Jason Grilli

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2017)

W–L 34–47
ERA 4.22
WHIP 1.37
SO 694
Pitcher PIV 4436.1
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 235 lb
Born
11/11/1976 in Royal Oak, MI, USA
MLB Debut
2000-05-11
Last Game
2017-10-01
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Jason Michael Grilli

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
34 47 595 16 1 0 79 684.7 644 321 76 292 694 4.22 4436.1

Career ERA 4.22 vs. league average 4.24 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2000 FLO NL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 11 4 2 3 5.40 — 0.0
2001 FLO NL 2 2 6 5 0 0 0 26.7 30 18 11 17 6.07 4.42 (-38%) -1162.7
2004 CHA AL 2 3 8 8 1 0 0 45.0 52 37 20 26 7.40 4.46 (-66%) -2407.7
2005 DET AL 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 16.0 14 6 6 5 3.38 4.29 (+21%) -16.6
2006 DET AL 2 3 51 0 0 0 0 62.0 61 29 25 31 4.21 4.53 (+7%) -510.9
2007 DET AL 5 3 57 0 0 0 0 79.7 81 42 32 62 4.74 4.47 (-6%) 1175.7
2008 DET AL 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 13.7 12 5 7 10 3.29 4.32 (+24%) -17.8
2008 COL NL 3 2 51 0 0 0 1 61.3 55 20 31 59 2.93 4.32 (+32%) 2078.3
2009 COL NL 0 1 22 0 0 0 1 19.3 29 13 13 22 6.05 4.32 (-40%) 67.2
2009 TEX AL 2 2 30 0 0 0 0 26.3 21 14 14 27 4.78 4.32 (-11%) 383.3
2011 PIT NL 2 1 28 0 0 0 1 32.7 24 9 15 37 2.48 3.94 (+37%) 527.4
2012 PIT NL 1 6 64 0 0 0 2 58.7 45 19 22 90 2.91 4.01 (+27%) 1795.6
2013 PIT NL 0 2 54 0 0 0 33 50.0 40 15 13 74 2.70 3.87 (+30%) 2396.4
2014 PIT NL 0 2 22 0 0 0 11 20.3 22 11 11 21 4.87 3.74 (-30%) -840.7
2014 LAA AL 1 3 40 0 0 0 1 33.7 29 13 10 36 3.48 3.74 (+7%) 1346.3
2015 ATL NL 3 4 36 0 0 0 24 33.7 28 11 10 45 2.94 3.96 (+26%) 1557.5
2016 ATL NL 1 2 21 0 0 0 2 17.0 16 10 13 23 5.29 4.19 (-26%) -106.6
2016 TOR AL 6 4 46 0 0 0 2 42.0 28 17 19 58 3.64 4.19 (+13%) -104.5
2017 TOR AL 2 4 26 0 0 0 1 20.7 24 16 9 23 6.97 4.36 (-60%) -1829.8
2017 TEX AL 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 19.3 22 12 9 25 5.59 4.36 (-28%) 105.6
Career · 20 seasons 34 47 595 16 1 0 79 684.2 644 321 292 694 4.22 — 4,436

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
595 15 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0

Career AVG .200 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 23.2% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 39.0% below league average.

Career SLG .400 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .600 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — 19.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2000 FLO NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2001 FLO NL 6 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 .286 — — — — 0.0
2004 CHA AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 DET AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 DET AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 COL NL 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 COL NL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 PIT NL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 PIT NL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 LAA AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 ATL NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 ATL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 TOR AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 TEX AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 20 seasons 595 15 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 .200 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2016 ALCS TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALDS1 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALWC TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALDS1 LAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 NLDS1 PIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 NLWC PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 ALCS DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 ALDS1 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 WS DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 16 0 1 12.0 5 0 4 10 0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2016 ALCS TOR 0 0 2 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0.00
2016 ALDS1 TOR 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2016 ALWC TOR 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2014 ALDS1 LAA 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2013 NLDS1 PIT 0 0 3 0 1 2.3 3 0 0 3 0.00
2013 NLWC PIT 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2006 ALCS DET 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 3 1 0.00
2006 ALDS1 DET 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.00
2006 WS DET 0 0 2 0 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home319110202.182
Away27641111.250

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home319372.13631821493704.40
Away276312.12811391433244.01

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2017-10-01 TEXOAK — 1.0000010
2017-09-06 TEXATL — 1.0211020
2017-09-03 TEXLAA — 1.0222020
2017-09-01 TEXLAA — 0.1322000
2017-08-29 TEXHOU — 1.0100010
2017-08-24 TEXLAA — 1.0000200
2017-08-20 TEXCHW — 1.0200010
2017-08-19 TEXCHW — 1.0211021
2017-08-15 TEXDET — 1.0311011
2017-08-12 TEXHOU — 1.0000110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 595 16 29 79 8 6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2000 FLO P 1 1 0 1 0 0
2001 FLO P 6 5 1 3 0 0
2004 CHA P 8 8 2 3 2 0
2005 DET P 3 2 2 3 0 0
2006 DET P 51 0 2 6 0 0
2007 DET P 57 0 0 13 2 0
2008 DET P 9 0 3 2 0 1
2008 COL P 51 0 0 5 1 1
2009 COL P 22 0 2 3 1 0
2009 TEX P 30 0 2 7 0 0
2011 PIT P 28 0 1 9 0 1
2012 PIT P 64 0 5 4 0 0
2013 PIT P 54 0 3 2 0 0
2014 PIT P 22 0 1 1 0 1
2014 LAA P 40 0 1 6 0 1
2015 ATL P 36 0 1 3 1 0
2016 ATL P 21 0 1 0 0 0
2016 TOR P 46 0 1 4 1 0
2017 TOR P 26 0 0 3 0 1
2017 TEX P 20 0 1 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 595

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2013 Reliever of the Month April
2013 Reliever of the Month May

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 ATL NL $3,625,000
2015 ATL NL $4,250,000
2014 PIT NL $4,250,000
2013 PIT NL $2,500,000
2012 PIT NL $1,100,000
2009 COL NL $800,000
2008 DET AL $420,000
2007 DET AL $395,000
2006 DET AL $350,000
2001 FLO NL $200,000
Total Career Earnings $17,890,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Seton Hall University South Orange NJ 1995, 1996, 1997

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Jason Grilli (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    David Hernandez
    38-47, 4.12 ERA
  2. 97
    Stan Belinda
    41-37, 4.15 ERA
  3. 97
    Dan Miceli
    43-52, 4.48 ERA
  4. 95
    Darren Holmes
    35-33, 4.25 ERA
  5. 94
    Mike Trombley
    37-47, 4.48 ERA
  6. 92
    Mark Wohlers
    39-29, 3.97 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Jason Grilli

What years did Jason Grilli play?
Jason Grilli played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2017.
Was Jason Grilli a pitcher?
Yes. Jason Grilli pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 694 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jason Grilli hit?
Jason Grilli hit 1 career home runs with 3 hits.