Jason Grimsley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: August 7, 1967 in Cleveland, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tarkington HS (Cleveland, TX).

High School: Tarkington HS (Cleveland, TX)

Debut: September 8, 1989 (Age 22-032d, 15,713th in major league history)
vs. MON 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 6 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 31, 2006 (Age 38-297d)
vs. NYM 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Joe Bick

Full Name: Jason Alan Grimsley

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.77

552

936.2

622

WHIP

1.550

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
1985	17	PHI-min	A-	0	1	.000	13.50	6	1	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	21	17	0	25	0	10	1	0	3				3.265	9.5	0.0	19.9	7.9	0.40	BND NORW
1986	18	PHI-min	A-	1	10	.091	6.40	14	14	0	3	0	0	64.2	63	61	46	3	77	0	46	11	0	18				2.165	8.8	0.4	10.7	6.4	0.60	UTI NYPL
1987	19	PHI-min	A	7	4	.636	3.16	23	9	7	3	0	0	88.1	59	48	31	4	54	2	98	6	0	12				1.279	6.0	0.4	5.5	10.0	1.81	SPB SALL
1988	20	PHI-min	A,AA	5	10	.333	4.33	21	19	2	2	0	0	122.2	100	67	59	3	50	2	104	10	2	13				1.223	7.3	0.2	3.7	7.6	2.08	CLW,REA FLOR,EL
1989	21	PHI-min	AA	11	8	.579	2.98	26	26	0	8	2	0	172.0	121	65	57	13	109	4	134	10	0	12				1.337	6.3	0.7	5.7	7.0	1.23	REA EL
1989	21	PHI	NL	1	3	.250	5.89	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	19	13	12	2	19	1	7	0	0	2	91	61	6.53	2.073	9.3	1.0	9.3	3.4	0.37
1990	22	PHI-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.93	22	22	0	0	0	0	128.1	111	68	56	7	78	1	99	4	3	18				1.473	7.8	0.5	5.5	6.9	1.27	SWB IL
1990	22	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	3.30	11	11	0	0	0	0	57.1	47	21	21	1	43	0	41	2	1	6	255	116	3.96	1.570	7.4	0.2	6.8	6.4	0.95
1991	23	PHI-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.35	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.2	48	28	25	3	37	2	43	2	2	2	231			1.645	8.4	0.5	6.4	7.5	1.16	SWB IL
1991	23	PHI	NL	1	7	.125	4.87	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.0	54	34	33	4	41	3	42	3	0	14	272	75	4.50	1.557	8.0	0.6	6.0	6.2	1.02

1992	24	HOU-min	AAA	8	7	.533	5.05	26	20	1	0	0	0	124.2	152	79	70	4	55	0	90	9	0	14	565			1.660	11.0	0.3	4.0	6.5	1.64	TUC PCL
1993	25	CLE-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.39	28	19	5	3	1	0	135.1	138	64	51	10	49	1	102	1	0	18	579			1.382	9.2	0.7	3.3	6.8	2.08	CHR IL
1993	25	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	5.31	10	6	1	0	0	0	42.1	52	26	25	3	20	1	27	1	0	2	194	82	4.12	1.701	11.1	0.6	4.3	5.7	1.35
1994	26	CLE-min	AAA	7	0	1.000	3.42	10	10	0	2	0	0	71.0	58	36	27	10	17	0	60	3	1	9	291			1.056	7.4	1.3	2.2	7.6	3.53	CHR IL
1994	26	CLE	AL	5	2	.714	4.57	14	13	0	1	0	0	82.2	91	47	42	7	34	1	59	6	1	6	368	102	4.26	1.512	9.9	0.8	3.7	6.4	1.74
1995	27	CLE-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.91	10	10	0	2	0	0	68.0	61	26	22	4	19	0	40	3	0	4	285			1.176	8.1	0.5	2.5	5.3	2.11	BFL AA
1995	27	CLE	AL	0	0		6.09	15	2	2	0	0	1	34.0	37	24	23	4	32	1	25	2	0	7	165	77	6.16	2.029	9.8	1.1	8.5	6.6	0.78
1996	28	CAL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.20	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	11	1	1	0	55			0.733	4.8	0.0	1.8	6.6	3.67	VAN PCL
1996	28	CAL	AL	5	7	.417	6.84	35	20	4	2	1	0	130.1	150	110	99	14	74	5	82	13	0	11	620	72	5.31	1.719	10.4	1.0	5.1	5.7	1.11

