Jerry Reuss

Position: Starting 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1967	18		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-Rk-AAA	STL	2	5	.286	3.00	4.36	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
1967	18	-7.5	Tulsa	PCL	AAA	STL	0	0		54.00	54.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0		6.000	18.0	9.0	36.0	9.0	0.25
1967	18	-2.8	Cedar Rapids	MIDW	A	STL	2	5	.286	1.86	3.10	9	9		4	2		58.0	44	20	12	3	19	1	63	5	0	4		1.086	6.8	0.5	2.9	9.8	3.32
1967	18	-1.1	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	0	0		5.14	7.71	2	1		0	0		7.0	7	6	4	1	3	0	6	0	1	1		1.429	9.0	1.3	3.9	7.7	2.00
1968	19	-3.7	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	7	8	.467	2.17	3.46	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
1969	20	-5.3	Tulsa	AA	AAA	STL	13	11	.542	4.06	5.42	30	29		9	1	0	186.0	188	112	84	13	116	1	151	7	1	13		1.634	9.1	0.6	5.6	7.3	1.30
1969	20	-7.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	27	0.714	2.6	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1969	20	-1.5	Cardinals	FLIN	WRk	STL	0	1	.000	3.50	3.50	8	7		0		0	36.0	38	14	14	1	13	0	27	1	0	4		1.417	9.5	0.3	3.3	6.8	2.08
1970	21	-4.3	Tulsa	AA	AAA	STL	7	2	.778	2.12	2.75	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
1970	21	-6.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	8	.467	4.10	4.38	20	20	0	5	2	0	127.1	132	62	58	9	49	2	74	1	1	8	548	1.421	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.2	1.51
1971	22	-5.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	14	14	.500	4.78	5.33	36	35	0	7	2	0	211.0	228	125	112	15	109	11	131	7	2	9	952	1.597	9.7	0.6	4.6	5.6	1.20
1972	23	-4.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	9	13	.409	4.17	4.73	33	30	1	4	1	1	192.0	177	101	89	14	83	3	174	10	2	7	832	1.354	8.3	0.7	3.9	8.2	2.10
1973	24	-3.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	16	13	.552	3.74	3.96	41	40	1	12	3	0	279.1	271	123	116	17	117	6	177	3	1	10	1198	1.389	8.7	0.5	3.8	5.7	1.51
1974	25	-2.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	16	11	.593	3.50	3.98	35	35	0	14	1	0	260.0	259	115	101	20	101	16	105	1	1	7	1125	1.385	9.0	0.7	3.5	3.6	1.04
1975	26	-1.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	18	11	.621	2.54	2.77	32	32	0	15	6	0	237.1	224	73	67	10	78	8	131	0	1	4	984	1.272	8.5	0.4	3.0	5.0	1.68
1976	27	-0.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	9	.609	3.53	4.21	31	29	2	11	3	2	209.1	209	98	82	16	51	10	108	2	0	7	880	1.242	9.0	0.7	2.2	4.6	2.12
1977	28	0.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	13	.435	4.11	4.72	33	33	0	8	2	0	208.0	225	109	95	11	71	2	116	4	1	11	894	1.423	9.7	0.5	3.1	5.0	1.63
1978	29	1.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	2	.600	4.90	5.23	23	12	3	3	1	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	1	42	3	1	3	361	1.452	10.6	0.5	2.5	4.6	1.83
1979	30	1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	14	.333	3.54	4.95	39	21	11	4	1	3	160.0	178	88	63	4	60	7	83	3	0	7	712	1.488	10.0	0.2	3.4	4.7	1.38
1980	31	2.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	18	6	.750	2.51	2.90	37	29	7	10	6	3	229.1	193	74	64	12	40	9	111	0	1	3	907	1.016	7.6	0.5	1.6	4.4	2.78
1981	32	3.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	10	4	.714	2.30	2.59	22	22	0	8	2	0	152.2	138	44	39	6	27	3	51	4	0	1	608	1.081	8.1	0.4	1.6	3.0	1.89
1982	33	4.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	18	11	.621	3.11	3.46	39	37	2	8	4	0	254.2	232	98	88	11	50	10	138	2	3	7	1036	1.107	8.2	0.4	1.8	4.9	2.76
1983	34	5.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	11	.522	2.94	3.79	32	31	0	7	0	0	223.1	233	94	73	12	50	5	143	2	2	3	935	1.267	9.4	0.5	2.0	5.8	2.86
1984	35	6.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	5	7	.417	3.82	4.64	30	15	9	2	0	1	99.0	102	51	42	4	31	7	44	0	1	4	428	1.343	9.3	0.4	2.8	4.0	1.42
