#2 Ross Grimsley, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#2 Ross Grimsley, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Ross Grimsley

1/7/1950
36

6"1
225

Starting Pitcher
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L

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Average
Some ability
Good
Normal
Normal
3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 7,200,000
1988
14 Year(s), 64 Days (2472 total Days)
42 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 64 Days (2472 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	8	7	9	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	9	5	9
Versus RHB	8	7	9
Talent	6	6	8

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

8
57
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	3	4
Versus LHP	1	3	1	3	6
Versus RHP	1	3	1	3	3
Talent	2	2	2	4	4

Running & Bunting Ratings
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2
2
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/5	SF	L 11-13	*	6.2	8	4	4	1	3
4/10	MON	L 2-13	*	5	7	5	4	0	3	L
4/15	HOU	L 2-3	*	6.1	9	3	3	1	8	L
4/20	@SF	L 3-6	*	1.2	6	4	4	0	3	L
4/28	SDP	L 2-5	*	6.2	6	4	3	1	5	L
5/4	@PIT	L 1-10	*	5.1	7	5	5	5	6	L
5/9	Cin	L 3-8	*	7	6	6	5	1	6	L

Pitching Stats 1986

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	7	7	0	6	0	6.52	38.2	49	31	28	9	34	0	.0	0	2	28.6

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	13.5	11.4	7.9	2.1	5	1	20.0	0	0	.0	5.80

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	49	12	3	0	2	6	7	3	15	0	0	0	.245	.288	.429	.717
vs. RHB	114	37	5	4	7	23	24	6	19	0	0	0	.325	.350	.623	.972

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	5	5	0	4	0	5.40	31.2	36	22	19	4	25
Road	2	2	0	2	0	11.57	7.0	13	9	9	5	9
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	1	1	0	1	0	6.43	7.0	6	6	5	1	6

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	5	0	4	0	6.15	26.1	36	20	18	3	22
May	2	2	0	2	0	7.30	12.1	13	11	10	6	12

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1971	23	0	9	10	0	3.30	150.0	140	0	55	48	56	3	1	1.25	CIN
1972	33	0	9	15	0	4.15	208.1	225	0	96	50	84	2	0	1.32	CIN
1973	27	0	7	13	0	4.13	176.2	185	0	81	51	56	2	0	1.34	CIN
1974	30	0	10	9	0	3.40	209.0	191	0	79	60	55	5	2	1.20	CIN
1975	29	0	12	12	0	3.84	194.2	181	0	83	64	76	2	1	1.26	CIN
1976	26	0	12	9	0	3.33	181.0	149	0	67	41	83	1	0	1.05	CIN BAL
1977	33	0	14	7	0	3.31	217.1	185	0	80	55	77	1	1	1.10	BAL
1978	36	0	19	9	0	3.07	240.1	184	0	82	45	80	2	1	0.95	BAL,AL
1979	37	0	14	11	0	3.05	239.0	206	0	81	55	73	0	0	1.09	BAL,AL
1980	35	0	11	11	0	3.14	226.1	202	0	79	41	63	4	2	1.07	BAL
1981	36	36	16	7	0	3.63	225.1	206	108	91	59	90	2	2	1.18	BAL
1982	30	30	9	13	0	3.57	186.2	157	85	74	46	68	1	0	1.09	BAL STL
1983	35	34	19	7	0	2.89	227.2	188	83	73	46	90	2	2	1.03	STL
1984	36	36	14	12	0	3.53	240.0	206	102	94	68	92	5	1	1.14	STL
1985	32	32	7	13	0	4.12	185.2	183	98	85	58	77	1	0	1.30	STL
1986	7	7	0	6	0	6.52	38.2	49	31	28	9	34	0	0	1.50	STL
Total	485	175	182	164	0	3.51	3146.2	2837	507	1228	796	1154	33	13	1.15

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1985	1	1	0	1	0	7.94	5.2	6	5	5	2	2	0	0
Total	1	1	0	1	0	7.94	5.2	6	5	5	2	2	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1971	23	49	6	2	0	0	2	3	5	14	1	0	.122	.204	.163	.367	CIN
1972	33	66	10	2	0	0	0	3	6	15	0	0	.152	.222	.182	.404	CIN
1973	27	56	5	1	0	0	3	2	4	6	0	0	.089	.150	.107	.257	CIN
1974	30	73	5	0	0	0	2	2	5	25	0	0	.068	.128	.068	.197	CIN
1975	29	60	12	1	0	0	4	3	4	15	0	0	.200	.250	.217	.467	CIN
1976	26	50	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	13	0	0	.060	.130	.060	.190	CIN BAL
1977	33	65	6	1	0	0	2	4	1	18	0	0	.092	.106	.108	.214	BAL
1978	36	78	7	0	0	0	3	2	3	21	0	0	.090	.123	.090	.213	BAL,AL
1979	37	78	11	3	0	0	2	12	3	19	0	0	.141	.173	.179	.352	BAL,AL
1980	35	69	6	1	0	0	2	3	3	26	0	0	.087	.125	.101	.226	BAL
1981	36	72	11	1	0	0	7	4	2	22	0	0	.153	.176	.167	.342	BAL
1982	30	58	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	26	0	0	.069	.085	.103	.188	BAL STL
1983	35	73	10	2	0	1	8	6	4	22	0	0	.137	.182	.205	.387	STL
1984	36	77	7	0	0	0	2	4	2	21	0	0	.091	.114	.091	.205	STL
1985	32	56	8	3	0	0	1	2	1	17	0	0	.143	.158	.196	.354	STL
1986	7	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	STL
Total	485	993	113	21	0	1	39	55	48	281	1	0	.114	.155	.138	.293

Fielding Stats 1986

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

38.2

1.86

Player History

Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game... Injured on 7/16/1978 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Won World Championship with Baltimore in 1978... Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game.
.. Injured on 9/9/1979 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Injured on 9/19/1979 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 6/16/1980 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks.
.. Won World Championship with Baltimore in 1980... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1981, going 4-1, 1.20... Traded from Baltimore to St. Louis on 4/1/1982 (Going to STL: LF A. Otis, P R. Grim
sley. Going to BAL: P J. Fulgham)...
Injured on 7/19/1982 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 4-5 weeks...
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/1983, off John D'acquisto (CiN)...
Injured on 7/14/1984 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 5/25/1985 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

WHIP 1983 - 1.03 - 6th	Wins 1981 - 16 - 9th 1983 - 19 - 4th	IP 1984 - 240.0 - 8th	CG 1984 - 5 - 3rd	SHO 1981 - 2 - 3rd 1983 - 2 - 7th 1984 - 1 - 6th

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