Jerry Reuss | Major Leaguer 1969-1990

Full Name: Jerry Reuss
Born: June 19,1949 in St. Louis, Missouri
Height: 6-5 Weight: 217 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Ritenour (St. Louis,MO)
College:

Father of Jason Reuss

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Drafted: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 2nd Round (30th overall) of 1967 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Apr 15,1972] - Traded by Cardinals to Astros for Lance Clemons and Scipio Spinks. [Oct 31,1973] - Traded by Astros to Pirates for Milt May. [Apr 7,1979] - Traded by Pirates to Dodgers for Rick Rhoden. [Apr 10,1987] - Released by Dodgers. [Apr 18,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Jun 14,1987] - Released by Reds. [Jun 19,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 29,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Jul 31,1989] - Traded by White Sox to Brewers for Brian Drahman. [Nov 8,1989] - Released by Brewers. [Mar 1,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Apr 3,1990] - Released by White Sox. [Apr 14,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Astros. [May 14,1990] - Released by Astros. [Jul 7,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Nov 5,1990] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1967	GCL Cards	GCL	18	Stl	Rk	0	0	5.14	2						7.0	7	6	4		3	6			9.00	---	3.86	7.71	1.43	--
	Cedar Rpds	Midw	18	Stl	A	2	5	1.86	9						58.0	44	20	12		19	63			6.83	---	2.95	9.78	1.09	--
	Tulsa	PCL	18	Stl	AAA	0	0	54.00	1						1.0	2	6	6		4	1			18.00	---	36.00	9.00	6.00	--
1968	Arkansas	Tex	19	Stl	AA	7	8	2.17	17						112.0	75	43	27		45	86			6.03	---	3.62	6.91	1.07	--
1969	Tulsa	Amer	20	Stl	AAA	13	11	4.06	30						186.0	188	112	84		116	151			9.10	---	5.61	7.31	1.63	--
	St. Louis	NL	20	Stl	MLB	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	2.57	0.00	3.86	3.86	0.71	--
1970	Tulsa	Amer	21	Stl	AAA	7	2	2.12	11						85.0	69	26	20		28	69			7.31	---	2.96	7.31	1.14	--
	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	7	8	4.10	20	20	5	2	0	0	127.1	132	62	58	9	49	74	8	1	9.33	0.64	3.46	5.23	1.42	57%
1971	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	14	14	4.78	36	35	7	2	0	0	211.0	228	125	112	15	109	131	9	2	9.73	0.64	4.65	5.59	1.60	59%
1972	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	9	13	4.17	33	30	4	1	1	1	192.0	177	101	89	14	83	174	7	2	8.30	0.66	3.89	8.16	1.35	61%
1973	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	16	13	3.74	41	40	12	3	1	0	279.1	271	123	116	17	117	177	10	1	8.73	0.55	3.77	5.70	1.39	52%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	16	11	3.50	35	35	14	1	0	0	260.0	259	115	101	20	101	105	7	1	8.97	0.69	3.50	3.63	1.38	51%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	18	11	2.54	32	32	15	6	0	0	237.1	224	73	67	10	78	131	4	1	8.49	0.38	2.96	4.97	1.27	55%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	14	9	3.53	31	29	11	3	2	2	209.1	209	98	82	16	51	108	7	0	8.99	0.69	2.19	4.64	1.24	58%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	10	13	4.11	33	33	8	2	0	0	208.0	225	109	95	11	71	116	11	1	9.74	0.48	3.07	5.02	1.42	62%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	3	2	4.90	23	12	3	1	3	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	42	3	1	10.56	0.54	2.50	4.57	1.45	53%
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	7	14	3.54	39	21	4	1	11	3	160.0	178	88	63	4	60	83	7	0	10.01	0.23	3.38	4.67	1.49	65%
1980	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	18	6	2.51	37	29	10	6	7	3	229.1	193	74	64	12	40	111	3	1	7.57	0.47	1.57	4.36	1.02	68%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	10	4	2.30	22	22	8	2	0	0	152.2	138	44	39	6	27	51	1	0	8.14	0.35	1.59	3.01	1.08	65%
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	18	11	3.11	39	37	8	4	2	0	254.2	232	98	88	11	50	138	7	3	8.20	0.39	1.77	4.88	1.11	64%
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	12	11	2.94	32	31	7	0	0	0	223.1	233	94	73	12	50	143	3	2	9.39	0.48	2.01	5.76	1.27	66%
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	5	7	3.82	30	15	2	0	9	1	99.0	102	51	42	4	31	44	4	1	9.27	0.36	2.82	4.00	1.34	65%
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	14	10	2.92	34	33	5	3	0	0	212.2	210	78	69	13	58	84	5	0	8.89	0.55	2.45	3.55	1.26	58%
1986	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	2	6	5.84	19	13	0	0	3	1	74.0	96	57	48	13	17	29	2	0	11.68	1.58	2.07	3.53	1.53	61%
1987	Nashville	Amer	38	Cin	AAA	0	2	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	16	8	8	1	6	4	1		12.00	0.75	4.50	3.00	1.83	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	1.00	75%
	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	4	5	5.25	17	16	1	1	1	0	82.1	112	60	48	16	17	37	3	0	12.24	1.75	1.86	4.04	1.57	61%
	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	0	5	7.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	52	31	30	2	12	10	1	1	13.50	0.52	3.12	2.60	1.85	53%
1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	13	9	3.44	32	29	2	0	1	0	183.0	183	79	70	15	43	73	3	4	9.00	0.74	2.11	3.59	1.23	55%
1989	Milwaukee	AL	40	Mil	MLB	1	4	5.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	36	23	20	7	13	13	0	0	9.63	1.87	3.48	3.48	1.46	50%
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	8	5	5.06	23	19	1	1	0	0	106.2	135	65	60	12	21	27	1	0	11.39	1.01	1.77	2.28	1.46	46%
1990	Columbus	Sou	41	Hou	AA	1	0	1.66	10	0	0	0	3	0	21.2	23	4	4	1	4	11	0		9.56	0.42	1.66	4.57	1.25	--
	Buffalo	Amer	41	Pit	AAA	4	4	3.52	14	9	0	0	2	1	61.1	73	25	24	1	12	29	2		10.71	0.15	1.76	4.26	1.39	--
	Tucson	PCL	41	Hou	AAA	0	0	15.20	5	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	18	14	9	0	2	3	0		30.39	0.00	3.38	5.07	3.75	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	41	Pit	MLB	0	0	3.52	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	3	3	1	3	1	1	0	9.40	1.17	3.52	1.17	1.44	44%

