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Marv Grissom
Marvin Edward Grissom

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 10, 1946
Final Game June 11, 1959
Born March 31, 1918 in Los Molinos, CA
Died September 18, 2005 in Red Bluff, CA
Brother of Lee Grissom and Uncle of Jim Davis

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 28 NYG NL   0   2   4   3   0   0   1  0   18.7   17   11    9   1   13    9   1   3    84       0  4.34  3.45   79 1.607
 1949 31 DET AL   2   4  27   2   0   0   3  0   39.3   56   32   28   6   34   17   1   2   206       0  6.41  4.16   65 2.288
 1952 34 CHW AL  12  10  28  24   7   1   1  0  166.0  156   79   69   6   79   97   3   5   715       0  3.74  3.64   97 1.416
 1953 35 TOT      6   8  34  18   4   1   8  0  143.7  144   74   68  11   61   77   2   5   626       0  4.26  4.27  100 1.427
         BOS AL   2   6  13  11   1   1   1  0   59.3   61   34   31   5   30   31   1   2   263       0  4.70  4.20   89 1.534
         NYG NL   4   2  21   7   3   0   7  0   84.3   83   40   37   6   31   46   1   3   363       0  3.95  4.32  110 1.352
 1954 36 NYG NL  10   7  56   3   1   1  36 19  122.3  100   37   32  13   50   64   7   1   512       1  2.35  4.07  173 1.226 MVP-24,AS
 1955 37 NYG NL   5   4  55   0   0   0  32  8   89.3   76   35   29   6   41   49   6   1   383   5   0  2.92  4.04  138 1.310
 1956 38 NYG NL   1   1  43   2   0   0  20  7   80.7   71   15   14   3   16   49   1   2   323   3   0  1.56  3.77  241 1.079
 1957 39 NYG NL   4   4  55   0   0   0  38 14   82.7   74   36   24   6   23   51   2   1   338   6   0  2.61  3.92  150 1.173
 1958 40 SFG NL   7   5  51   0   0   0  35 10   65.3   71   34   29  11   26   46   5   3   285   7   0  3.99  3.79   95 1.485
 1959 41 STL NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    6    5    5   2    0    0   0   0    12   0   0 22.50  4.23   19 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .511  47  45 356  52  12   3 176 58  810.0  771  358  307  65  343  459  28  23  3484  21   1  3.41  3.94  115 1.375
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   7  59   8   2   0  29  9  135.0  128   59   51  10   57   76   4   3   580   3   0  3.41  3.94  115 1.375
 Career High     12  10  56  24   7   1  38 19  166.0  156   79   69  13   79   97   7   5   715   7   1  1.56  4.27  241 1.079

