Ross Grimsley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: January 7, 1950 in Topeka, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Frayser HS (Memphis, TN) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (17th) of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Jackson State Community College (Jackson, TN).

High School: Frayser HS (Memphis, TN)

School: Jackson State Community College (Jackson, TN)

Debut: May 16, 1971 (Age 21-129d, 13,118th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 24, 1982 (Age 32-260d)
vs. MIL 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Ross Albert Grimsley

Nicknames: Scuz or Crazy Eyes

Twitter: @rgrimsley2

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Son of Ross Grimsley

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

124

ERA

3.81

345

295

2039.1

750

WHIP

1.306

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 7-18 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 1

1980 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1980 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	300	9	Apr 21	MON		PIT	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	4	3	2	0	0	1	4.50	4.25	27	9	9	1	2	6	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	3	1	1.12	-0.129	1.85	-0.13%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
2	301	13	Apr 26	MON	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-5	W(1-1)	4	5.0	11	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.91	4.57	25	7	6	0	1	11	34			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.033	1.48	-0.02%	-0.70	1b start a 1	5b 3 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
3	302	18	May 2	MON		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8		5	7.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.44	3.79	29	10	10	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.237	1.06	0.13%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
4	303	23	May 6	MON		HOU	L,4-8	GS-3	L(1-2)	3	3.0	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	5.06	3.64	17	5	4	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.357	.71	-0.20%	-3.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
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
5	304	44	Jun 3	MON		CHC	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	27	4.0	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	5.33	4.41	21	4	7	0	2	5	37			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.308	1.59	-0.36%	-2.55	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
6	305	50	Jun 8(2)	MON		STL	W,9-4	GS-6	W(2-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	5	4	0	0	5.46	4.32	29	5	9	0	3	6	43			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.19	-0.154	2.55	-0.20%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
7	306	55	Jun 14	MON		LAD	L,0-8	GS-3	L(2-4)	5	3.0	8	6	5	0	1	2	0	6.29	4.88	17	5	3	0	0	8	22			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.345	2.47	-0.49%	-4.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
8	307	70	Jun 30	MON		PHI	L,5-7	6-6		15	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.82	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.18	0.01%	0.45	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
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
9	308	73	Jul 3	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	5-7		2	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.10	4.66	14	4	5	2	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.005	.94	-0.01%	-0.70	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
10	309	74	Jul 4(1)	MON	@	NYM	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.47	4.83	11	4	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.149	1.03	-0.25%	-2.13	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
11	310	76	Jul 5	MON	@	NYM	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.31	4.74	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.42	0.02%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
				Player went from Montreal Expos to Cleveland Indians
12	311	80	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-12	4-5		7	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.85	4.78	14	3	3	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-3.04	4b --- 0 out d6	5b 3 out d10
13	312	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-6		6	6.0	7	5	5	1	2	3	0	6.93	5.31	25	9	6	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.163	.04	-0.01%	-2.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
14	313	92	Jul 25(2)	CLE		CAL	W,10-2	GS-6	W(3-4)	4	5.1	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	6.59	5.28	22	5	9	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.132	.05	0.01%	0.13	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a5
15	314	96	Jul 30	CLE		SEA	W,5-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.94	4.94	33	17	9	1	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.360	.26	0.05%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
16	315	101	Aug 5	CLE		TOR	W,8-5	GS-8	W(5-4)	5	7.0	12	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.99	4.92	32	9	9	1	0	12	33			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.052	.08	0.01%	-1.45	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
17	316	106	Aug 10(1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(5-5)	4	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	5.95	4.72	34	7	14	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	32	5	0	0	0	0	1	.44	-0.210	.07	-0.02%	-1.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
18	317	111	Aug 15	CLE		MIL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	2	0	5.78	4.88	28	8	10	1	0	8	49			1	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.020	.31	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
19	318	117	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-9	W(6-6)	3	8.2	8	5	5	2	2	2	0	5.72	4.98	34	11	11	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.061	.07	0.00%	-0.76	1b start a 4	9b 1-- 2 out a3
20	319	122	Aug 24	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS-3	L(6-7)	4	2.2	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	6.03	4.94	17	2	5	2	0	6	26			1	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.240	.11	-0.01%	-2.86	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d4
21	320	129	Aug 31(2)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	GS-8	L(6-8)	6	7.0	10	6	6	5	0	0	1	6.14	4.96	34	9	9	0	0	10	28			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	2	0	0	.62	-0.318	.04	-0.01%	-1.79	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	321	137	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-6		8	5.1	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	6.09	4.90	22	9	4	1	0	4	47			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.12	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a2
23	322	143	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-5	L(6-9)	6	4.2	11	6	5	2	1	0	0	6.24	4.85	27	6	7	0	0	11	19			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.28	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-3.58	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d3
24	323	147	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	4-5		3	1.0	7	6	6	0	2	1	0	6.65	4.91	10	0	1	0	0	7		3	3	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	1	0	.20	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-7.85	4b 123 1 out d2	5b --3 1 out d11
25	324	157	Oct 1	CLE		NYY	L,7-18	2-3		10	1.0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	6.59	5.03	10	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	.10	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-5.71	2t --- 2 out d6	3t -2- 2 out d12
							7-18		W-L:6-9	4.1	116.0	164	94	85	36	29	16	2	6.59	5.03	538	0.97		5%	3%	158	40	3	100%	4	3	0	485	30	5	2	13	9	10	.82	-2.116	.63	-1.50%	-40.72

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Grimsley Pages

Ross Grimsley Overview

Minor & Independent Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Ross Grimsley Pages at Baseball Reference