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						220	191	3.64	628	547	127	39	41	11	3,669.2	3734	1700	1483	245	1127	1907	107	23	9.16	0.60	2.76	4.68	1.32	59%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						34	32	3.25	101						549.1	515	264	198		239	423			8.44	---	3.92	6.93	1.37	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1969	St. Louis	NL	20	Stl	MLB	p	9	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	0%
1970	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	p	9	20	40	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	32	0	0	5	0	0	.050	.116	.050	166	42%
1971	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	p	9	36	65	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	36	0	0	11	0	0	.123	.240	.138	378	67%
1972	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	p	9	33	66	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	40	0	0	1	0	3	.106	.169	.136	305	60%
1973	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	p	9	42	95	7	13	3	0	0	8	0	0	4	45	0	0	9	1	1	.137	.170	.168	338	75%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	35	86	7	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	8	25	0	0	4	0	1	.151	.223	.163	386	58%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	71	6	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	27	0	0	10	0	0	.197	.250	.225	475	55%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	31	66	7	16	1	1	0	8	0	0	9	22	0	0	3	0	0	.242	.333	.288	621	53%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	35	70	3	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	26	0	0	4	0	1	.171	.237	.200	437	76%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	23	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	.185	.185	.259	444	50%
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	p	9	39	42	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	1	0	3	0	1	.167	.239	.190	429	74%
1980	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	p	9	37	68	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	25	0	0	4	0	0	.088	.162	.147	309	67%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	p	9	22	51	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	7	0	0	.196	.196	.196	392	76%
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	p	9	39	77	8	17	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	28	0	0	16	0	4	.221	.241	.260	501	70%
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	p	9	32	71	4	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	28	0	0	10	0	1	.282	.301	.310	611	68%
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	p	9	30	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	2	0	1	.167	.259	.208	467	54%
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	p	9	34	74	1	10	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	28	0	0	6	1	1	.135	.156	.135	291	63%
1986	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	p	9	19	20	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.300	586	86%
1987	Nashville	Amer	38	Cin	AAA	p		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	p	9	7	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.250	375	100%
	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	p	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	100%
	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Milwaukee	AL	40	Mil	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Buffalo	Amer	41	Pit	AAA	p		14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	41	Pit	MLB	p	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)								631	1024	71	171	24	1	1	58	1	0	69	433	1	0	99	2	15	.167	.220	.195	415	65%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	25		Ch	0	2	3.73	2		0			0	9.2	7		4		8	3			6.52	---	7.45	2.80	1.55	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	26		Ch	0	1	13.53	1		0			0	2.2	4		4		4	1			13.53	---	13.53	3.38	3.01	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	32		Div	1	0	0.00	2		1			0	18.0	10		0		5	7			5.00	---	2.50	3.50	0.83	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	32		Ch	0	1	5.14	1		0			0	7.0	7		4		1	2			9.00	---	1.29	2.57	1.14	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	32		Ws	1	1	3.86	2		1			0	11.2	10		5		3	8			7.72	---	2.32	6.17	1.11	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	34		Ch	0	2	4.50	2		0			0	12.0	14		6		3	4			10.50	---	2.25	3.00	1.42	--
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	36		Ch	0	1	10.84	1		0			0	1.2	5		2		1	0			27.11	---	5.42	0.00	3.61	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						2	8	3.59	11		2			0	62.2	57		25		25	25			8.19	---	3.59	3.59	1.31	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	Ch	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	Ch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	Div	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	Ch	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	Ws	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	Ch	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						11	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.050	.000	050	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1969	St. Louis	NL	20	Stl	MLB	P	1		7	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.57