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 28 NYG NL   4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .200  .200  .200   13    1   0           0   0
 1949 31 DET AL  27    9    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .222  .364  .222   57    2   0           1   0
 1952 34 CHW AL  28   53    1    8   4  0   0    4   0  0   1  19  .151  .167  .226    8   12   8           0   1
 1953 35 TOT     34   45    2    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .044  .085  .067  -60    3   3           0   1
         BOS AL  13   18    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2           0   0
         NYG NL  21   27    2    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .074  .138  .111  -35    3   1           0   1
 1954 36 NYG NL  56   32    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .156  .206  .156   -4    5   2   0       0   0 MVP-24,AS
 1955 37 NYG NL  55   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .154  .154  .154  -18    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1956 38 NYG NL  43   11    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .091  .091  .182  -29    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 39 NYG NL  55   12    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .167  .231  .250   30    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 40 SFG NL  51    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .100  .000  -70    0   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     356  189    9   23   7  0   0    6   0  0   8  67  .122  .162  .159  -14   30  15   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         86    4   10   3  0   0    3   0  0   4  30  .122  .162  .159  -14   14   7   0   0   0   2
 Career High     56   53    3    8   4  0   0    4   0  0   2  19                          12   8   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 28 NYG NL    5    4    0   0.0    94| .200  .264| .200  .339| .200  .369| .400  .708|  13  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1949 31 DET AL   11    7    1   3.8   107| .222  .271| .364  .363| .222  .393| .586  .756|  57  .415  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1952 34 CHW AL   62   54    2   1.0    97| .151  .261| .167  .341| .226  .381| .393  .723|   8  .069  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1953 35 TOT      50   47    0   0.0   110| .044  .276| .085  .350| .067  .421| .152  .770| -60  .000 -10.7  -1.0   0%
         BOS AL   20   20    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .000  .352| .000  .405| .000  .758|-100  .000  -5.2  -0.5   0%
         NYG NL   30   27    0   0.0   112| .074  .277| .138  .348| .111  .431| .249  .779| -35  .000  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1954 36 NYG NL   36   29    1   0.9   110| .156  .275| .206  .347| .156  .426| .362  .772|  -4  .047  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1955 37 NYG NL   14   13    0   0.0   106| .154  .267| .154  .338| .154  .422| .308  .760| -18  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1956 38 NYG NL   11   10    0   0.0   102| .091  .263| .091  .330| .182  .415| .273  .745| -29  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1957 39 NYG NL   13   10    1   2.7   102| .167  .267| .231  .331| .250  .414| .481  .745|  30  .273  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1958 40 SFG NL   11   11    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .100  .335| .000  .417| .100  .752| -70  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      213  185    5   0.7   104| .122  .269| .162  .343| .159  .407| .321  .750| -14  .034 -31.2  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1946 28 NYG NL   P    4      1    6    0    1 1.000  .959  1.75  1.00  3.37  2.26    3   18.7
 1949 31 DET AL   P   27      1    8    1    0  .900  .957  0.33  1.01  2.06  2.13    2   39.3
 1952 34 CHW AL   P   28      4   23    1    0  .964  .964  0.96  1.03  1.46  2.10   24  166.0
 1953 35 TOT      P   34      9   23    1    3  .970  .955  0.94  0.87  2.01  2.01   18  143.6
         BOS AL   P   13      3    5    0    1 1.000  .952  0.62  0.88  1.21  1.94   11   59.3
         NYG NL   P   21      6   18    1    2  .960  .956  1.14  0.87  2.56  2.06    7   84.3
 1954 36 NYG NL   P   56      7   18    2    3  .926  .962  0.45  0.87  1.84  2.07    3  122.3 AS
 1955 37 NYG NL   P   55      3   16    0    0 1.000  .950  0.35  0.83  1.91  2.04    0   89.3
 1956 38 NYG NL   P   43      1   12    0    0 1.000  .963  0.30  0.83  1.47  2.06    2   79.7
 1957 39 NYG NL   P   55      1   20    0    1 1.000  .963  0.38  0.82  2.29  2.06    0   82.7
 1958 40 SFG NL   P   51      1   12    0    1 1.000  .956  0.25  0.77  1.79  1.97    0   65.3
 1959 41 STL NL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  4.50  1.80    0    2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 28 NYG NL   P    4      1    6    0    1 1.000  .959  1.75  1.00  3.37  2.26    3   18.7
 1949 31 DET AL   P   27      1    8    1    0  .900  .957  0.33  1.01  2.06  2.13    2   39.3
 1952 34 CHW AL   P   28      4   23    1    0  .964  .964  0.96  1.03  1.46  2.10   24  166.0
 1953 35 TOT      P   34      9   23    1    3  .970  .955  0.94  0.87  2.01  2.01   18  143.6
         BOS AL   P   13      3    5    0    1 1.000  .952  0.62  0.88  1.21  1.94   11   59.3
         NYG NL   P   21      6   18    1    2  .960  .956  1.14  0.87  2.56  2.06    7   84.3
 1954 36 NYG NL   P   56      7   18    2    3  .926  .962  0.45  0.87  1.84  2.07    3  122.3
 1955 37 NYG NL   P   55      3   16    0    0 1.000  .950  0.35  0.83  1.91  2.04    0   89.3
 1956 38 NYG NL   P   43      1   12    0    0 1.000  .963  0.30  0.83  1.47  2.06    2   79.7
 1957 39 NYG NL   P   55      1   20    0    1 1.000  .963  0.38  0.82  2.29  2.06    0   82.7
 1958 40 SFG NL   P   51      1   12    0    1 1.000  .956  0.25  0.77  1.79  1.97    0   65.3
 1959 41 STL NL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  4.50  1.80    0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 356     28  139    5    9  .971  .959  0.47  0.86  1.86  2.06   52  809.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       356     28  139    5    9  .971  .959  0.47  0.86  1.86  2.06   52    809

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   2.2   1   0   3   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1954   NYG NL      0  0  0   1.1   0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   NYG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-NL-24-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Strikeouts/9IP
1952 AL-5.26-5

Games
1954 NL-56-5
1955 NL-55-4
1957 NL-55-4
1958 NL-51-8

Saves
1954 NL-19-3
1955 NL-8-5
1956 NL-7-7
1957 NL-14-2
1958 NL-10-4

Wild Pitches
1952 AL-5-4

Hit Batsmen
1954 NL-7-2
1955 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1954 NL-36-4
1955 NL-32-2
1956 NL-20-10
1957 NL-38-2
1958 NL-35-3

Oldest Player
1956 NL-38-10
1957 NL-39-6
1958 NL-40-4
1959 NL-41-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1192) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (957) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
Before 1948 Season: Sent from the New York Giants to the Sacramento (PCL) in an unknown transaction.
November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Sacramento (PCL) in the 1948 rule 5 draft.
January 20, 1951: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with George Vico to the Seattle (PCL) for Wayne McLeland.
October 10, 1951: Traded by the Seattle (PCL) with Hal Brown to the Chicago White Sox for Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Bill Fischer, and Dick Duffy (minors).
February 9, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens.
July 1, 1953: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.
October 8, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Ernie Broglio to the St. Louis Cardinals for Billy Muffett, Hobie Landrith, and Benny Valenzuela.
December 29, 1960: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1954 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1954-NL-24-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Strikeouts/9IP 1952 AL-5.26-5	Games 1954 NL-56-5 1955 NL-55-4 1957 NL-55-4 1958 NL-51-8	Saves 1954 NL-19-3 1955 NL-8-5 1956 NL-7-7 1957 NL-14-2 1958 NL-10-4	Wild Pitches 1952 AL-5-4
Hit Batsmen 1954 NL-7-2 1955 NL-6-6	Games Finished 1954 NL-36-4 1955 NL-32-2 1956 NL-20-10 1957 NL-38-2 1958 NL-35-3	Oldest Player 1956 NL-38-10 1957 NL-39-6 1958 NL-40-4 1959 NL-41-4