John Denny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ).

High School: Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 12, 1974 (Age 21-308d, 13,574th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 18, 1986 (Age 33-283d)
vs. SDP 8.2 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Richie Bry

Full Name: John Allen Denny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.2

123

108

ERA

3.59

325

322

2148.2

1146

WHIP

1.336

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-18 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	117	1	Apr 6	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	1	1	1.00	4.73	33	12	11	0	3	5	73			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.266	.83	0.24%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	118	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.69	3.98	29	12	5	1	1	8	53			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	3	0	1	1.43	0.028	2.62	0.03%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	119	9	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	7	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.43	4.78	26	10	4	2	1	7	30			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.330	1.66	-0.30%	-2.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
4	120	14	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.21	4.20	30	8	5	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.046	1.45	0.03%	1.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	121	17	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.25	3.57	30	10	7	2	0	5	64			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.077	1.73	0.06%	1.18	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	122	22	May 2	STL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	1	1	0	3.00	3.91	36	16	7	1	0	8	60			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.11	0.338	1.18	0.22%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	123	28	May 9	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6		6	5.2	7	4	3	4	1	0	0	3.20	3.98	28	10	6	2	2	7	38			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.318	1.45	-0.20%	-2.08	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out tie
8	124	33	May 15	STL		MON	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.72	3.82	30	9	10	2	3	2	84			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.672	1.81	0.61%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	125	38	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.20	4.02	25	7	6	0	1	7	32			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.365	2.28	-0.40%	-2.92	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 0 out d1
10	126	41	May 27(1)	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	GS-4	L(3-4)	5	4.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.54	4.01	19	3	6	0	3	6	36			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.224	1.66	-0.26%	-2.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	127	46	Jun 1	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GS-9		4	8.0	10	6	6	1	3	3	0	3.87	4.35	34	9	11	5	1	10	40			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.333	1.53	-0.26%	-2.15	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
12	128	51	Jun 7	STL		SFG	L,10-12	GS-8		5	7.1	10	7	6	4	4	2	1	4.18	4.60	36	11	12	8	0	4	32			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.183	1.74	-0.21%	-2.33	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a4
13	129	56	Jun 12	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.1	10	7	7	3	3	0	0	4.69	4.54	24	5	3	1	0	10	15			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	-0.416	3.00	-0.53%	-4.20	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
14	130	60	Jun 17	STL	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-7		4	6.0	8	4	4	6	4	1	0	4.77	4.67	31	8	6	2	0	7	38			1	0	1	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.03	-0.322	1.78	-0.34%	-2.72	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out d1
15	131	67	Jun 26	STL		MON	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	8	7.0	8	5	4	4	3	0	0	4.80	4.60	32	11	7	2	1	7	42			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.350	2.29	-0.34%	-1.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	132	72	Jul 1(1)	STL		PHI	W,13-7	GS-7		4	6.2	10	6	6	6	3	1	0	5.00	4.71	35	9	7	1	3	10	27			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.453	1.07	-0.31%	-3.24	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d2
17	133	78	Jul 6(1)	STL	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS-8	W(4-6)	4	7.0	6	5	3	3	5	0	0	4.93	4.58	30	12	5	0	1	5	51			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	.70	0.207	.62	0.11%	-1.40	1b start a 1	8b --3 0 out a5
18	134	84	Jul 11	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	5.0	4	3	3	6	1	0	0	4.95	4.64	24	8	5	2	0	4	42			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.04	-0.110	.75	-0.05%	-0.63	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
19	135	89	Jul 20	STL		CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-8)	8	7.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	0	4.89	4.79	28	14	2	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	1	.63	-0.091	.39	-0.03%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
20	136	94	Jul 25	STL		ATL	L,4-13	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	4	7	0	0	4.87	4.68	28	9	2	0	1	6	51			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.063	.39	0.02%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
21	137	99	Jul 30(1)	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	W(5-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.69	4.56	32	16	9	0	2	5	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.144	1.02	0.10%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	138	105	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-6	L(5-9)	4	5.0	10	7	7	5	1	1	0	4.96	4.68	30	9	5	0	0	10	15			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.19	-0.572	.54	-0.16%	-5.42	1b start a 3	6b 12- 0 out d3
23	139	111	Aug 9	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-9)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.67	4.58	31	14	9	1	1	2	83			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	0.382	.58	0.15%	4.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	140	117	Aug 14	STL		LAD	L,0-9	GS-9	L(6-10)	4	8.2	10	7	7	7	4	1	0	4.81	4.64	41	14	6	2	0	10	33			2	0	0	32	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.02	-0.061	.80	-0.03%	-0.45	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out d4
25	141	122	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,4-0	GS-7	W(7-10)	4	6.1	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.63	4.57	26	10	10	2	1	1	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.351	.56	0.08%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
26	142	127	Aug 25	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	3	0	4.68	4.73	25	10	5	1	0	5	47			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.185	.34	-0.07%	-1.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
27	143	132	Aug 31	STL	@	SDP	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.2	9	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.86	4.75	25	7	4	0	2	9	23			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.511	.47	-0.13%	-4.22	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	144	137	Sep 5	STL		PIT	L,5-7	GS-8		4	7.1	7	5	5	4	5	2	0	4.90	4.82	32	12	3	2	0	7	45			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.024	1.04	0.01%	0.28	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a2
29	145	142	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-11)	5	5.0	6	6	6	3	1	1	1	5.06	4.89	24	10	3	0	1	6	29			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.437	.09	-0.02%	-2.52	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
30	146	147	Sep 16(2)	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.93	4.81	25	9	9	2	3	4	66			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.319	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
31	147	153	Sep 22(1)	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS-5	W(8-11)	5	5.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.85	4.79	21	10	2	0	1	3	61			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	.65	0.089	.00	0.00%	1.23	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a5
							13-18		W-L:8-11	4.6	206.0	206	116	111	100	99	24	3	4.85	4.79	900	1.64		8%	6%	191	47		---%	8	6	1	778	31	4	7	28	3	9	1.09	-2.255	1.17	-1.97%	-14.74

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