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

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Relatives: Son of Ross Grimsley

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

124

ERA

3.81

345

295

2039.1

750

WHIP

1.306

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-17 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

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	268	2	Apr 7	MON	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3		99	2.2	8	4	4	0	0	3	0	13.50	17.36	15	5	2	0	2	8	26			0	1	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.242	1.10	-0.26%	-2.84	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
2	269	6	Apr 14	MON		CHC	W,2-0	GS-9	W(1-0)	6	8.2	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.18	6.53	33	15	9	3	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.475	1.89	0.55%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
3	270	10	Apr 18	MON		NYM	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.1	4	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.30	6.21	18	7	1	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.56	-0.275	3.42	-0.36%	-2.29	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out tie
4	271	14	Apr 24	MON		SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.04	5.61	34	15	10	1	0	6	70			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.263	.94	0.28%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	272	18	Apr 29	MON		SFG	W,7-5	GS-4		4	4.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.90	5.41	18	8	7	2	0	1	32			1	0	0	15	2	1	0	2	1	0	1.18	-0.265	2.38	-0.32%	-2.14	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
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	273	22	May 4	MON	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.19	5.21	32	12	14	3	0	3	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.034	.13	0.04%	2.93	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a11
7	274	26	May 9	MON	@	SFG	L,2-9	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.2	6	4	4	5	0	0	0	3.70	5.30	24	9	10	4	0	0	31			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.354	3.25	-0.43%	-2.22	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
8	275	30	May 13	MON	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS-4	L(3-2)	3	4.0	9	7	7	0	0	2	0	4.76	5.64	21	7	5	0	1	9	16			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.339	.86	-0.40%	-5.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
9	276	34	May 18	MON	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-2		4	2.0	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	4.94	5.48	10	4	2	1	0	3	41			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.206	2.36	-0.33%	-2.03	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
10	277	38	May 22	MON		PIT	W,6-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	3	6.1	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	4.70	5.06	27	11	4	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.067	1.79	0.10%	-0.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
11	278	41	May 27(2)	MON		STL	L,3-11	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.1	11	5	4	2	1	0	0	4.88	4.92	26	10	3	1	1	10	27			2	0	0	23	3	0	0	2	1	0	1.44	-0.254	4.09	-0.43%	-1.57	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d1
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
12	279	45	Jun 1	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.92	4.95	20	8	5	1	0	7	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.158	1.66	-0.23%	-0.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	280	50	Jun 6	MON	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	4.56	4.66	28	10	7	1	1	6	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.53	-0.062	1.26	-0.09%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
14	281	54	Jun 11	MON		ATL	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.2	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	4.82	4.58	19	7	4	0	0	6	31			1	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.16	-0.395	2.68	-0.55%	-3.36	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
15	282	58	Jun 16	MON		HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.63	4.40	29	10	11	2	0	7	54			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.027	2.60	0.04%	0.28	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
16	283	63	Jun 22	MON		PHI	W,6-5	GS-8	W(7-4)	5	7.0	12	5	4	2	3	2	0	4.67	4.56	33	7	9	2	2	12	36			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.18	-0.159	3.85	-0.31%	-2.12	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
17	284	67	Jun 26	MON	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(8-4)	3	5.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.69	4.47	23	7	8	2	0	6	44			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.179	3.44	-0.33%	-0.79	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
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
18	285	72	Jul 3	MON	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7		6	6.2	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.56	4.33	27	10	5	1	2	6	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.380	4.13	0.69%	3.17	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a2
19	286	77	Jul 8	MON		LAD	L,6-8	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.0	10	7	7	2	0	2	0	4.89	4.54	30	11	7	0	0	10	22			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.415	3.02	-0.58%	-5.12	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d5
20	287	82	Jul 13(1)	MON		SDP	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.1	9	4	4	1	2	1	1	4.94	4.57	30	10	7	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.116	2.95	-0.20%	-1.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
21	288	89	Jul 22(1)	MON	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-5	L(8-6)	8	5.0	10	7	6	3	2	2	0	5.19	4.76	27	9	7	4	0	6	20			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.377	1.97	-0.64%	-4.82	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d6
22	289	94	Jul 27(1)	MON		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	5.07	4.79	26	13	3	0	0	7	47			0	2	1	22	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.09	-0.247	4.44	-0.61%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
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
23	290	101	Aug 1	MON		CHC	W,7-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	1	5.00	4.81	29	12	9	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.015	4.79	-0.04%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	291	105	Aug 5(1)	MON		NYM	L,2-4	GS-7	L(8-7)	3	6.2	11	4	3	0	5	1	0	4.96	4.73	31	5	10	0	1	11	43			0	0	0	31	4	1	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.305	2.92	-0.62%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
25	292	110	Aug 10(1)	MON	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS-1	L(8-8)	4	0.1	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.33	4.75	7	0	1	0	0	5	16			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.365	4.15	-0.68%	-4.90	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d4
26	293	121	Aug 22	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		11	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.32	4.73	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.000	.22	0.00%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
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
27	294	134	Sep 7	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		15	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.26	4.72	6	1	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.45	-0.105	1.96	-0.28%	-0.63	7b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 3
28	295	143	Sep 16(1)	MON		STL	L,3-4	GS-2	L(8-9)	8	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.38	4.68	11	3	2	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.216	5.28	-0.61%	-2.07	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
29	296	147	Sep 19(1)	MON	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-6	W(9-9)	2	5.1	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.24	4.63	23	9	4	1	1	6	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.073	5.87	0.18%	0.83	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a1
30	297	151	Sep 22(1)	MON	@	PHI	L,8-9	6-6	BS(1)	2	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.30	4.63	3	0	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.381	18.65	-1.44%	-3.62	6b 123 1 out a1	6b 1-3 1 out d3
31	298	155	Sep 24(2)	MON	@	PIT	W,7-6	8-9	W(10-9)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.25	4.61	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	0.258	41.61	2.46%	0.88	8b --- 0 out tie	9b --- 2 out a1
32	299	156	Sep 25	MON	@	PIT	L,4-10	6-6		0	0.1	3	4	2	0	1	0	0	5.35	4.60	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.117	10.69	-1.17%	-2.69	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 1-3 1 out d4
							15-17		W-L:10-9,BSv:1	3.9	151.1	199	102	90	41	42	18	3	5.35	4.60	678	1.43		8%	3%	179	42	5	100%	7	6	2	618	40	4	1	17	7	11	.98	-3.970	3.15	-6.56%	-36.32

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