John Denny

Full Name: John Allen Denny Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185 First Game: September 12, 1974 Birthdate: November 8, 1952 Final Game: August 18, 1986 Birthplace: Prescott, Arizona MLB Experience: 13 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on November 8, 1952 in Prescott, Arizona, John Denny (John Allen Denny) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 13 year career. Denny broke into the bigs on September 12, 1974 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.97 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Denny's best season was 1983, when he posted a 2.37 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 139 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	STL	N	2	0	0	0	.00	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1975	STL	N	25	24	10	7	3.97	72	73	60	3	2	0	136	149	5	51	6	8	3
1976	STL	N	30	30	11	9	2.52	74	71	58	8	3	0	207	189	11	74	3	5	8
1977	STL	N	26	26	8	8	4.51	60	85	75	3	1	0	149.2	165	9	62	0	6	5
1978	STL	N	33	33	14	11	2.96	103	81	77	11	2	0	234	200	13	74	4	8	6
1979	STL	N	31	31	8	11	4.85	99	116	111	5	2	0	206	206	24	100	7	6	3
1980	CLE	A	16	16	8	6	4.39	59	54	53	4	1	0	108.2	116	4	47	2	4	5
1981	CLE	A	19	19	10	6	3.15	94	62	51	6	3	0	145.2	139	9	66	3	10	3
1982	PHI	N	4	4	0	2	4.03	19	12	10	0	0	0	22.1	18	1	10	1	0	0
1982	CLE	A	21	21	6	11	5.01	94	80	77	5	0	0	138.1	126	11	73	2	5	6
1982	Total		25	25	6	13	4.87	113	92	87	5	0	0	160.2	144	12	83	3	5	6
1983	PHI	N	36	36	19	6	2.37	139	77	64	7	1	0	242.2	229	9	53	5	6	4
1984	PHI	N	22	22	7	7	2.45	94	53	42	2	0	0	154.1	122	11	29	2	0	4
1985	PHI	N	33	33	11	14	3.82	123	112	98	6	2	0	230.2	252	15	83	5	8	3
1986	CIN	N	27	27	11	10	4.20	115	89	80	2	1	0	171.1	179	15	56	9	2	4
Total	NL		269	266	99	85	3.46	899	771	675	47	14	0	1756	1712	113	592	42	49	40
Total	AL		56	56	24	23	4.15	247	196	181	15	4	0	392.2	381	24	186	7	19	14
Total			325	322	123	108	3.59	1146	967	856	62	18	0	2148.2	2093	137	778	49	68	54

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	STL	N	P	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	STL	N	P	25	24	136	11	30	4	2	0	2	6	8	6	.911
1976	STL	N	P	30	30	207	24	34	4	3	0	2	8	9	1	.935
1977	STL	N	P	26	26	149.2	9	37	3	3	0	1	7	4	4	.939
1978	STL	N	P	33	33	234	17	73	4	8	0	1	15	12	4	.957
1979	STL	N	P	31	31	206	16	36	2	4	0	1	8	6	1	.963
1980	CLE	A	P	16	16	108.2	8	18	1	2	0	0	8	6	0	.963
1981	CLE	A	P	19	19	145.2	14	40	3	7	0	0	7	5	1	.947
1982	PHI	N	P	4	4	22.1	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1982	CLE	A	P	21	21	138.1	12	19	0	2	0	1	11	4	1	1.000
1982	Total		P	25	25	160.2	13	26	0	3	0	1	11	4	2	1.000
1983	PHI	N	P	36	36	242.2	16	42	8	6	0	0	12	19	0	.879
1984	PHI	N	P	22	22	154.1	20	36	1	2	0	1	11	5	0	.982
1985	PHI	N	P	33	33	230.2	15	39	0	4	0	3	25	7	0	1.000
1986	CIN	N	P	27	27	171.1	16	40	2	2	0	1	12	9	2	.966
Total			P	325	322	2148.2	179	451	32	46	0	13	130	94	21	.952

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	STL	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	STL	N	26	44	4	10	0	3	.227	.227	.227	0	0	0	17	0	6	0	0	0
1976	STL	N	30	67	3	15	0	4	.224	.235	.254	2	0	1	27	0	7	1	0	0
1977	STL	N	26	51	4	5	0	2	.098	.132	.098	0	0	1	15	1	5	1	0	1
1978	STL	N	33	73	10	13	0	3	.178	.218	.247	3	1	4	21	0	7	0	0	0
1979	STL	N	31	70	5	9	0	3	.129	.139	.186	2	1	1	21	0	8	1	0	0
1980	CLE	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CLE	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	PHI	N	4	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.375	.167	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	Total		25	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.375	.167	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1983	PHI	N	36	77	7	13	0	2	.169	.190	.182	1	0	2	16	0	17	2	0	2
1984	PHI	N	22	47	3	9	0	4	.191	.204	.191	0	0	1	11	0	5	0	0	0
1985	PHI	N	33	81	2	10	0	4	.123	.165	.136	1	0	4	19	0	3	2	0	0
1986	CIN	N	27	54	6	12	0	4	.222	.263	.222	0	0	3	15	0	5	2	0	1
Total	NL		270	570	44	97	0	29	.170	.197	.193	9	2	19	164	1	63	9	0	4
Total	AL		56	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			326	570	44	97	0	29	.170	.197	.193	9	2	19	164	1	63	9	0	4

Transactions

• Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970 - signed June 19, 1970).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jerry Mumphrey to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bobby Bonds (December 7, 1979).
• Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
• Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 13, 1982).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Wil Culmer, Jerry Reed and Roy Smith (September 12, 1982).
• Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Jeff Gray to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Gary Redus and Tom Hume (December 11, 1985).
• Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).