Ross Grimsley
Cincinnati Reds 1971–1973; Baltimore Orioles 1974–1977; Montreal Expos 1978–1979; Cleveland Indians 1980; Montreal Expos 1980; Baltimore Orioles 1982
Percentile snapshot
1978 season — qualified pitchers
of 91 qualified 1978 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 26 | 60 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | -26.4 | -16.8 | .145 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 30 | 78 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .134 | .121 | .256 | -39.5 | -24.5 | .123 | 2.2 |
| 1973 | 39 | 90 | 82 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .061 | .061 | .061 | .122 | -82.5 | -65.1 | .057 | 2.4 |
| 1974 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.3 |
| 1975 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 |
| 1976 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 36 | 105 | 90 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .144 | .170 | .156 | .326 | -18.4 | -7.3 | .158 | 4.0 |
| 1979 | 32 | 58 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .236 | .436 | 9.8 | 20.0 | .200 | -1.4 |
| 1980 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 46.3 | 54.2 | .251 | -2.4 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 151 | 64 | 43 | 67 | 15 | 161.3 | 3.57 | 1.202 | 3.74 | 3.76 | 111.2 | 94.7 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 194 | 67 | 50 | 79 | 18 | 197.7 | 3.05 | 1.234 | 3.60 | 3.67 | 112.5 | 106.9 | 2.2 |
| 1973 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 245 | 87 | 68 | 90 | 24 | 242.3 | 3.23 | 1.292 | 3.34 | 3.94 | 113.1 | 107.7 | 2.4 |
| 1974 | 40 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 267 | 101 | 76 | 158 | 26 | 295.7 | 3.07 | 1.160 | 4.81 | 3.45 | 99.3 | 112.9 | 4.3 |
| 1975 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 210 | 89 | 47 | 89 | 29 | 197.0 | 4.07 | 1.305 | 4.07 | 4.30 | 121.0 | 87.4 | 0.8 |
| 1976 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 60 | 35 | 41 | 8 | 136.7 | 3.95 | 1.302 | 2.70 | 3.57 | 108.0 | 83.7 | 0.3 |
| 1977 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 230 | 96 | 74 | 53 | 24 | 218.3 | 3.96 | 1.392 | 2.18 | 4.72 | 123.1 | 96.8 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 237 | 89 | 67 | 84 | 17 | 263.0 | 3.05 | 1.156 | 2.87 | 3.61 | 102.5 | 115.7 | 4.0 |
| 1979 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 90 | 41 | 42 | 18 | 151.3 | 5.35 | 1.586 | 2.50 | 4.56 | 123.7 | 68.8 | -1.4 |
| 1980 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 85 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 116.0 | 6.59 | 1.724 | 2.25 | 5.03 | 128.6 | 59.4 | -2.4 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 60.0 | 5.25 | 1.450 | 2.70 | 4.71 | 116.5 | 76.9 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-06-06 | WSH @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972-10-10 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979-06-26 | WSH @ STL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978-07-13 | HOU @ WSH Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-07-19 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-04-29 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 9.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 1974-07-14 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1974-05-03 | BAL @ LAA Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 1972-06-13 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 1974-05-22 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 12.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.