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Jason Grimsley

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Full Name: Jason Alan Grimsley Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180 First Game: September 8, 1989
Birthdate: August 7, 1967 MLB Experience: 15 years
Birthplace: Cleveland, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

==Biography==Jason Grimsley is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Over the course of his career, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Baltimore Orioles, and Arizona Diamondbacks

On June 6, 2006, Grimsley was the subject of a Federal raid, looking for evidence that he was a distributor of performance-enhancing drugs [1]. He confessed to using HGH, steroids, and amphetamines during the 2003 season, and was suspended for 50 games for violating the Major League Baseball steroid policy on June 12, 2006 [2]. He was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and has not returned to Major League Baseball.

There is some disagreement on what was Jason Grimsley's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1999, when he posted a 3.60 ERA. However, others believe that it was 2001, when he posted a 3.02 ERA and struck out 61 batters.

Grimsley was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. The report states that, after Grimsley met former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski in 2000, Grimsley purchased at least fourteen orders of performance-enhancing drugs. These drugs included HGH, Deca-Durabolin, and diet pills and were bought between 2000 and 2004, for a total of $35,400. Grimsley also discussed steroids with former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee, allegedly showing McNamee a bottle of 5 mg Winstrol tablets. The report also goes on to detail the evidence that lead to Grimsley being suspended in 2006 for violating MLB's steroid policy.

Grimsley declined to speak with investigators for the Mitchell Report.

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Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1989 PHI N 4 4 1 3 5.89 7 13 12 0 0 0 18.1 19 2 19 1 2 0
1990 PHI N 11 11 3 2 3.30 41 21 21 0 0 0 57.1 47 1 43 0 6 2
1991 PHI N 12 12 1 7 4.87 42 34 33 0 0 0 61 54 4 41 3 14 3
1993 CLE A 10 6 3 4 5.31 27 26 25 0 0 0 42.1 52 3 20 1 2 1
1994 CLE A 14 13 5 2 4.57 59 47 42 1 0 0 82.2 91 7 34 1 6 6
1995 CLE A 15 2 0 0 6.09 25 24 23 0 0 1 34 37 4 32 1 7 2
1996 CAL A 35 20 5 7 6.84 82 110 99 2 1 0 130.1 150 14 74 5 11 13
1999 NY A 55 0 7 2 3.60 49 39 30 0 0 1 75 66 7 40 5 8 4
2000 NY A 63 4 3 2 5.04 53 58 54 0 0 1 96.1 100 10 42 1 16 5
2001 KC A 73 0 1 5 3.02 61 32 27 0 0 0 80.1 71 8 28 5 4 2
2002 KC A 70 0 4 7 3.91 59 32 31 0 0 1 71.1 64 4 37 8 8 1
2003 KC A 76 0 2 6 5.16 58 47 43 0 0 0 75 88 6 36 5 4 5
2004 KC A 32 0 3 3 3.38 18 11 10 0 0 0 26.2 24 1 15 3 4 1
2004 BAL A 41 0 2 4 4.21 21 25 17 0 0 0 36.1 37 3 20 3 2 2
2004 TOT A 73 0 5 7 3.86 39 36 27 0 0 0 63 61 4 35 6 6 3
2005 BAL A 22 0 1 2 5.73 10 15 14 0 0 0 22 24 5 9 2 1 0
2006 ARI N 19 0 1 2 4.88 10 15 15 0 0 0 27.2 30 4 8 2 1 0
Total NL 46 27 6 14 4.44 100 83 81 0 0 0 164.1 150 11 111 6 23 5
Total AL 506 45 36 44 4.84 522 466 415 3 1 4 772.1 804 72 387 40 73 42
Total 552 72 42 58 4.77 622 549 496 3 1 4 936.2 954 83 498 46 96 47

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1989 PHI N P 4 4 18.1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .833
1990 PHI N P 11 11 57.1 13 8 1 2 0 0 5 4 0 .955
1991 PHI N P 12 12 61 2 14 1 3 0 2 14 1 1 .941
1993 CLE A P 10 6 42.1 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1.000
1994 CLE A P 14 13 82.2 6 9 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 1.000
1995 CLE A P 15 2 34 0 8 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 1.000
1996 CAL A P 35 20 130.1 23 18 2 2 0 3 16 3 0 .953
1999 NY A P 55 0 75 8 13 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1.000
2000 NY A P 63 4 96.1 11 11 2 4 0 1 3 1 0 .917
2001 KC A P 73 0 80.1 6 12 4 2 0 1 8 6 1 .818
2002 KC A P 70 0 71.1 6 10 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 .941
2003 KC A P 76 0 75 17 14 1 2 0 1 7 2 0 .969
2004 KC A P 32 0 26.2 3 7 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 .833
2004 BAL A P 41 0 36.1 7 5 2 0 0 0 8 2 0 .857
2004 TOT A P 73 0 63 10 12 4 0 0 2 13 2 0 .846
2005 BAL A P 22 0 22 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
2006 ARI N P 19 0 27.2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Total P 552 72 936.2 107 142 18 21 0 17 98 25 3 .933

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1989 PHI N 4 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1990 PHI N 12 16 1 3 0 2 .188 .235 .188 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0
1991 PHI N 12 17 2 1 0 0 .059 .158 .059 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CLE A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE A 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CAL A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NY A 55 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NY A 63 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 KC A 73 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 KC A 70 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 KC A 76 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 KC A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BAL A 41 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TOT A 73 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BAL A 22 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI N 19 4 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 47 42 4 4 0 2 .095 .156 .095 0 0 3 12 0 5 0 0 0
Total AL 506 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 553 43 4 4 0 2 .093 .188 .093 0 0 5 13 0 5 0 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 6, 1985).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Houston Astros in exchange for Curt Schilling (April 2, 1992).
  • Released by Houston Astros (March 30, 1993).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 7, 1993).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Pep Harris to California Angels in exchange for Brian Anderson (February 15, 1996).
  • Granted free agency (October 8, 1996).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 17, 1997).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (March 20, 1997).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 3, 1997).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jamie Brewington (July 29, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1997).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 8, 1998).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1998).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (January 26, 1999).
  • Released by New York Yankees (November 20, 2000).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 19, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2003).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 7, 2003).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Denny Bautista (June 21, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
  • Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 22, 2005).
  • Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (June 7, 2006).

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