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Ross Grimsley Ross Albert II Grimsley Bats Left, Throws Left Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb. School Jackson State CC (TN) MLB Debut May 16, 1971 Final Game September 24, 1982 Born January 7, 1950 in Topeka, KS (age 75)

• Pitched a one-hitter for CIN vs. CHN on May 8, 1972

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1971 21 CIN NL   4   4  .500  20  10   0   3   0   0   70.1   72   289   26   25   6   15   0   1   27   2  0  3.20  
 1972 22 CIN NL  10   9  .526  26  25   4   1   0   1  163.2  163   686   78   69  10   37   1   2   73   3  0  3.79  
 1973 23 MNA AL   9  24  .273  39  39   4   0   0   0  235.0  321  1069  175  163  40   73   2   5   74   2  3  6.24  
 1974 24 BOA AL  25  11  .694  39  39  12   0   0   1  300.1  308  1243  121  111  29   69   0  10  169   4  0  3.33  CY-5
 1975 25 BOA AL   7   4  .636  26  14   1   4   0   0  115.1  117   474   54   50  21   23   0   2   71   4  0  3.90  
 1976 26 BOA AL   8   1  .889  34  11   0  12   2   0  123.1  102   497   38   37   9   39   0   4   40   2  0  2.70  
 1977 27 BOA AL  16   8  .667  33  33   5   0   0   1  229.2  225   974  112   95  23   77   0   4   66   0  2  3.72  CY-15
 1978 28 DEA AL  13  17  .433  37  37  13   0   0   0  268.0  284  1141  139  121  36   66   4   6   82   6  2  4.06  
 1979 29 SEA AL   3  16  .158  33  33   1   0   0   0  156.2  246   753  129  113  24   48   4   3   51   3  1  6.49  
 1980 30 TEA AL   1   5  .167   7   5   0   1   0   0   35.2   55   174   37   35   6   18   0   0   13   1  0  8.83  
 1981           [Did not play]
 1982 32 NYA AL   1   1  .500  26   0   0  15   2   0   52.2   69   241   40   38  13   15   1   1   15   4  0  6.49  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons      97 100  .492 320 246  40  36   4   3 1750.2 1962  7541  949  857 217  480  12  38  681  31  8  4.41
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With BOA      56  24  .700 132  97  18  16   2   2  768.2  752  3188  325  293  82  208   0  20  346  10  2  3.43
   With DEA      13  17  .433  37  37  13   0   0   0  268.0  284  1141  139  121  36   66   4   6   82   6  2  4.06
   With MNA       9  24  .273  39  39   4   0   0   0  235.0  321  1069  175  163  40   73   2   5   74   2  3  6.24
   With CIN      14  13  .519  46  35   4   4   0   1  234.0  235   975  104   94  16   52   1   3  100   5  0  3.62
   With SEA       3  16  .158  33  33   1   0   0   0  156.2  246   753  129  113  24   48   4   3   51   3  1  6.49
   With NYA       1   1  .500  26   0   0  15   2   0   52.2   69   241   40   38  13   15   1   1   15   4  0  6.49
   With TEA       1   5  .167   7   5   0   1   0   0   35.2   55   174   37   35   6   18   0   0   13   1  0  8.83
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     124  99  .556 345 295  79  17   3  15 2040.1 2105  8544  947  863 202  559  49  15  750  40  9  3.81
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1971 21 CIN NL  39   33   4.4   0  3.70   16   3   0  .188   0    3    3 1.000    1    0 1.000    2   
 1972 22 CIN NL  19   73   4.0   0  4.60   49   3   0  .061   0    9    8  .889    4    1  .800  -54   
 1973 23 MNA AL  13  194   7.5   0  3.64    0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000   17   10  .630  140   
 1974 24 BOA AL  25  138   4.2   0  5.36    0   0   0  .000   4   12    7  .583   27   16  .628   22   
 1975 25 BOA AL  21   57   4.5   0  4.50    0   0   0  .000   0    5    5 1.000    1    5  .167  -34   
 1976 26 BOA AL  28   45   3.3   3  4.45    0   0   0  .000   0    4    3  .750    5    2  .714  -90   
 1977 27 BOA AL  28  113   4.4   0  5.45    0   0   0  .000   2    9    7  .778    3    4  .429  -54   
 1978 28 DEA AL  22  143   4.8   0  4.49    0   0   0  .000   0    8    7  .875   11    8  .579   75   
 1979 29 SEA AL  29  145   8.2   0  4.06    0   0   0  .000   4   11    5  .455   22    7  .759   49   
 1980 30 TEA AL  27   40  10.4   0  4.20    0   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    5    1  .833   79   
 1981           [Did not play]
 1982 32 NYA AL  22   41   6.9   2          0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  114   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons         1027   5.3   5         65   6   0  .092  11   67   50  .746   96   54  .640   22   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #7 (Class of 1959/1982): 0 of 18 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974 ALCS  BOA OAA   W    2  7.36   0-1   0  2  11.0  17   9   3  10
      WS    BOA CIN   L    2  3.86   0-1   0  2  14.0   7   6   3   9
 1976 ALCS  BOA KCA   L    2  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.2   1   0   0   1
 1977 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    1  6.35   0-0   0  1   5.2   5   4   1   0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    2  5.54   0-2   0  2  13.0  13   8   6   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1974: Round 1 (#13 overall) by BOA
• 1978: Round 2 (#27 overall) by DEA
• 1979: Round 8 (#122 overall) by SEA

Transaction History

• 1973-02: traded by CIN to MNA with Ron Woods for Ken Berry, Dick Woodson
• 1978 postseason: released by DEA
• 1980-17: acquired by TEA as a free agent
• 1982-01: acquired by NYA as a free agent

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1971 CIN 87-75 Alan Boodman 1972 CIN 106-56 Alan Boodman 1973 MNA 64-98 Rick Ramacier 1974 BOA 93-69 Mike Tomeo 1975 BOA 107-55 Mike Tomeo 1976 BOA 108-54 Mike Tomeo 1977 BOA 110-52 Mike Tomeo 1978 DEA 81-81 Dennis Van Langen 1979 SEA 68-94 Jeff Tripodi 1980 TEA 67-95 Jim Sheehan 1982 NYA 95-67 Robert Rescigno

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