Jason Grimsley
| Jason Grimsley | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 7, 1967 Cleveland, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1989, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 31, 2006, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 42–58 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.77 | ||
| Strikeouts | 622 | ||
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Jason Alan Grimsley (born August 7, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
Like many relief pitchers, Grimsley began his career as a starting pitcher, but he became a full-time reliever while a member of the Yankees.
Grimsley began his career in 1989 and pitched very poorly, surrendering 13 runs in 18 1⁄3 innings. The following year, he went 3–2 and made 11starts. In 1991, he went 1–7 with a 4.87 ERA in 12 starts. Following the 1991 season, he was traded to the Houston Astros for Curt Schilling.
He spent the entire 1992 season in the minors and on March 30, 1993 he was released by Houston and signed with the Cleveland Indians. In his first season with Cleveland, he went 3–4 over 10 games, and in 1994, went 5–2 with a 4.57 ERA in 14 games. Grimsley is known for his leading role in the 1994 Bat Burglary involving Albert Belle and an allegedly corked bat that was taken away by umpires for examination by the league. Grimsley was the player who crawled through a Comiskey Park air conditioning duct to reach the room where the confiscated bat had been secured. He took the corked bat and replaced it with a clean bat. The incident made ESPN.com's "Biggest Cheaters in Baseball" list at number 4 and Foxsports.com list of the biggest cheaters in baseball history at #5. The next season, he was used mostly as a reliever, making only two starts. Following the season, on February 14, 1996 he was traded to the Angels.
Grimsley went 5–7 with a 6.84 ERA in 1996 while making a career-high 20 starts. On October 8, he was granted free agency.
Grimsley signed with the Tigers on January 17, 1997, but was released following spring training. On April 3, he signed with the Brewers and on July 29, was traded to the Royals for Jamie Brewington. He was granted free agency on October 15. On January 8, 1998, he was signed with the Cleveland Indians. He did not appear in a major league game that year and was granted free agency on October 15.
Grimsley signed with the Yankees on January 26, 1999. With the Yankees, he rebounded, going 7–2 with a 3.60 ERA in 55 relief outings, 25 as a closer, but earned only one save. Grimsley did not pitch in the 1999 American League Division Series or the 1999 American League Championship Series, but pitched 2 and 1/3 innings of two-hit, two-walk ball in the 1999 World Series. In 2000, he was 3–2 with a 5.04 ERA. In the 2000 ALCS, he pitched one scoreless inning and earned his second World Series ring when the Yankees defeated the Mets in five games despite not pitching in the World Series. On November 20, he was released by the Yankees.
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