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John
Denny		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 8, 1952 in Usa, AZ, PRESCOTT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1981   
All-Star Selections 1980    1981    1982    1983    1987    1989   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 BSN NL   8 4 5 4 6 7 6 8 8 8
1975 22 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1976 23 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 7 8 7 9 9 9
1977 24 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 9 10 10
1978 25 WAS NL $ 6,042,857 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 10 10 10
1979 26 WAS NL $ 6,042,857 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
1980 27 WAS NL $ 6,042,857 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10
1981 28 WAS NL $ 8,500,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10
1982 29 WAS NL $ 8,500,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10
1983 30 WAS NL $ 8,500,000 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10
1984 31 BOS AL $ 8,500,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1985 32 MIN AL $ 12,000,010 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1986 33 MIN AL $ 12,000,010 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1987 34 TAM AL $ 12,000,010 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1988 35 TAM AL $ 12,000,010 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1989 36 TAM AL $ 12,000,010 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1990 37 TAM AL $ 12,000,010 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,010 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 25 WAS NL $ 6,042,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 26 WAS NL $ 6,042,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 27 WAS NL $ 6,042,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 28 WAS NL $ 8,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 29 WAS NL $ 8,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 30 WAS NL $ 8,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 31 BOS AL $ 8,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1985 32 MIN AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1986 33 MIN AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1987 34 TAM AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1988 35 TAM AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1989 36 TAM AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1990 37 TAM AL $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,010   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 21 AAA   13 9 .591 30 30 3 1 0 200.7 236 76 12 63 136 3.41 .295 .347 .395 .742  
1975 22 WAS NL 14 15 .483 37 37 14 2 0 286.3 296 126 17 75 125 3.96 .267 .314 .383 .697 18.5
1976 23 WAS NL 11 17 .393 36 36 11 1 0 273.0 285 122 13 111 142 4.02 .270 .337 .359 .696 16.7
1977 24 WAS NL 12 12 .500 36 36 11 1 0 294.0 277 86 8 86 172 2.63 .250 .306 .326 .633 24.6
1978 25 WAS NL 17 16 .515 36 36 12 1 0 287.0 281 102 3 78 154 3.20 .255 .303 .331 .634 23.8
1979 26 WAS NL 13 11 .542 30 30 7 1 0 222.7 208 88 2 64 135 3.56 .249 .303 .328 .630 14.3
1980 27 WAS NL 15 9 .625 35 35 10 3 0 270.3 254 87 6 93 182 2.90 .245 .308 .337 .645 21.7
1981 28 WAS NL 24 10 .706 37 37 10 2 0 297.0 265 91 10 82 202 2.76 .238 .294 .331 .624 25.4
1982 29 WAS NL 21 9 .700 36 36 10 4 0 288.3 257 86 5 83 205 2.68 .236 .294 .311 .605 24.0
1983 30 WAS NL 20 10 .667 32 32 11 7 0 238.3 185 51 0 52 164 1.93 .211 .259 .265 .523 26.9
1984 31 BOS AL 10 9 .526 22 22 3 0 0 161.3 129 47 4 44 112 2.62 .217 .271 .292 .563 14.9
1985 32 MIN AL 11 10 .524 33 31 3 0 0 226.3 182 71 7 81 160 2.82 .217 .289 .302 .591 20.6
1986 33 MIN AL 7 6 .538 25 17 1 1 1 124.0 113 49 0 52 98 3.56 .241 .317 .303 .620 10.0
1987 34 TAM AL 20 6 .769 37 37 1 0 0 244.3 232 76 2 81 167 2.80 .252 .313 .311 .623 23.9
1988 35 TAM AL 13 7 .650 36 36 0 0 0 216.7 195 67 5 75 156 2.78 .237 .300 .316 .616 19.7
1989 36 TAM AL 11 5 .688 25 25 0 0 0 147.7 148 39 1 41 96 2.38 .257 .307 .318 .625 15.6
1990 37 TAM AL 9 11 .450 36 36 0 0 0 180.3 185 84 8 77 97 4.19 .268 .346 .349 .694 9.6
16 Years Sim 228 163 .583 529 519 104 23 1 3757.6 3492 1272 91 1175 2367 3.05 .245 .304 .325 .629 310.2
1 Years AAA 13 9 .591 30 30 3 1 0 200.7 236 76 12 63 136 3.41 .295 .347 .395 .742  
Season Average 14 10 .583 33 32 6 1 0 234.9 218 79 5 73 147 3.05 .245 .304 .325 .629  
Career Highs 24 17 .769 37 37 14 7 1 297.0 296 126 17 111 205 4.19 .270 .346 .383 .697  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1614 598 45 483 1296   .234 .285 .313 .598
vs LH   1878 674 46 692 1071   .256 .320 .337 .656
Home 116 81 .589 258 253 53 12 1 1862.3 1654 600 50 576 1134 2.90 .238 .296 .317 .613
Away 112 82 .577 271 266 51 11 0 1895.3 1838 672 41 599 1233 3.19 .253 .310 .334 .643
Mar/Apr 40 28 .588 92 92 25 4 0 674.6 598 210 14 212 438 2.80 .236 .296 .314 .610
May 36 35 .507 93 93 19 4 0 671.3 644 242 20 197 431 3.24 .249 .302 .343 .645
June 46 22 .676 88 88 20 5 0 646.0 593 204 18 193 400 2.84 .243 .298 .321 .619
July 39 30 .565 90 90 13 2 0 643.3 584 228 12 222 373 3.19 .241 .305 .314 .619
August 34 24 .586 82 82 14 3 0 583.6 551 194 15 172 341 2.99 .249 .304 .325 .629
Sep/Oct 33 24 .579 84 74 14 5 1 538.6 522 194 12 179 384 3.24 .255 .315 .336 .652
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 24 WAS NL 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
