Wayne Granger stats
Bio
- Age
- 82 yearsMar 15, 1944
Wayne Granger played 9 MLB seasons, 1968 to 1976.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 451
- W
- 35
- L
- 35
- ERA
- 3.14
- IP
- 638.2
- K
- 303
- BB
- 201
- WHIP
- 1.30
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | STL | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2.25 | 44.0 | 27 | 12 | 1.18 |
| 1969 | CIN | 90 | 9 | 6 | 2.80 | 144.2 | 68 | 40 | 1.26 |
| 1970 | CIN | 67 | 6 | 5 | 2.66 | 84.2 | 38 | 27 | 1.25 |
| 1971 | CIN | 70 | 7 | 6 | 3.33 | 100.0 | 51 | 28 | 1.22 |
| 1972 | MIN | 63 | 4 | 6 | 3.01 | 89.2 | 45 | 28 | 1.24 |
| 1973 |  NYY/STL | 40 | 2 | 5 | 3.63 | 62.0 | 24 | 24 | 1.50 |
| 1974 | CHW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 2.48 |
| 1975 | HOU | 55 | 2 | 5 | 3.65 | 74.0 | 30 | 23 | 1.34 |
| 1976 | WSH | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 | 32.0 | 16 | 16 | 1.50 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 15.00
- IP
- 3.0
- K
- 2
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 3.33
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYY/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 82 yearsMar 15, 1944
- Debut
- 1968
What were Wayne Granger's career stats?
Wayne Granger played 9 seasons for the Cardinals, the Reds, the Twins, the White Sox, the Astros and the Nationals. He had 35 wins and 303 strikeouts with a 3.14 ERA over 638.2 innings. His best season was 1969: 9 wins, a 2.80 ERA and 68 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1968 to 1976
Wayne Granger led MLB in saves (1970); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 156th in saves (108)
Among the 9,243 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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