1985	36	7.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	10	.583	2.92	3.30	34	33	0	5	3	0	212.2	210	78	69	13	58	7	84	3	0	5	883	1.260	8.9	0.6	2.5	3.6	1.45
1986	37	8.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	6	.250	5.84	6.93	19	13	3	0	0	1	74.0	96	57	48	13	17	4	29	2	0	2	331	1.527	11.7	1.6	2.1	3.5	1.71
1987	38		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN-LAD	4	10	.286	5.97	6.96	25	23	1	1	1	0	119.0	166	92	79	18	29	3	49	3	1	4	539	1.639	12.6	1.4	2.2	3.7	1.69
1987	38	11.5	Nashville	AA	AAA	CIN	0	2	.000	6.00	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
1987	38	9.4	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	4	5	.444	5.25	6.56	17	16	1	1	1	0	82.1	112	60	48	16	17	1	37	2	0	3	368	1.567	12.2	1.7	1.9	4.0	2.18
1987	38	9.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1987	38	9.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	5	.000	7.79	8.05	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	52	31	30	2	12	2	10	1	1	1	163	1.846	13.5	0.5	3.1	2.6	0.83
1988	39	10.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	13	9	.591	3.44	3.89	32	29	1	2	0	0	183.0	183	79	70	15	43	1	73	3	4	3	751	1.235	9.0	0.7	2.1	3.6	1.70
1989	40		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-MIL	9	9	.500	5.13	5.64	30	26	0	1	1	0	140.1	171	88	80	19	34	2	40	4	0	1	617	1.461	11.0	1.2	2.2	2.6	1.18
1989	40	11.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	8	5	.615	5.06	5.48	23	19	0	1	1	0	106.2	135	65	60	12	21	1	27	3	0	1	470	1.463	11.4	1.0	1.8	2.3	1.29
1989	40	11.5	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	1	4	.200	5.35	6.15	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	36	23	20	7	13	1	13	1	0	0	147	1.455	9.6	1.9	3.5	3.5	1.00
1990	41		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	5	4	.556	3.77	4.38	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
1990	41	14.4	Buffalo	AA	AAA	PIT	4	4	.500	3.52	3.67	14	9	2	0	0	1	61.1	73	25	24	1	12	1	29	0	0	2		1.386	10.7	0.1	1.8	4.3	2.42
1990	41	15.1	Tucson	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	0		15.19	23.63	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	18	14	9	0	2	1	3	1	0	0		3.750	30.4	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
1990	41	17.5	Columbus	SOUL	AA	HOU	1	0	1.000	1.66	1.66	10	0	3	0	0	0	21.2	23	4	4	1	4	0	11	1	0	0		1.246	9.6	0.4	1.7	4.6	2.75
1990	41	12.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		3.52	3.52	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	3	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	34	1.435	9.4	1.2	3.5	1.2	0.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		220	191	.535	3.64	4.17	628	547	41	127	39	11	3669.2	3734	1700	1483	245	1127	118	1907	59	23	107	15582	1.325	9.2	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.69
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		34	32	.515	3.24	4.33	101	77	6	23	6	1	549.1	515	264	198	23	239	6	423	16	2	44		1.373	8.4	0.4	3.9	6.9	1.77
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	3.50	3.50	8	7		0		0	36.0	38	14	14	1	13	0	27	1	0	4		1.417	9.5	0.3	3.3	6.8	2.08
All Levels (24 Seasons)							254	224	.531	3.59	4.18	737	631	47	150	45	12	4255.0	4287	1978	1695	269	1379	124	2357	76	25	155	15582	1.332	9.1	0.6	2.9	5.0	1.71

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		24	19	.558	3.88	4.90	63	51	3	13	1	1	350.2	366	191	151	16	168	3	257	8	1	23		1.523	9.4	0.4	4.3	6.6	1.53
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	8	.500	2.09	3.16	27	16	3	6	3	0	133.2	98	47	31	3	49	2	97	3	0	16		1.100	6.6	0.2	3.3	6.5	1.98
A (1 season)					Minors		2	5	.286	1.86	3.10	9	9		4	2		58.0	44	20	12	3	19	1	63	5	0	4		1.086	6.8	0.5	2.9	9.8	3.32
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		5.14	7.71	2	1		0	0		7.0	7	6	4	1	3	0	6	0	1	1		1.429	9.0	1.3	3.9	7.7	2.00