1985 32 MIN AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 11 34 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 1.9  
Career Highs 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Close/Late   1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
June 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
Sep/Oct 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1975 22 WAS NL P 37 37 286.3 26 31 4 2 .934 1.79    
1976 23 WAS NL P 36 36 273.0 18 51 1 5 .986 2.27    
1977 24 WAS NL P 36 36 294.0 21 48 3 7 .958 2.11    
1978 25 WAS NL P 36 36 287.0 19 58 3 7 .963 2.41    
1979 26 WAS NL P 30 30 222.7 20 31 5 4 .911 2.06    
1980 27 WAS NL P 35 35 270.3 22 54 2 3 .974 2.53    
1981 28 WAS NL P 37 37 297.0 22 57 0 6 1.000 2.39    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 29 WAS NL P 36 36 288.3 21 45 7 5 .904 2.06    
1983 30 WAS NL P 32 32 238.3 11 36 2 2 .959 1.77    
1984 31 BOS AL P 22 22 161.3 8 22 1 1 .968 1.67    
1985 32 MIN AL P 33 31 226.3 14 43 2 1 .966 2.27    
1986 33 MIN AL P 25 17 124.0 8 20 1 3 .966 2.03    
1987 34 TAM AL P 37 37 244.3 28 35 2 0 .969 2.32    
1988 35 TAM AL P 36 36 216.7 14 38 2 3 .963 2.16    
1989 36 TAM AL P 25 25 147.7 8 17 1 1 .962 1.52    
1990 37 TAM AL P 36 36 180.3 13 24 2 2 .949 1.85    
  P 529 519 3757.6 273 610 38 52 .959 2.11    
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   530 519 3758.6 273 610 38 52 .959 2.11    
Career Highs   38 37 298.0 28 58 7 7 1.000 2.53    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 28 WAS NL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.3 20 15 2 12 21 5.79 .230 .323 .345 .668
1982 29 WAS NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 3 0 4 3 3.38 .185 .290 .296 .587
1987 34 TAM AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 5 3 0 2 4 4.77 .238 .304 .286 .590
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 5 5 1 0 0 37.0 30 21 2 18 28 5.11 .222 .314 .326 .640
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1977-3-2.63
1978-9-3.20
1980-9-2.90
1981-6-2.76
1982-5-2.68
1983-1-1.93
1985-3-2.82
1987-2-2.80
1988-4-2.78
CAR-16-3.05
 Wins
1978-7-17
1981-1-24
1982-2-21
1983-4-20
1987-2-20
CAR-44-228
 Losses
1976-3-17
1978-8-16
 Winning Pct
1981-3-.706
1982-8-.700
1987-2-.769
1988-9-.650
1989-7-.688
 Games Started
1975-3-37
1976-2-36
1977-2-36
1978-1-36
1980-3-35
1981-1-37
1982-3-36
1987-1-37
1988-4-36
1990-1-36
CAR-37-519
 Complete Games
1975-3-14
1976-6-11
1977-10-11
1978-4-12
1980-7-10
1981-7-10
1982-10-10
1983-5-11
Shutouts
1975-2-2
1980-5-3
1981-5-2
1982-2-4
1983-1-7
CAR-39-23
 Innings Pitched
1975-2-286.3
1976-4-273.0
1977-2-294.0
1978-1-287.0
1980-5-270.3
1981-1-297.0
1982-1-288.3
1987-1-244.3
CAR-49-3757.6
 Hits Allowed
1975-7-296
1976-3-285
1977-6-277
1978-4-281
1980-10-254
1981-4-265
1987-8-232
 Strikeouts
1977-6-172
1978-10-154
1980-6-182
1981-3-202
1982-2-205
1987-5-167
 Walks Allowed
1976-5-111
1990-8-77
 Walks per 9IP
1983-10-2.0
Hits per 9IP
1983-3-7.0
1985-5-7.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1982-10-6.4
 WHiP
1983-2-0.99
 OAVG
1983-2-.211
1985-5-.217
 OOBP
1983-3-.259
 OSLG
1976-10-.359
1977-6-.326
1979-7-.328
1982-6-.311
1983-1-.265
1985-2-.302
1987-1-.311
1988-3-.316
1990-5-.349
CAR-16-.325
OOPS
1977-8-.633
1978-10-.634
1979-8-.630
1982-5-.605
1983-1-.523
1985-4-.591
1987-5-.623
1988-6-.616
CAR-24-.629
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 158    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1974
Injured on 7/9/1974 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Traded from Boston (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to BSN: P Mike Marshall, 3B Sal Bando. Going to WAS: P John Denny, P Don Demola, 1B Dan Meyer)
Earned first career win on 4/2/1975
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,042,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,042,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/30/1979 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,042,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/19/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
7/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1981, going 5-1, 1.98
Won Platinum Arm in 1981, going 24-10, 2.76 ERA
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1982, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1983, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1983, going 3-2, 1.12
Traded from Washington to Boston (A) on 2/4/1984 (Going to BOS: P John Denny, 3B Wayne Gross. Going to WAS: P Kevin Gross)
Injured on 7/21/1984 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/7/1985 to a 7-year deal worth $12,000,005 per year
Injured on 5/12/1986 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1986, winning 2 games with a 1.76 ERA
Injured on 8/18/1986 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 2/2/1987 (Going to MIN: P Balor Moore, P Wes Gardner, P Jay Tibbs, 3B Craig Shipley. Going to TAM: P John Denny)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1987, going 6-0, 1.14
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1988, going 3-0, 1.42
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Injured on 7/24/1989 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1990, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
 
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