1. Career

2. Retirement

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|1969}}–{{Baseball year|1971}})
• Houston Astros ({{Baseball year|1972}}–{{Baseball year|1973}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1974}}–{{Baseball year|1978}})
• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{Baseball year|1979}}–{{Baseball year|1987}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{Baseball year|1987}})
• California Angels ({{Baseball year|1987}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{Baseball year|1988}}–{{Baseball year|1989}})
• Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|1989}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1990}})

• 2× All-Star (1975, 1980)
• World Series champion ({{wsy|1981}})
• Pitched a no-hitter on June 27, 1980

Jerry Reuss (born June 19, 1949)—pronounced "royce"—is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had a 22-year career from {{Baseball year|1969}} to {{Baseball year|1990}}.

Reuss played for eight teams in his major league career; along with the Dodgers (1979–87), he played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1969–71), Houston Astros (1972–73), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1974–78). At the end of his career (1987–90), he played for the Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Pirates again (Reuss is one of only two Pirates to have played for Danny Murtaugh, Chuck Tanner, and Jim Leyland, the other being John Candelaria). In {{Baseball year|1988}} he became the second pitcher in history, joining Milt Pappas, to win 200 career games without ever winning 20 in a single season.^[1] Reuss is one of only 29 players in major league history to play in four different decades.^[2]

Career

Reuss was drafted in the second round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft by the Cardinals after graduating from Ritenour High School in Overland, Missouri. He won his first major league game in 1969, and became part of the starting rotation in 1970.^[3]

In the spring of {{Baseball year|1972}}, Reuss wanted a raise from $17,000 to $25,000 Cardinals owner Gussie Busch was unwilling to give more than $20,000, and when Reuss refused to bend, Busch traded him to the Astros for pitcher Scipio Spinks. The trade looked like a fairly even swap at the time. While Spinks had shuttled between Houston and their top minor league affiliate, the Oklahoma City 89ers, over the last three years, he had been almost unhittable during his minor league stints. However, Spinks never recovered from a freak knee injury suffered that July, and was out of baseball by 1976.

Reuss played two seasons before being traded to the Pirates after the {{Baseball year|1973}} season for Milt May after a season in which he led the National League in walks with 117.^[4]

Reuss was a two time All-Star – first in {{Baseball year|1975}} with the Pirates, having 18 wins and 11 losses that season and an earned run average of 2.54, and then again in {{Baseball year|1980}} with the Dodgers, striking out all three batters he faced in that year's game, and earning the win.^[4][5]

In 1980 Reuss had one of the best seasons of his career with eighteen wins and only six losses, and leading the majors in shutouts with six; he also threw a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants on June 27, striking out only 2 batters, narrowly missing a perfect game due to a throwing error in the first inning by shortstop Bill Russell; Reuss's no-hitter is just one of ten in baseball history in which a pitcher did not walk or hit a batter, but whose perfect game bid was foiled by a fielding error.^[6] Reuss finished second behind Steve Carlton in the running for the Cy Young Award, and won Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award.^[7][8]

In {{Baseball year|1981}} Reuss went 10-4 with a career-low 2.30 ERA in a strike-shortened season, and won two postseason games including one against the New York Yankees in the 1981 World Series, helping the Dodgers win the title.^[4] On June 11, 1982, Jerry Reuss recorded 27 consecutive outs in a game, with only the opponent's leadoff batter reaching base (double by Reds' Eddie Milner, who reached third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a fielder's choice).^[9]

Reuss had two more winning seasons with the Dodgers before injuries took their toll from {{Baseball year|1984}} to {{Baseball year|1986}}, and was released at the beginning of the {{Baseball year|1987}} season. He then played for the Reds, going 0-5 before getting released again, and then for the Angels before becoming a free agent. Reuss then signed with the Chicago White Sox, having a 13-9 season and earning his 200th career win in 1988, and played a few more seasons before retiring in 1990.^[4]

Retirement

Reuss became a baseball broadcaster, working nationally for ESPN from 1991 to 1993, and was also a color commentator for the California/Anaheim Angels from 1996-98. He served as a pitching coach with the minor league Iowa Cubs before returning to broadcasting with the Dodgers in 2006, serving as a color commentator alongside Rick Monday.

In 2014, Reuss's autobiography, Bring In the Right Hander!, was published by University of Nebraska Press.^[10]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
• List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades

References

External links

• SABR biography
• biography and career highlights Baseball Library
• Bring In the Right Hander!

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