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John Denny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ).

High School: Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 12, 1974 (Age 21-308d, 13,574th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 18, 1986 (Age 33-283d)
vs. SDP 8.2 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Richie Bry

Full Name: John Allen Denny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.2

123

108

ERA

3.59

325

322

2148.2

1146

WHIP

1.336

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-11 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	299	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-9		99	8.1	6	3	2	1	9	1	0	2.16	2.53	33	11	6	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.146	1.77	0.13%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
2	300	7	Apr 16	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.51	2.49	25	12	6	3	1	1	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	-0.042	1.39	-0.04%	-0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	301	11	Apr 23	CIN		SDP	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	6	3.2	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.44	19	8	8	1	0	2	24			0	0	0	19	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.334	1.33	-0.26%	-2.66	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out tie
4	302	15	Apr 27	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	4.0	6	5	2	2	0	1	0	4.50	3.36	22	9	5	0	0	6	34			1	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	1	3	.78	-0.284	.97	-0.21%	-3.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	303	19	May 3	CIN		NYM	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	5	7.0	8	4	3	2	2	1	1	4.34	3.84	31	15	10	5	0	1	47			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.102	.53	-0.03%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	304	23	May 8	CIN		ATL	L,5-10	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	3.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.63	4.55	18	4	9	6	0	0	22			0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	.57	-0.399	.29	-0.12%	-4.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
7	305	27	May 12	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	9	3	3	3	10	0	1	5.31	4.03	33	16	3	0	0	0	54			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.204	.66	-0.05%	-0.58	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a1
8	306	31	May 16	CIN		PIT	W,7-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	3	6.0	4	2	2	3	7	0	0	5.00	3.75	25	12	3	1	0	0	60			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.186	.35	0.04%	1.51	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
9	307	35	May 21	CIN	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.1	7	5	5	2	2	1	1	5.36	4.00	26	11	3	0	0	7	34			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.377	.45	-0.09%	-2.09	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d1
10	308	39	May 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	5.34	4.08	31	13	4	0	2	9	44			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.178	.67	0.07%	-0.61	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out a4
11	309	43	May 30	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GS-3		4	2.1	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.58	4.04	13	6	5	3	0	0	31			0	0	1	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.221	.68	-0.07%	-1.94	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	310	47	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	2	3	1	0	0	5.35	4.03	26	10	12	6	0	0	46			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	1	0	.72	-0.099	.31	-0.03%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	311	51	Jun 8(1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	7.0	6	2	1	0	10	1	0	4.95	3.82	26	7	3	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.240	.87	0.10%	1.08	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
14	312	56	Jun 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	7.0	7	3	3	5	3	2	1	4.86	4.20	31	9	13	3	0	0	49			0	2	1	23	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.04	-0.020	.43	-0.01%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
15	313	61	Jun 18	CIN		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.62	4.24	34	15	8	4	0	2	57			2	1	0	29	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.06	0.132	.62	0.05%	1.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	314	66	Jun 22	CIN		ATL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-6)	3	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.47	4.07	26	13	5	1	0	0	63			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.164	.67	0.06%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
17	315	71	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	L,1-5	GS-9	L(5-7)	5	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.38	3.97	31	18	8	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.32	0.076	.64	0.02%	1.38	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	316	75	Jul 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	7	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.56	4.05	28	11	4	1	0	7	38			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.274	.26	-0.08%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
19	317	80	Jul 8	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	4.47	3.97	24	9	7	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.061	.58	-0.02%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
20	318	84	Jul 12	CIN	@	MON	W,2-0	GS-6	W(6-8)	3	6.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.25	3.86	21	10	3	1	0	0	74			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.344	.92	0.20%	2.78	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
21	319	89	Jul 20	CIN		PHI	L,3-9	GS-6	L(6-9)	7	5.2	8	7	7	6	4	0	0	4.56	3.90	32	11	4	0	0	7	23			1	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.20	-0.269	2.04	-0.27%	-3.42	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
22	320	94	Jul 25	CIN		MON	W,9-2	CG	W(7-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.39	3.86	32	16	5	0	0	5	73			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.068	.42	0.03%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
23	321	99	Jul 30	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-9	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	5.1	10	6	6	5	8	1	0	4.61	3.91	31	8	7	3	0	3	27			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	1	0	.70	-0.284	.66	-0.16%	-4.14	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	322	103	Aug 4	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-10)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.45	3.85	27	13	6	1	2	5	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.172	.44	0.04%	2.08	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	323	108	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	GS-6	W(9-10)	4	6.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.39	3.77	24	12	9	2	0	0	53			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.099	.68	0.04%	0.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
26	324	113	Aug 14	CIN		SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	4.15	3.61	29	13	5	0	0	3	89			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.566	.41	0.14%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	325	118	Aug 18	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	GS-9	W(11-10)	3	8.2	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.20	3.62	33	14	14	4	0	0	51			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.352	.19	0.06%	0.75	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a3
							16-11		W-L:11-10	4.0	171.1	179	89	80	56	115	15	4	4.20	3.62	731	1.75		11%	1%	75	50		---%	12	9	2	658	36	5	9	18	4	8	1.00	-0.247	.71	-0.48%	-4.76

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