1970	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	P	20		127.1	8	18	1	27	0	-	-	-	.963	1.84

1971	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	P	36		211	6	26	2	34	0	-	-	-	.941	1.36

1972	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	P	33		192	4	25	4	33	0	-	-	-	.879	1.36

1973	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	P	41		279.1	4	37	3	44	2	-	-	-	.932	1.32

1974	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	35		260	11	37	5	53	1	-	-	-	.906	1.66

1975	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	32		237.1	6	48	0	54	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.05

1976	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	31		209.1	8	26	2	36	2	-	-	-	.944	1.46

1977	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	33		208	7	40	3	50	2	-	-	-	.940	2.03

1978	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	23		82.2	4	10	0	14	4	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1979	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	P	39		160	2	35	3	40	1	-	-	-	.925	2.08

1980	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	P	37		229.1	18	40	5	63	5	-	-	-	.921	2.28

1981	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	P	22		152.2	10	38	1	49	4	-	-	-	.980	2.83

1982	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	P	39		254.2	21	46	3	70	4	-	-	-	.957	2.37

1983	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	P	32		223.1	17	52	4	73	4	-	-	-	.945	2.78

1984	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	P	30		99	4	16	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	1.82

1985	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	P	34		212.2	12	27	3	42	0	-	-	-	.929	1.65

1986	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	P	19		74	5	16	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.55

1987	Nashville	Amer	38	Cin	AAA	P	2			0	7	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	P	17		82.1	7	18	1	26	3	-	-	-	.962	2.73
1987	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	P	7		34.2	1	3	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.04
1987	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	39	Chw	MLB	P	32		183	10	27	1	38	2	-	-	-	.974	1.82

1989	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	40	Chw	MLB	P	23		106.2	3	9	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.01
1989	Milwaukee	AL	40	Mil	MLB	P	7		33.2	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.60

1990	Columbus	Sou	41	Hou	AA	P	10			3	5	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	--
1990	Buffalo	Amer	41	Pit	AAA	P	14			5	10	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Tucson	PCL	41	Hou	AAA	P	5			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	41	Pit	MLB	P	4		7.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.52

Awards

[1975] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #23), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1980] - Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1996] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.43%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	980,000	45	299,108	5
1986	1,000,000	60	325,466	6
1987	1,100,000	49	292,853	6
1988	200,000		325,305	43
1989	590,000		375,257	23
1990	*100,000		426,358	71

Career:	$3,970,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1975, 1980)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
2006-2008	Los Angeles Dodgers [MLB]	Broadcaster