What years did Jerry Reuss play?

Jerry Reuss played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1990.

Was Jerry Reuss a pitcher?

Yes. Jerry Reuss pitched in the major leagues, recording 220 wins and 1907 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jerry Reuss hit?

Jerry Reuss hit 1 career home runs with 171 hits.

What was Jerry Reuss's career batting average?

Jerry Reuss batted .167 over his career, with 171 hits in 1,024 at bats.

How many RBI did Jerry Reuss have?

Jerry Reuss drove in 58 runs in his career.

What was Jerry Reuss's career ERA?

Jerry Reuss finished with a 3.64 career ERA, going 220-191 with 1,907 strikeouts.

Jerry Reuss

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1969-1990)

Jerry Reuss was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1990 for 8 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 22 seasons. Across 628 career appearances, he went 220-191 with a 3.64 ERA and 1,907 strikeouts. He also batted .167 with 1 home runs. Jerry Reuss was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 29536.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 9, 2026

W–L 220–191

ERA 3.64

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,907

Pitcher PIV 29536.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 200 lb
Born: 6/19/1949 in St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 1969-09-27
Last Game: 1990-10-03
Awards: 2× All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jerry Reuss — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
220	191	628	547	127	39	11	3669.7	3,734	1,483	245	1,127	1,907	3.64	29536.4

Career ERA 3.64 vs. league average 3.78 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jerry Reuss Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1969	SLN	NL	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	3	3	0.00	—	0.0
1970	SLN	NL	7	8	20	20	5	2	0	127.3	132	58	49	74	4.10	3.89 (-5%)	1022.2
1971	SLN	NL	14	14	36	35	7	2	0	211.0	228	112	109	131	4.78	3.47 (-38%)	-1657.3
1972	HOU	NL	9	13	33	30	4	1	1	192.0	177	89	83	174	4.17	3.26 (-28%)	1379.3
1973	HOU	NL	16	13	41	40	12	3	0	279.3	271	116	117	177	3.74	3.75 (avg)	2715.4
1974	PIT	NL	16	11	35	35	14	1	0	260.0	259	101	101	105	3.50	3.63 (+4%)	-2080.8
1975	PIT	NL	18	11	32	32	15	6	0	237.3	224	67	78	131	2.54	3.71 (+32%)	4317.8
1976	PIT	NL	14	9	31	29	11	3	2	209.3	209	82	51	108	3.53	3.51 (avg)	874.8
1977	PIT	NL	10	13	33	33	8	2	0	208.0	225	95	71	116	4.11	4.00 (-3%)	3289.5
1978	PIT	NL	3	2	23	12	3	1	0	82.7	97	45	23	42	4.90	3.69 (-33%)	816.4
1979	LAN	NL	7	14	39	21	4	1	3	160.0	178	63	60	83	3.54	4.00 (+11%)	3309.9
1980	LAN	NL	18	6	37	29	10	6	3	229.3	193	64	40	111	2.51	3.84 (+35%)	5127.2
1981	LAN	NL	10	4	22	22	8	2	0	152.7	138	39	27	51	2.30	3.58 (+36%)	2091.5
1982	LAN	NL	18	11	39	37	8	4	0	254.7	232	88	50	138	3.11	3.86 (+19%)	7075.8
1983	LAN	NL	12	11	32	31	7	0	0	223.3	233	73	50	143	2.94	3.87 (+24%)	5845.2
1984	LAN	NL	5	7	30	15	2	0	1	99.0	102	42	31	44	3.82	3.81 (avg)	1179.5
1985	LAN	NL	14	10	34	33	5	3	0	212.7	210	69	58	84	2.92	3.89 (+25%)	1908.7
1986	LAN	NL	2	6	19	13	0	0	1	74.0	96	48	17	29	5.84	3.97 (-47%)	-1977.3
1987	LAN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	2	4.50	—	0.0
1987	CIN	NL	0	5	7	7	0	0	0	34.7	52	30	12	10	7.79	4.29 (-81%)	108.6
1987	CAL	AL	4	5	17	16	1	1	0	82.3	112	48	17	37	5.25	4.29 (-22%)	-1847.1
1988	CHA	AL	13	9	32	29	2	0	0	183.0	183	70	43	73	3.44	3.73 (+8%)	-261.7
1989	CHA	AL	8	5	23	19	1	1	0	106.7	135	60	21	27	5.06	3.71 (-36%)	-1823.4
1989	ML4	AL	1	4	7	7	0	0	0	33.7	36	20	13	13	5.35	3.71 (-44%)	-1877.5
1990	PIT	NL	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	7.7	8	3	3	1	3.52	—	0.0
Career · 25 seasons			220	191	628	547	127	39	11	3,669.2	3,734	1,483	1,127	1,907	3.64	—	29,536

