Jerry Reuss

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: June 19, 1949 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO).

High School: Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO)

Schools: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA), University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)

Debut: September 27, 1969 (Age 20-100d, 12,951st in major league history)
vs. MON 7.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 41-106d)
vs. NYM 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Jack Sands

Full Name: Jerry Reuss

Pronunciation: \ROYCE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.1

220

191

ERA

3.64

628

547

3669.2

1907

WHIP

1.325

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1967	18	STL-min	A,Rk,AAA	2	5	.286	3.00	12	10		4	2		66.0	53	32	22	5	26	1	70	5	1	5				1.197	7.2	0.7	3.5	9.5	2.69	CDR,CDS,TUL MIDW,GULF,PCL
1968	19	STL-min	AA	7	8	.467	2.17	17	16		6	3		112.0	75	43	27	2	45	2	86	2	0	16				1.071	6.0	0.2	3.6	6.9	1.91	ARK TL
1969	20	STL-min	AAA,WRk	13	12	.520	3.97	38	36		9	1	0	222.0	226	126	98	14	129	1	178	8	1	17				1.599	9.2	0.6	5.2	7.2	1.38	TUL,CNS AA,FLIN
1969	20	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	27		3.79	0.714	2.6	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1970	21	STL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.12	11	11		4	0	0	85.0	69	26	20	0	28	0	69	0	0	7				1.141	7.3	0.0	3.0	7.3	2.46	TUL AA
1970	21	STL	NL	7	8	.467	4.10	20	20	0	5	2	0	127.1	132	62	58	9	49	2	74	1	1	8	548	101	3.57	1.421	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.2	1.51
1971	22	STL	NL	14	14	.500	4.78	36	35	0	7	2	0	211.0	228	125	112	15	109	11	131	7	2	9	952	76	3.78	1.597	9.7	0.6	4.6	5.6	1.20
1972	23	HOU	NL	9	13	.409	4.17	33	30	1	4	1	1	192.0	177	101	89	14	83	3	174	10	2	7	832	81	2.99	1.354	8.3	0.7	3.9	8.2	2.10
1973	24	HOU	NL	16	13	.552	3.74	41	40	1	12	3	0	279.1	271	123	116	17	117	6	177	3	1	10	1198	96	3.38	1.389	8.7	0.5	3.8	5.7	1.51
1974	25	PIT	NL	16	11	.593	3.50	35	35	0	14	1	0	260.0	259	115	101	20	101	16	105	1	1	7	1125	99	3.95	1.385	9.0	0.7	3.5	3.6	1.04
1975	26	PIT	NL	18	11	.621	2.54	32	32	0	15	6	0	237.1	224	73	67	10	78	8	131	0	1	4	984	139	3.02	1.272	8.5	0.4	3.0	5.0	1.68	AS,MVP-23
1976	27	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	3.53	31	29	2	11	3	2	209.1	209	98	82	16	51	10	108	2	0	7	880	99	3.35	1.242	9.0	0.7	2.2	4.6	2.12
1977	28	PIT	NL	10	13	.435	4.11	33	33	0	8	2	0	208.0	225	109	95	11	71	2	116	4	1	11	894	96	3.39	1.423	9.7	0.5	3.1	5.0	1.63
1978	29	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	4.90	23	12	3	3	1	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	1	42	3	1	3	361	76	3.30	1.452	10.6	0.5	2.5	4.6	1.83
1979	30	LAD	NL	7	14	.333	3.54	39	21	11	4	1	3	160.0	178	88	63	4	60	7	83	3	0	7	712	103	3.20	1.488	10.0	0.2	3.4	4.7	1.38
1980	31	LAD	NL	18	6	.750	2.51	37	29	7	10	6	3	229.1	193	74	64	12	40	9	111	0	1	3	907	141	2.99	1.016	7.6	0.5	1.6	4.4	2.78	AS,CYA-2,MVP-20
1981	32	LAD	NL	10	4	.714	2.30	22	22	0	8	2	0	152.2	138	44	39	6	27	3	51	4	0	1	608	146	3.05	1.081	8.1	0.4	1.6	3.0	1.89
1982	33	LAD	NL	18	11	.621	3.11	39	37	2	8	4	0	254.2	232	98	88	11	50	10	138	2	3	7	1036	113	2.81	1.107	8.2	0.4	1.8	4.9	2.76
1983	34	LAD	NL	12	11	.522	2.94	32	31	0	7	0	0	223.1	233	94	73	12	50	5	143	2	2	3	935	123	2.87	1.267	9.4	0.5	2.0	5.8	2.86
1984	35	LAD	NL	5	7	.417	3.82	30	15	9	2	0	1	99.0	102	51	42	4	31	7	44	0	1	4	428	93	3.34	1.343	9.3	0.4	2.8	4.0	1.42
1985	36	LAD	NL	14	10	.583	2.92	34	33	0	5	3	0	212.2	210	78	69	13	58	7	84	3	0	5	883	119	3.55	1.260	8.9	0.6	2.5	3.6	1.45
