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Wayne Granger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 165lb (188cm, 74kg)

Born: March 15, 1944 in Springfield, MA us

High School: Huntington HS (Huntington, MA)

School: Springfield College (Springfield, MA)

Debut: June 5, 1968 (Age 24-082d, 12,712th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: June 25, 1976 (Age 32-102d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Wayne Allan Granger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

3.14

451

108

638.2

303

WHIP

1.304

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1965	21	STL-min	A,AA	11	12	.478	3.10	31	25		14	2		200.0	165	92	69	19	49	2	139	4	1	11				1.070	7.4	0.9	2.2	6.3	2.84	RAL,TUL CARL,TL
1966	22	STL-min	AA	11	2	.846	1.80	47	0		0	0		95.0	66	21	19	4	30	6	57	2	0	6				1.011	6.3	0.4	2.8	5.4	1.90	ARK TL
1967	23	STL-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.03	57	5		3	1		113.0	111	45	38	5	38	8	70	1	0	3				1.319	8.8	0.4	3.0	5.6	1.84	TUL PCL
1968	24	STL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.16	14	0		0	0		25.0	16	6	6	0	3	2	19	2	0	0				0.760	5.8	0.0	1.1	6.8	6.33	TUL PCL
1968	24	STL	NL	4	2	.667	2.25	34	0	19	0	0	4	44.0	40	14	11	2	12	3	27	2	0	2	184	130	2.70	1.182	8.2	0.4	2.5	5.5	2.25
1969	25	CIN	NL	9	6	.600	2.80	90	0	55	0	0	27	144.2	143	64	45	10	40	14	68	7	2	5	611	134	3.44	1.265	8.9	0.6	2.5	4.2	1.70	MVP-15
1970	26	CIN	NL	6	5	.545	2.66	67	0	59	0	0	35	84.2	79	33	25	5	27	8	38	1	0	3	352	158	3.50	1.252	8.4	0.5	2.9	4.0	1.41	CYA-8,MVP-30
1971	27	CIN	NL	7	6	.538	3.33	70	0	41	0	0	11	100.0	94	39	37	8	28	7	51	1	0	1	412	98	3.34	1.220	8.5	0.7	2.5	4.6	1.82
1972	28	MIN	AL	4	6	.400	3.01	63	0	40	0	0	19	89.2	83	42	30	7	28	6	45	2	0	0	378	108	3.41	1.238	8.3	0.7	2.8	4.5	1.61
1973	29	TOT	MLB	2	5	.286	3.63	40	0	24	0	0	5	62.0	69	36	25	4	24	8	24	3	0	2	275	102	3.94	1.500	10.0	0.6	3.5	3.5	1.00
1973	29	STL	NL	2	4	.333	4.24	33	0	18	0	0	5	46.2	50	29	22	3	21	7	14	2	0	1	203	87	4.28	1.521	9.6	0.6	4.1	2.7	0.67
1973	29	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	1.76	7	0	6	0	0	0	15.1	19	7	3	1	3	1	10	1	0	1	72	214	2.89	1.435	11.2	0.6	1.8	5.9	3.33
1974	30	CHW-min	AAA	10	3	.769	3.24	33	6		1	1	5	111.0	114	42	40	6	19	2	76	2	0	2				1.198	9.2	0.5	1.5	6.2	4.00	IWA AA
1974	30	CHW	AL	0	0		8.22	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	16	8	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	48	4.40	2.478	18.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.33
1975	31	HOU	NL	2	5	.286	3.65	55	0	22	0	0	5	74.0	76	39	30	7	23	7	30	4	1	1	323	93	4.10	1.338	9.2	0.9	2.8	3.6	1.30
1976	32	MON-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.45	26	1		0	0	6	44.0	42	16	12	5	15	2	18	2	0	0				1.295	8.6	1.0	3.1	3.7	1.20	DEN AA
1976	32	MON	NL	1	0	1.000	3.66	27	0	7	0	0	2	32.0	32	15	13	3	16	4	16	2	0	1	143	103	4.54	1.500	9.0	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
1977			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Mexico)
1979	35	MON-min	AAA	2	4	.333	6.75	24	0		0	0	1	28.0	38	28	21	3	17	4	16	2	0	0				1.964	12.2	1.0	5.5	5.1	0.94	DEN AA
9 Yrs				35	35	.500	3.14	451	0	270	0	0	108	638.2	632	290	223	47	201	57	303	22	3	15	2718	114	3.57	1.304	8.9	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.51
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	3.14	68	0	41	0	0	16	96	95	44	34	7	30	9	46	3	0	2	410	114	3.57	1.304	8.9	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.51

CIN (3 yrs)				22	17	.564	2.92	227	0	155	0	0	73	329.1	316	136	107	23	95	29	157	9	2	9	1375	127	3.43	1.248	8.6	0.6	2.6	4.3	1.65
STL (2 yrs)				6	6	.500	3.28	67	0	37	0	0	9	90.2	90	43	33	5	33	10	41	4	0	3	387	102	3.51	1.357	8.9	0.5	3.3	4.1	1.24
MIN (1 yr)				4	6	.400	3.01	63	0	40	0	0	19	89.2	83	42	30	7	28	6	45	2	0	0	378	108	3.41	1.238	8.3	0.7	2.8	4.5	1.61
MON (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.66	27	0	7	0	0	2	32.0	32	15	13	3	16	4	16	2	0	1	143	103	4.54	1.500	9.0	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
NYY (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.76	7	0	6	0	0	0	15.1	19	7	3	1	3	1	10	1	0	1	72	214	2.89	1.435	11.2	0.6	1.8	5.9	3.33
HOU (1 yr)				2	5	.286	3.65	55	0	22	0	0	5	74.0	76	39	30	7	23	7	30	4	1	1	323	93	4.10	1.338	9.2	0.9	2.8	3.6	1.30
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		8.22	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	16	8	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	48	4.40	2.478	18.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.33

NL (7 yrs)				31	28	.525	3.13	376	0	221	0	0	89	526.0	514	233	183	38	167	50	244	19	3	14	2228	115	3.60	1.295	8.8	0.7	2.9	4.2	1.46
AL (3 yrs)				4	7	.364	3.20	75	0	49	0	0	19	112.2	118	57	40	9	34	7	59	3	0	1	490	105	3.41	1.349	9.4	0.7	2.7	4.7	1.74