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: 23-13 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	232	4	Apr 9(2)	MON	@	NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	5	5	0	0	0.00	3.14	33	7	13	3	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.326	.80	0.25%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	233	8	Apr 16	MON		NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.50	2.86	33	11	13	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.383	1.51	0.36%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	234	12	Apr 22(2)	MON		PHI	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	5	8.1	8	3	3	4	2	2	1	1.37	4.18	38	13	10	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.182	2.04	0.20%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
4	235	17	Apr 28	MON	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	1.53	4.17	36	11	14	1	2	9	59			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	1	.62	0.170	.97	0.16%	0.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
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
5	236	20	May 3	MON		HOU	W,10-3	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	11	3	3	4	3	1	0	1.83	4.28	40	9	13	4	1	11	52			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.022	.60	0.02%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	237	24	May 7(2)	MON	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(5-1)	3	8.0	9	4	1	2	4	0	0	1.72	3.98	35	10	11	3	0	8	56			1	0	0	32	0	1	1	0	1	1	.98	-0.330	1.86	-0.38%	-0.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
7	238	29	May 12	MON		ATL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(6-1)	4	6.0	6	3	2	1	4	0	0	1.85	3.75	26	8	7	1	0	6	53			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.136	1.19	-0.13%	-0.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	239	33	May 17	MON		CIN	W,5-4	GS-1		4	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.45	4.02	6	1	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.352	1.72	-0.38%	-4.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
9	240	37	May 21	MON		PIT	L,0-7	GS-7	L(6-2)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.60	4.15	29	11	9	1	3	7	49			1	1	1	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.046	1.65	-0.05%	0.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	241	41	May 25	MON	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.53	4.00	36	10	16	1	5	9	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.35	0.132	.57	0.13%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
11	242	45	May 29	MON		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.47	3.84	32	11	17	4	4	1	72			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.91	0.215	1.84	0.26%	1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	243	49	Jun 3	MON		SFG	W,5-3	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.53	3.88	36	13	12	0	1	7	61			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.173	2.05	0.18%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	244	53	Jun 7	MON		SDP	W,8-3	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	2.57	3.77	37	9	13	2	0	5	65			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	.84	0.050	1.41	0.05%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	245	57	Jun 11	MON		LAD	L,4-11	GS-2	L(10-3)	3	1.1	6	6	5	0	1	0	0	2.97	3.73	11	2	2	1	0	6	21			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.333	1.93	-0.36%	-3.97	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d4
15	246	62	Jun 15	MON	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	7	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.73	3.65	36	10	12	5	2	7	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.55	0.395	2.20	0.34%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	247	66	Jun 20	MON	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-4)	4	7.0	8	3	2	3	5	1	0	2.72	3.69	30	7	7	3	0	8	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	1	1	.73	-0.096	1.21	-0.10%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
17	248	71	Jun 25	MON	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	5	0	1	2	0	2.95	3.83	24	9	6	1	2	8	37			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.66	-0.372	1.23	-0.42%	-2.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
18	249	75	Jun 30	MON		STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(11-5)	4	10.0	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.87	3.78	37	15	12	2	5	3	77			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.36	0.074	2.06	0.07%	2.37	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
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
19	250	82	Jul 6	MON	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-5	L(11-6)	5	4.0	10	7	5	0	4	1	0	3.11	3.78	22	4	4	1	1	10	22			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.487	.94	-0.40%	-5.66	1b start a 1	5b -23 0 out d2
20	251	87	Jul 13	MON		HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-6)	6	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.92	3.72	31	15	7	0	0	5	77			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	4	0	2	.96	0.380	.69	0.16%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	252	92	Jul 17	MON	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS-5		3	4.1	7	6	5	2	2	2	0	3.13	3.87	22	10	2	0	1	6	27			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.382	.73	-0.20%	-4.00	1b start a 3	5b --- 1 out tie
22	253	97	Jul 21	MON		CIN	L,3-10	GS-6	L(12-7)	3	5.2	8	6	6	2	2	0	1	3.36	3.86	27	10	5	2	0	7	29			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	-0.172	1.77	-0.11%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
23	254	102	Jul 26	MON	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	6.0	11	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.46	3.87	27	8	6	1	0	11	36			1	0	0	25	3	1	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.126	.34	-0.03%	-1.90	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d4
24	255	107	Jul 31	MON		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.42	3.88	26	11	7	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.023	.55	0.01%	1.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
25	256	111	Aug 5	MON	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS-6	W(13-8)	4	5.0	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.85	24	8	6	1	1	8	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.082	.48	0.03%	-1.51	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a4
26	257	116	Aug 11	MON		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.31	3.80	30	14	14	7	3	0	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.687	.71	0.21%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	258	121	Aug 17	MON		SFG	L,0-3	GS-6	L(14-9)	5	5.2	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.35	3.83	26	12	9	4	0	3	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.112	.80	-0.05%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
28	259	125	Aug 21	MON		LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.29	3.77	34	12	13	2	3	8	64			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.323	.30	0.05%	1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	260	129	Aug 27(1)	MON	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(16-9)	5	10.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.18	3.75	37	16	9	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.56	0.671	.42	0.11%	3.29	1b start a 1	10b 3 out a1
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
30	261	135	Sep 1	MON	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-10		4	10.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.11	3.72	37	14	11	2	0	4	74			1	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.66	0.396	.03	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
31	262	140	Sep 6	MON		NYM	W,8-2	CG(7)	W(17-9)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.10	3.73	26	11	9	0	0	5	60			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.079	.06	0.00%	1.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
32	263	145	Sep 11	MON		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(18-9)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.02	3.68	29	17	8	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.398	.00	0.00%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	264	150	Sep 16	MON	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS-3	L(18-10)	4	2.1	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.66	15	4	2	0	0	8	26			2	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-3.75	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
34	265	154	Sep 23	MON		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(19-10)	6	9.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.10	3.64	34	14	7	0	1	5	69			1	1	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.323	.00	0.00%	1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
35	266	159	Sep 27	MON	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7	L(19-11)	3	7.0	10	5	3	4	2	0	0	3.12	3.64	35	10	9	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	1	1	.77	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
36	267	162	Oct 1	MON	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	W(20-11)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.05	3.57	31	12	10	1	0	5	77			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.05	0.373	.00	0.00%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							23-13		W-L:20-11	4.0	263.0	237	103	89	67	84	17	2	3.05	3.57	1068	1.14		8%	5%	221	56		---%	11	7	2	975	45	8	6	26	8	17	.99	2.407	.95	0.00%	12.89

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