1997	29	MIL-KCR-min	AAA	6	15	.286	5.96	43	16	18	0	0	4	116.1	132	96	77	9	72	2	87	7	0	23	553			1.754	10.2	0.7	5.6	6.7	1.21	TUC,OMA PCL,AA
1998	30	CLE-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.76	52	0	8	0	0	0	88.2	76	40	37	10	57	3	68	6	0	14	393			1.500	7.7	1.0	5.8	6.9	1.19	BFL IL
1999	31	NYY	AL	7	2	.778	3.60	55	0	25	0	0	1	75.0	66	39	30	7	40	5	49	4	0	8	336	130	4.80	1.413	7.9	0.8	4.8	5.9	1.23
2000	32	NYY	AL	3	2	.600	5.04	63	4	18	0	0	1	96.1	100	58	54	10	42	1	53	5	0	16	428	96	4.85	1.474	9.3	0.9	3.9	5.0	1.26
2001	33	KCR	AL	1	5	.167	3.02	73	0	24	0	0	0	80.1	71	32	27	8	28	5	61	2	0	4	327	159	3.95	1.232	8.0	0.9	3.1	6.8	2.18
2002	34	KCR-min	AA	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5			2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	WCH TL
2002	34	KCR	AL	4	7	.364	3.91	70	0	26	0	0	1	71.1	64	32	31	4	37	8	59	1	0	8	310	127	3.63	1.416	8.1	0.5	4.7	7.4	1.59
2003	35	KCR	AL	2	6	.250	5.16	76	0	5	0	0	0	75.0	88	47	43	6	36	5	58	5	0	4	346	95	4.16	1.653	10.6	0.7	4.3	7.0	1.61
2004	36	TOT	AL	5	7	.417	3.86	73	0	7	0	0	0	63.0	61	36	27	4	35	6	39	3	0	6	285	122	4.45	1.524	8.7	0.6	5.0	5.6	1.11
2004	36	KCR	AL	3	3	.500	3.38	32	0	4	0	0	0	26.2	24	11	10	1	15	3	18	1	0	4	118	143	3.99	1.463	8.1	0.3	5.1	6.1	1.20
2004	36	BAL	AL	2	4	.333	4.21	41	0	3	0	0	0	36.1	37	25	17	3	20	3	21	2	0	2	167	109	4.78	1.569	9.2	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
2005	37	BAL-min	AA	2	0	1.000	1.12	8	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	32			1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	BOW EL
2005	37	BAL	AL	1	2	.333	5.73	22	0	9	0	0	0	22.0	24	15	14	5	9	2	10	0	0	1	93	77	6.29	1.500	9.8	2.0	3.7	4.1	1.11
2006	38	ARI	NL	1	2	.333	4.88	19	0	6	0	0	0	27.2	30	15	15	4	8	2	10	0	0	1	118	98	5.17	1.373	9.8	1.3	2.6	3.3	1.25
15 Yrs				42	58	.420	4.77	552	72	127	3	1	4	936.2	954	549	496	83	498	46	622	47	2	96	4208	97	4.62	1.550	9.2	0.8	4.8	6.0	1.25
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.420	4.77	60	8	14	0	0	0	102	104	60	54	9	54	5	68	5	0	10	459	97	4.62	1.550	9.2	0.8	4.8	6.0	1.25
				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
KCR (4 yrs)				10	21	.323	3.94	251	0	59	0	0	1	253.1	247	122	111	19	116	21	196	9	0	20	1101	124	3.93	1.433	8.8	0.7	4.1	7.0	1.69
PHI (3 yrs)				5	12	.294	4.35	27	27	0	0	0	0	136.2	120	68	66	7	103	4	90	5	1	22	618	86	4.54	1.632	7.9	0.5	6.8	5.9	0.87
CLE (3 yrs)				8	6	.571	5.09	39	21	3	1	0	1	159.0	180	97	90	14	86	3	111	9	1	15	727	90	4.63	1.673	10.2	0.8	4.9	6.3	1.29
NYY (2 yrs)				10	4	.714	4.41	118	4	43	0	0	2	171.1	166	97	84	17	82	6	102	9	0	24	764	108	4.83	1.447	8.7	0.9	4.3	5.4	1.24
BAL (2 yrs)				3	6	.333	4.78	63	0	12	0	0	0	58.1	61	40	31	8	29	5	31	2	0	3	260	94	5.35	1.543	9.4	1.2	4.5	4.8	1.07
ARI (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.88	19	0	6	0	0	0	27.2	30	15	15	4	8	2	10	0	0	1	118	98	5.17	1.373	9.8	1.3	2.6	3.3	1.25
CAL (1 yr)				5	7	.417	6.84	35	20	4	2	1	0	130.1	150	110	99	14	74	5	82	13	0	11	620	72	5.31	1.719	10.4	1.0	5.1	5.7	1.11

AL (11 yrs)				36	44	.450	4.84	506	45	121	3	1	4	772.1	804	466	415	72	387	40	522	42	1	73	3472	99	4.61	1.542	9.4	0.8	4.5	6.1	1.35
NL (4 yrs)				6	14	.300	4.44	46	27	6	0	0	0	164.1	150	83	81	11	111	6	100	5	1	23	736	88	4.65	1.588	8.2	0.6	6.1	5.5	0.90

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