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Ross Albert Grimsley II

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Full Name: Ross Albert II Grimsley Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195 First Game: May 16, 1971
Birthdate: January 7, 1950 Final Game: September 24, 1982
Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 7, 1950 in Topeka, Kansas, Ross Grimsley (Ross Albert II Grimsley) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 11 year career. Grimsley broke into the bigs on May 16, 1971 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.57 ERA in 161.1 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ross Grimsley's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.07 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 158 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1971 CIN N 26 26 10 7 3.57 67 67 64 6 3 0 161.1 151 15 43 2 3 2
1972 CIN N 30 28 14 8 3.05 79 73 67 4 1 1 197.2 194 18 50 8 3 0
1973 CIN N 38 36 13 10 3.23 90 96 87 8 1 1 242.1 245 24 68 11 4 0
1974 BAL A 40 39 18 13 3.07 158 111 101 17 4 1 295.2 267 26 76 9 9 3
1975 BAL A 35 32 10 13 4.07 89 95 89 8 1 0 197 210 29 47 1 6 1
1976 BAL A 28 19 8 7 3.95 41 66 60 2 0 0 136.2 143 8 35 2 2 1
1977 BAL A 34 34 14 10 3.96 53 105 96 11 2 0 218.1 230 24 74 2 2 1
1978 MON N 36 36 20 11 3.05 84 103 89 19 3 0 263 237 17 67 6 4 2
1979 MON N 32 27 10 9 5.35 42 102 90 2 0 0 151.1 199 18 41 1 2 3
1980 MON N 11 7 2 4 6.31 11 31 29 0 0 0 41.1 61 5 12 1 1 1
1980 CLE A 14 11 4 5 6.75 18 63 56 2 0 0 74.2 103 11 24 1 2 1
1980 Total 25 18 6 9 6.59 29 94 85 2 0 0 116 164 16 36 2 3 2
1982 BAL A 21 0 1 2 5.25 18 35 35 0 0 0 60 65 7 22 5 2 0
Total NL 173 160 69 49 3.63 373 472 426 39 8 2 1057 1087 97 281 29 17 8
Total AL 172 135 55 50 4.00 377 475 437 40 7 1 982.1 1018 105 278 20 23 7
Total 345 295 124 99 3.81 750 947 863 79 15 3 2039.1 2105 202 559 49 40 15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 CIN N P 26 26 161.1 5 25 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1.000
1972 CIN N P 30 28 197.2 3 34 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1.000
1973 CIN N P 38 36 242.1 11 33 0 3 0 1 7 6 1 1.000
1974 BAL A P 40 39 295.2 3 51 2 1 0 3 8 19 5 .964
1975 BAL A P 35 32 197 6 33 0 2 0 2 11 9 1 1.000
1976 BAL A P 28 19 136.2 8 19 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 .964
1977 BAL A P 34 34 218.1 8 52 3 4 0 0 8 4 0 .952
1978 MON N P 36 36 263 9 53 2 3 0 0 11 7 2 .969
1979 MON N P 32 27 151.1 3 27 3 0 0 0 7 6 2 .909
1980 MON N P 11 7 41.1 1 8 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1.000
1980 CLE A P 14 11 74.2 1 11 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 .923
1980 Total P 25 18 116 2 19 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 .955
1982 BAL A P 21 0 60 2 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 .929
Total P 345 295 2039.1 60 357 13 14 0 9 70 66 13 .970

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 CIN N 26 51 3 6 0 1 .118 .167 .118 0 0 3 16 0 6 0 0 2
1972 CIN N 30 66 5 8 0 1 .121 .134 .121 0 0 1 29 0 11 0 0 0
1973 CIN N 39 82 3 5 0 1 .061 .061 .061 0 0 0 37 0 8 0 0 2
1974 BAL A 40 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL A 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MON N 36 90 5 13 0 4 .144 .170 .156 1 0 2 20 1 11 0 0 1
1979 MON N 32 55 4 11 0 8 .200 .200 .236 2 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 0
1980 MON N 11 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .222 .333 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE A 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 Total 25 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .222 .333 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL A 21 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 174 353 21 45 0 15 .127 .144 .139 4 0 6 116 1 39 0 0 5
Total AL 172 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 346 353 21 45 0 15 .127 .144 .139 4 0 6 116 1 39 0 0 5

[edit] 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 Wally Williams to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Merv Rettenmund, Junior Kennedy and Bill 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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