1986	37	LAD	NL	2	6	.250	5.84	19	13	3	0	0	1	74.0	96	57	48	13	17	4	29	2	0	2	331	60	5.04	1.527	11.7	1.6	2.1	3.5	1.71
1987	38	CIN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	16	8	8	1	6	0	4	0	0	1				1.833	12.0	0.8	4.5	3.0	0.67	NVL AA
1987	38	TOT	MLB	4	10	.286	5.97	25	23	1	1	1	0	119.0	166	92	79	18	29	3	49	3	1	4	539	73	4.82	1.639	12.6	1.4	2.2	3.7	1.69
1987	38	TOT	NL	0	5	.000	7.61	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	54	32	31	2	12	2	12	1	1	1	171	56	3.99	1.800	13.3	0.5	2.9	2.9	1.00
1987	38	LAD	NL	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	106	0.87	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1987	38	CIN	NL	0	5	.000	7.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	52	31	30	2	12	2	10	1	1	1	163	55	4.17	1.846	13.5	0.5	3.1	2.6	0.83
1987	38	CAL	AL	4	5	.444	5.25	17	16	1	1	1	0	82.1	112	60	48	16	17	1	37	2	0	3	368	83	5.19	1.567	12.2	1.7	1.9	4.0	2.18
1988	39	CHW	AL	13	9	.591	3.44	32	29	1	2	0	0	183.0	183	79	70	15	43	1	73	3	4	3	751	116	3.79	1.235	9.0	0.7	2.1	3.6	1.70
1989	40	TOT	AL	9	9	.500	5.13	30	26	0	1	1	0	140.1	171	88	80	19	34	2	40	4	0	1	617	75	4.77	1.461	11.0	1.2	2.2	2.6	1.18
1989	40	CHW	AL	8	5	.615	5.06	23	19	0	1	1	0	106.2	135	65	60	12	21	1	27	3	0	1	470	76	4.39	1.463	11.4	1.0	1.8	2.3	1.29
1989	40	MIL	AL	1	4	.200	5.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	36	23	20	7	13	1	13	1	0	0	147	73	5.94	1.455	9.6	1.9	3.5	3.5	1.00
1990	41	PIT-HOU-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.77	29	9	6	0	0	1	88.1	114	43	37	2	18	2	43	2	0	2				1.494	11.6	0.2	1.8	4.4	2.39	BFL,CBS,TUC AA,SOUL,PCL
1990	41	PIT	NL	0	0		3.52	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	3	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	34	108	5.42	1.435	9.4	1.2	3.5	1.2	0.33
22 Yrs				220	191	.535	3.64	628	547	41	127	39	11	3669.2	3734	1700	1483	245	1127	118	1907	59	23	107	15582	100	3.45	1.325	9.2	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.69
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.535	3.64	36	32	2	7	2	1	212	216	98	86	14	65	7	110	3	1	6	902	100	3.45	1.325	9.2	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.69
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
LAD (9 yrs)				86	69	.555	3.11	253	201	32	44	16	8	1407.2	1384	585	487	75	333	52	685	16	7	32	5848	113	3.18	1.220	8.8	0.5	2.1	4.4	2.06
PIT (6 yrs)				61	46	.570	3.52	158	142	5	51	13	2	1005.0	1022	446	393	63	327	38	503	10	4	33	4278	103	3.45	1.342	9.2	0.6	2.9	4.5	1.54
STL (3 yrs)				22	22	.500	4.43	57	56	0	12	4	0	345.1	362	187	170	24	161	13	208	10	4	17	1527	86	3.71	1.514	9.4	0.6	4.2	5.4	1.29
HOU (2 yrs)				25	26	.490	3.91	74	70	2	16	4	1	471.1	448	224	205	31	200	9	351	13	3	17	2030	90	3.22	1.375	8.6	0.6	3.8	6.7	1.76
CHW (2 yrs)				21	14	.600	4.04	55	48	1	3	1	0	289.2	318	144	130	27	64	2	100	6	4	4	1221	97	4.01	1.319	9.9	0.8	2.0	3.1	1.56
CAL (1 yr)				4	5	.444	5.25	17	16	1	1	1	0	82.1	112	60	48	16	17	1	37	2	0	3	368	83	5.19	1.567	12.2	1.7	1.9	4.0	2.18
CIN (1 yr)				0	5	.000	7.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	52	31	30	2	12	2	10	1	1	1	163	55	4.17	1.846	13.5	0.5	3.1	2.6	0.83
MIL (1 yr)				1	4	.200	5.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	36	23	20	7	13	1	13	1	0	0	147	73	5.94	1.455	9.6	1.9	3.5	3.5	1.00

NL (20 yrs)				194	168	.536	3.54	549	476	39	123	37	11	3264.0	3268	1473	1285	195	1033	114	1757	50	19	100	13846	101	3.34	1.318	9.0	0.5	2.8	4.8	1.70
AL (3 yrs)				26	23	.531	4.39	79	71	2	4	2	0	405.2	466	227	198	50	94	4	150	9	4	7	1736	91	4.41	1.380	10.3	1.1	2.1	3.3	1.60

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