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

Jerry Reuss — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
631	1,024	71	171	24	1	1	58	1	69	433	.167	.220	.195	.415	-5,316

Career AVG .167 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 35.1% below league average.

Career OBP .220 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 32.0% below league average.

Career SLG .195 vs. league average .382 across their career seasons — 48.9% below league average.

Career OPS .415 vs. league average .706 across their career seasons — 41.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jerry Reuss Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1969	SLN	NL	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	SLN	NL	20	40	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	32	.050	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	SLN	NL	36	65	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	10	36	.123	.249 (-51%)	.316 (-24%)	.365 (-62%)	.682 (-45%)	-414.6
1972	HOU	NL	33	66	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	5	40	.106	.243 (-56%)	.310 (-46%)	.353 (-61%)	.664 (-54%)	-527.4
1973	HOU	NL	42	95	7	13	3	0	0	8	0	4	45	.137	.256 (-47%)	.325 (-48%)	.378 (-56%)	.703 (-52%)	-786.4
1974	PIT	NL	35	86	7	13	1	0	0	4	0	8	25	.151	.256 (-41%)	.324 (-31%)	.369 (-56%)	.693 (-44%)	-572.6
1975	PIT	NL	32	71	6	14	2	0	0	2	0	5	27	.197	.257 (-23%)	.327 (-24%)	.374 (-40%)	.701 (-32%)	-351.2
1976	PIT	NL	31	66	7	16	1	1	0	8	0	9	22	.242	.255 (-5%)	.320 (+4%)	.360 (-20%)	.681 (-9%)	-61.0
1977	PIT	NL	35	70	3	12	2	0	0	6	0	6	26	.171	.264 (-35%)	.329 (-28%)	.401 (-50%)	.730 (-40%)	-442.6
1978	PIT	NL	23	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	.185	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	LAN	NL	39	42	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	3	19	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	LAN	NL	37	68	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	6	25	.088	.264 (-67%)	.326 (-50%)	.387 (-62%)	.714 (-57%)	-609.1
1981	LAN	NL	22	51	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	.196	.255 (-23%)	.320 (-39%)	.368 (-47%)	.688 (-43%)	-333.5
1982	LAN	NL	39	77	8	17	3	0	0	3	0	2	28	.221	.261 (-15%)	.324 (-26%)	.388 (-33%)	.712 (-30%)	-363.0
1983	LAN	NL	32	71	4	20	2	0	0	3	0	2	28	.282	.260 (+8%)	.324 (-7%)	.389 (-20%)	.714 (-14%)	-157.6
1984	LAN	NL	30	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	LAN	NL	34	74	1	10	0	0	0	7	0	2	28	.135	.257 (-47%)	.323 (-52%)	.390 (-65%)	.714 (-59%)	-696.5
1986	LAN	NL	19	20	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	LAN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	CIN	NL	7	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	CAL	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	CHA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	CHA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	ML4	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 25 seasons			631	1,024	71	171	24	1	1	58	1	69	433	.167	—	—	—	—	-5,315

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

Jerry Reuss — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jerry Reuss — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
1985	NLCS	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
1983	NLCS	LAN	2	3	0	3	.000
1981	NLCS	LAN	1	2	0	0	.000
1981	NWDIV	LAN	2	8	0	8	.000
1981	WS	LAN	2	3	1	2	.000
1975	NLCS	PIT	1	1	0	0	.000
1974	NLCS	PIT	2	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jerry Reuss — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	8	11	11	0	62.7	57	25	25	25	3.59

