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Jason Grimsley

Jason Grimsley, American baseball player

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Born
August 7, 1967
Age in 2026
59
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1967

About Jason Grimsley

Jason Alan Grimsley is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for seven teams during a 15-year career. He was a member of both the 1999 and 2000 World Series champion New York Yankees. In 2005, he posted a 1–3 record with a 5.73 ERA, and was granted free agency on October 27. Grimsley is known for his leading role in the 1994 Bat Burglary involving Albert Belle and an allegedly corked bat that was taken away by umpires for examination by the league. In three and a half years in Kansas City, Grimsley never posted a record better than.500 (he was 3–3 in 2004).

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Jason Grimsley timeline

  1. Grimsley is known for his leading role in the 1994 Bat Burglary involving Albert Belle and an allegedly corked bat that was taken away by umpires for examination by the league.
  2. He was a member of both the 1999 and 2000 World Series champion New York Yankees.
  3. In three and a half years in Kansas City, Grimsley never posted a record better than.500 (he was 3–3 in 2004).
  4. In 2005, he posted a 1–3 record with a 5.73 ERA, and was granted free agency on October 27.

The world when Jason Grimsley was born

Jason Grimsley was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

  • #1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
  • Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
  • Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
  • Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
  • Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
  • Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
  • World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
  • U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jason Grimsley's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19672026
Gas$0.33$3.45/gal
Average home$14,800$435,000
Average income$9,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.22$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population198.7M341 million

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