Ross Grimsley
Born: January 7, 1950, Topeka, KSHeight: 6'3" Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Jackson State CC
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1971 Cincinnati NL 21 10 7 3.57 26 26 6 0 0 0 3 161.1 151 660 67 64 15 41 2 2 67 1972 Cincinnati NL 22 14 8 3.05 30 28 4 0 2 1 1 197.2 194 813 73 67 18 42 8 0 79 1973 Cincinnati NL 23 13 10 3.23 38 36 8 1 1 1 1 242.1 245 1009 96 87 24 57 11 0 90 1974 Baltimore AL 24 18 13 3.07 40 39 17 0 1 1 4 295.2 267 1198 111 101 26 67 9 3 158 1975 Baltimore AL 25 10 13 4.07 35 32 8 2 1 0 1 197.0 210 822 95 89 29 46 1 1 89 1976 Baltimore AL 26 8 7 3.93 28 19 2 4 5 0 0 137.1 143 578 66 60 8 33 2 1 41 1977 Baltimore AL 27 14 10 3.96 34 34 11 0 0 0 2 218.1 230 923 105 96 24 72 2 1 53 1978 Montreal NL 28 20 11 3.05 36 36 19 0 0 0 3 263.0 237 1068 103 89 17 61 6 2 84 1979 Montreal NL 29 10 9 5.35 32 27 2 3 2 0 0 151.1 199 678 102 90 18 40 1 3 42 1980 Montreal NL 30 2 4 6.31 11 7 0 2 2 0 0 41.1 61 196 31 29 5 11 1 1 11 1980 Cleveland AL 30 4 5 6.75 14 11 2 3 0 0 0 74.2 103 342 63 56 11 23 1 1 18 1982 Baltimore AL 32 1 2 5.25 21 0 0 18 3 0 0 60.0 65 257 35 35 7 17 5 0 18 TOTALS 124 99 3.81 345 295 79 33 17 3 15 2040.0 2105 8544 947 863 202 510 49 15 750
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1971 Cincinnati NL 26 605 67 151 226 28 1 15 8 2 4 2 41 2 2 67 13 .250 .374 .301 1972 Cincinnati NL 30 745 73 194 303 45 5 18 14 4 3 6 42 8 0 79 14 .260 .407 .305 1973 Cincinnati NL 38 920 96 245 383 48 9 24 16 5 7 6 57 11 0 90 23 .266 .416 .315 1974 Baltimore AL 40 1095 111 267 391 32 7 26 14 10 8 19 67 9 3 158 20 .244 .357 .292 1975 Baltimore AL 35 761 95 210 348 43 4 29 9 4 11 9 46 1 1 89 23 .276 .457 .317 1976 Baltimore AL 28 529 66 143 199 24 4 8 9 4 6 2 33 2 1 41 8 .270 .376 .315 1977 Baltimore AL 34 829 105 230 356 44 5 24 12 7 8 4 72 2 1 53 33 .277 .429 .335 1978 Montreal NL 36 975 103 237 349 45 8 17 16 8 11 7 61 6 2 84 26 .243 .358 .291 1979 Montreal NL 32 618 102 199 301 40 4 18 9 7 7 6 40 1 3 42 17 .322 .487 .363 1980 Montreal NL 11 174 31 61 90 12 1 5 4 5 2 1 11 1 1 11 4 .351 .517 .385 1980 Cleveland AL 14 311 63 103 162 18 4 11 2 4 2 2 23 1 1 18 9 .331 .521 .376 1982 Baltimore AL 21 230 35 65 96 8 1 7 3 2 1 2 17 5 0 18 10 .283 .417 .343
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1971 Cincinnati NL 21 26 51 3 6 6 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 2 .118 .118 .167 1972 Cincinnati NL 22 30 66 5 8 8 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 0 .121 .121 .134 1973 Cincinnati NL 23 39 82 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 2 .061 .061 .061 1974 Baltimore AL 24 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Baltimore AL 25 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Baltimore AL 26 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Baltimore AL 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Montreal NL 28 36 90 5 13 14 1 0 0 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 20 1 .144 .156 .170 1979 Montreal NL 29 32 55 4 11 13 2 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .200 .236 .200 1980 Montreal NL 30 11 9 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .222 .333 .222 1980 Cleveland AL 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Baltimore AL 32 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 346 353 21 45 49 4 0 0 15 39 1 0 0 6 0 1 116 5 .127 .139 .144
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1971 Cincinnati NL P 161.1 26 26 5 25 0 0 1.000 1.67 4 2 0 1972 Cincinnati NL P 197.2 28 30 3 34 0 0 1.000 1.68 3 6 1 1973 Cincinnati NL P 242.1 36 38 11 33 0 3 1.000 1.63 7 6 1 1974 Baltimore AL P 295.2 39 40 3 51 2 1 .964 1.64 8 19 5 1975 Baltimore AL P 197.0 32 35 6 33 0 2 1.000 1.78 11 9 1 1976 Baltimore AL P 136.2 19 28 8 19 1 0 .964 1.78 6 2 0 1977 Baltimore AL P 218.1 34 34 8 52 3 4 .952 2.47 8 4 0 1978 Montreal NL P 263.0 36 36 9 53 2 3 .969 2.12 11 7 2 1979 Montreal NL P 151.1 27 32 3 27 3 0 .909 1.78 7 6 2 1980 Montreal NL P 41.1 7 11 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.96 2 1 0 1980 Cleveland AL P 74.2 11 14 1 11 1 0 .923 1.45 2 2 0 1982 Baltimore AL P 60.0 0 21 2 11 1 1 .929 1.95 1 2 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (February 1, 1969).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Wallace Williams to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Merv Rettenmund, Junior Kennedy and William Wood (December 4, 1973).
- Granted free agency (October 10, 1977).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (December 21, 1977).
- Traded by Montreal Expos to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dave Oliver (July 11, 1980).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (August 13, 1981).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (April 5, 1982).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 19, 1982).
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