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jerry Reuss — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1985	NLCS	LAN	0	1	1	1	1.7	5	2	1	0	10.80
1983	NLCS	LAN	0	2	2	2	12.0	14	6	3	4	4.50
1981	NLCS	LAN	0	1	1	1	7.0	7	4	1	2	5.14
1981	NWDIV	LAN	1	0	2	2	18.0	10	0	5	7	0.00
1981	WS	LAN	1	1	2	2	11.7	10	5	3	8	3.86
1975	NLCS	PIT	0	1	1	1	2.7	4	4	4	1	13.50
1974	NLCS	PIT	0	2	2	2	9.7	7	4	8	3	3.72

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jerry Reuss — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	322	514	37	88	0	26	.171
Away	309	510	34	83	1	32	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Jerry Reuss — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	321	1978.1	1981	761	576	1045	3.46
Away	307	1691.1	1753	722	551	862	3.84

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jerry Reuss — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1990-10-03	PIT	NYN	—	5.1	6	3	3	1	1	1
1990-09-18	PIT	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990-09-10	PIT	PHI	—	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1990-09-07	PIT	WSN	—	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0
1989-09-27	MIL	BAL	L	7.0	5	4	4	2	1	1
1989-09-22	MIL	TOR	L	3.1	9	5	4	0	0	0
1989-09-16	MIL	TEX	—	4.2	6	3	3	4	3	0
1989-09-09	MIL	SEA	W	5.0	4	3	3	2	2	2
1989-08-21	MIL	BAL	L	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0
1989-08-09	MIL	DET	—	6.0	4	1	1	3	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jerry Reuss — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	628	548	170	603	42	38

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jerry Reuss — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1969	SLN	P	1	1	0	2	0	0
1970	SLN	P	20	20	8	18	1	0
1971	SLN	P	36	35	6	26	2	0
1972	HOU	P	33	30	4	25	4	0
1973	HOU	P	41	40	4	37	3	2
1974	PIT	P	35	35	11	37	5	1
1975	PIT	P	32	32	6	48	0	1
1976	PIT	P	31	29	8	26	2	2
1977	PIT	P	33	34	7	40	3	2
1978	PIT	P	23	12	4	10	0	4
1979	LAN	P	39	21	2	35	3	1
1980	LAN	P	37	29	18	40	5	5
1981	LAN	P	22	22	10	38	1	4
1982	LAN	P	39	37	21	46	3	4
1983	LAN	P	32	31	17	52	4	4
1984	LAN	P	30	15	4	16	1	0
1985	LAN	P	34	33	12	27	3	0
1986	LAN	P	19	13	5	16	0	1
1987	LAN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CIN	P	7	7	1	3	0	1
1987	CAL	P	17	16	7	18	1	3
1988	CHA	P	32	29	10	27	1	2
1989	CHA	P	23	19	3	9	0	1
1989	ML4	P	7	7	1	5	0	0
1990	PIT	P	4	1	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jerry Reuss Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	629

Awards & Honors

Jerry Reuss — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1982	Player of the Week	Week of 1982-06-18
1980	Pitcher of the Month	June
1980	Player of the Week	Week of 1980-06-27
1980	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-09-05

Salary History

Jerry Reuss — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1989	CHA	AL	$590,000
1988	CHA	AL	$200,000
1987	LAN	NL	$1,100,000
1986	LAN	NL	$1,000,000
1985	LAN	NL	$980,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,870,000

Award Voting History

Jerry Reuss — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1980	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	55.0	120	1
1980	Most Valuable Player	NL	20th	2.0	336	0
1975	Most Valuable Player	NL	23th	2.0	336	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jerry Reuss

What years did Jerry Reuss play?: Jerry Reuss played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1990.
Was Jerry Reuss a pitcher?: Yes. Jerry Reuss pitched in the major leagues, recording 220 wins and 1907 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jerry Reuss hit?: Jerry Reuss hit 1 career home runs with 171 hits.
What was Jerry Reuss's career batting average?: Jerry Reuss batted .167 over his career, with 171 hits in 1,024 at bats.
How many RBI did Jerry Reuss have?: Jerry Reuss drove in 58 runs in his career.
What was Jerry Reuss's career ERA?: Jerry Reuss finished with a 3.64 career ERA, going 220-191 with 1,907 strikeouts.