Mudcat Grant stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 571
- W
- 145
- L
- 119
- ERA
- 3.63
- IP
- 2441.2
- K
- 1,267
- BB
- 849
- WHIP
- 1.29
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CLE | 44 | 10 | 11 | 3.84 | 204.0 | 111 | 104 | 1.36 |
| 1959 | CLE | 38 | 10 | 7 | 4.14 | 165.1 | 85 | 81 | 1.34 |
| 1960 | CLE | 33 | 9 | 8 | 4.40 | 159.2 | 75 | 78 | 1.41 |
| 1961 | CLE | 35 | 15 | 9 | 3.86 | 244.2 | 146 | 109 | 1.29 |
| 1962 | CLE | 26 | 7 | 10 | 4.27 | 149.2 | 90 | 81 | 1.40 |
| 1963 | CLE | 38 | 13 | 14 | 3.69 | 229.1 | 157 | 87 | 1.31 |
| 1964 |  CLE/MIN | 39 | 14 | 13 | 3.67 | 228.0 | 118 | 61 | 1.34 |
| 1965 | MIN | 41 | 21 | 7 | 3.30 | 270.1 | 142 | 61 | 1.16 |
| 1966 | MIN | 35 | 13 | 13 | 3.25 | 249.0 | 110 | 49 | 1.19 |
| 1967 | MIN | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4.72 | 95.1 | 50 | 17 | 1.45 |
| 1968 | LAD | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2.09 | 94.2 | 35 | 19 | 1.01 |
| 1969 |  WSH/STL | 41 | 8 | 11 | 4.42 | 114.0 | 55 | 36 | 1.42 |
| 1970 |  PIT/ATH | 80 | 8 | 3 | 1.86 | 135.1 | 58 | 32 | 1.06 |
| 1971 |  ATH/PIT | 57 | 6 | 3 | 3.17 | 102.1 | 35 | 34 | 1.35 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.52
- IP
- 25.0
- K
- 14
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.08
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 89
- SHO
- 18
- K/9
- 4.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CLE | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CLE | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CLE | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CLE | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CLE | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CLE | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CLE/MIN | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | MIN | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | MIN | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | LAD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | WSH/STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | PIT/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | ATH/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mudcat Grant's career stats?
Mudcat Grant played 14 seasons for the Guardians, the Twins and the Dodgers. He had 145 wins and 1,267 strikeouts with a 3.63 ERA over 2,441.2 innings. His best season was 1965: 21 wins, a 3.30 ERA and 142 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1958 to 1971
Mudcat Grant led MLB in ERA (1970); finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
Championships
- 1971 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 271st in wins (pitching) (145)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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