Ross Grimsley
Ross Albert Grimsley
Born: January 7, 1950
Topeka, KS USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 195
College: Jackson State Community College
Career: 1971-1982
Draft: Round 8 (1968 June Amateur Draft, Detroit Tigers)
Draft: Round 1 (1969 January Secondary Draft, Cincinnati Reds)
School: Frayser HS (Memphis, TN)
Jackson State CC
Minor League Statistics
Ross Grimsley compiled a career record of 124 wins and 99 losses in his 346-game career with the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1971 season and last took the field during the 1982 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.57 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 161.3 | 151 | 67 | 64 | 15 | 43 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 660 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.05 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 197.7 | 194 | 73 | 67 | 18 | 50 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 813 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.23 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 242.3 | 245 | 96 | 87 | 24 | 68 | 11 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1009 |
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 18 | 13 | .581 | 3.07 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 295.7 | 267 | 111 | 101 | 26 | 76 | 9 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1198 |
1975 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.07 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 197.0 | 210 | 95 | 89 | 29 | 47 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 822 |
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.95 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136.7 | 143 | 66 | 60 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 578 |
1977 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.96 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 218.3 | 230 | 105 | 96 | 24 | 74 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 923 |
1978 | NL | Montreal Expos | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.05 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 263.0 | 237 | 103 | 89 | 17 | 67 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1068 |
1979 | NL | Montreal Expos | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.35 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 199 | 102 | 90 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 678 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 61 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 196 |
1980 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.75 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 103 | 63 | 56 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 342 |
1982 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 65 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 257 |
Totals | 124 | 99 | .556 | 3.81 | 345 | 295 | 17 | 79 | 15 | 3 | 2039.3 | 2105 | 947 | 863 | 202 | 559 | 49 | 750 | 15 | 9 | 40 | 8544 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 60 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 30 | 78 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .121 | .134 | .121 | .256 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 90 | 82 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .061 | .061 | .061 | .122 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1975 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1978 | NL | Montreal Expos | 36 | 105 | 90 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .144 | .170 | .156 | .326 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Montreal Expos | 32 | 58 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .200 | .200 | .236 | .436 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1982 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 346 | 400 | 353 | 21 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 116 | .127 | .144 | .139 | .283 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 26 | 26 | 161.0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.677 | 1.154 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 30 | 28 | 198.0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.682 | 1.233 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 38 | 36 | 242.3 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.634 | 1.158 |
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 40 | 39 | 295.7 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.644 | 1.350 |
1975 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 35 | 32 | 197.0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.782 | 1.114 |
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 28 | 19 | 136.7 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.778 | .964 |
1977 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 34 | 34 | 218.3 | 8 | 52 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 2.473 | 1.765 |
1978 | NL | Montreal Expos | P | 36 | 36 | 263.0 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 2.122 | 1.722 |
1979 | NL | Montreal Expos | P | 32 | 27 | 151.3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.784 | .938 |
1980 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 14 | 11 | 74.7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.446 | .857 |
1980 | NL | Montreal Expos | P | 11 | 7 | 41.3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.960 | .818 |
1982 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 21 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.950 | .619 |
Totals | 345 | 295 | 2039.3 | 60 | 357 | 13 | 14 | .970 | 1.840 | 1.209 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Totals | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | ALCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | P | 4 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | .500 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | P | 2 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | .500 |
1974 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | ALCS | P | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .500 |
Totals | 9 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.440 | .444 |
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