 39 97% 2 11 3 7 37 25 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 4 75%
1982 LAD NL 33 1073 82% 40% 59 88% 0 19 2 16 52 45 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 67%
1983 LAD NL 34 971 80% 33% 62 89% 4 17 3 12 53 40 4 3 0 3 0 3 5 3 4 1 11 91%
1984 LAD NL 35 445 83% 35% 17 94% 0 3 0 2 16 11 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1985 LAD NL 36 909 84% 34% 30 90% 0 12 1 9 25 23 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 LAD NL 37 344 86% 41% 14 93% 0 6 0 6 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1987 CAL AL 38 376 85% 38% 20 95% 1 7 0 4 20 14 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1987 CIN NL 38 165 85% 38% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1987 LAD NL 38 8 75% 13% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 CHW AL 39 776 85% 40% 27 96% 0 10 0 9 27 22 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1989 CHW AL 40 479 89% 37% 10 90% 0 3 1 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1989 MIL AL 40 150 82% 37% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 PIT NL 41 37 89% 35% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
22 Seasons 16059 81% 33% 673 89% 13 172 20 123 608 458 55 41 0 29 12 29 37 25 32 5 136 84%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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