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Bobby Grich	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 195   Born: January 15, 1949 in Usa, MI, MUSKEGON

Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger	1975
Bronze Rookie	1973
Gold Glove	1976
All-Star Selections	1973    1975    1980

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1970	21	BSN	NL					5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	8	8	6	6	6
1971	22	BSN	NL					6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	6
1972	23	BSN	NL					7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	9	9	6	6	6
1973	24	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	6
1974	25	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	10	9	9	7	7	7
1975	26	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	9	9	7	7	7
1976	27	BSN	NL	$ 3,828,571				7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	7	6	6
1977	28	BSN	NL	$ 3,828,571				8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	7	7	7
1978	29	BSN	NL	$ 4,064,286				7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	6
1979	30	BSN	NL	$ 4,064,286				7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5	5
1980	31	BSN	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5	5
1981	32	BSN	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	5	5
1982	33	BSN	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5	5
1983	34	KCR	AL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	5	5	5
1984	35	DET	AL	$ 4,150,000				3	3	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	7	7	7	3	3	3
1985	36	DET	AL	$ 4,150,000				3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	7	6	7	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	7	6	7	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,150,000				8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	9	9	7	7	7

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
1970	21	AAA		136	480	88	116	27	2	28	91	3	7	115	95	.242	.388	.481	.869	93.8
1971	22	AAA		136	483	83	117	20	2	23	83	10	2	111	91	.242	.384	.435	.819	89.4
1972	23	AAA		135	474	100	148	23	3	23	76	14	7	119	81	.312	.450	.519	.969	111.7
1973	24	BSN	NL	155	548	79	152	29	4	15	74	3	2	85	99	.277	.376	.427	.803	89.0	19.8
1974	25	BSN	NL	157	546	72	151	28	1	10	58	1	4	70	85	.277	.361	.386	.747	77.3	14.5
1975	26	BSN	NL	153	593	105	175	31	5	20	80	2	5	78	83	.295	.381	.465	.846	101.4	22.6
1976	27	BSN	NL	153	580	96	158	36	1	10	59	3	4	86	72	.272	.370	.390	.759	82.6	16.0
1977	28	BSN	NL	154	597	96	178	23	8	15	70	4	4	89	85	.298	.398	.439	.837	103.1	22.7
1978	29	BSN	NL	30	114	21	22	3	0	3	8	0	0	11	19	.193	.273	.298	.572	10.1	0.5
1979	30	BSN	NL	147	520	68	139	24	3	10	58	2	3	63	112	.267	.348	.383	.731	71.1	14.6
1980	31	BSN	NL	151	486	65	122	24	1	9	64	6	1	67	92	.251	.345	.360	.705	62.7	10.5
1981	32	BSN	NL	154	542	57	141	22	2	12	58	2	2	54	106	.260	.329	.375	.703	63.0	9.5
1982	33	BSN	NL	127	478	56	118	21	0	10	49	1	2	53	85	.247	.323	.354	.677	52.0	6.5
1983	34	KCR	AL	144	485	60	139	22	3	10	56	0	0	47	104	.287	.362	.406	.768	71.6	16.4
1984	35	KCR	AL	75	282	45	80	17	2	7	32	0	1	40	56	.284	.374	.433	.807	45.6	10.9
		DET	AL	64	236	17	48	10	0	0	24	0	0	27	63	.203	.289	.246	.535	17.5	0.6
		TOT		139	518	62	128	27	2	7	56	0	1	67	119	.247	.336	.347	.684	63.0	11.4
1985	36	DET	AL	136	429	34	86	18	2	2	26	0	1	38	111	.200	.269	.266	.535	27.7	0.0
13 Years Sim				1800	6436	871	1709	308	32	133	716	24	29	808	1172	.266	.352	.385	.737	874.7	164.9
3 Years AAA				407	1437	271	381	70	7	74	250	27	16	345	267	.265	.408	.478	.886	294.9
162 Game Average					579	78	153	27	2	11	64	2	2	72	105	.266	.352	.385	.737	78.7
Career Highs				157	597	105	178	36	8	20	80	6	5	89	119	.298	.398	.465	.846	103.1

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4627	596	1189	215	26	89	452	16	21	533	887	.257	.339	.372	.711	586.8
vs LH		1809	275	520	93	6	44	264	8	8	275	285	.287	.383	.418	.802	293.7
Home	911	3213	442	878	157	12	78	392	12	9	419	580	.273	.361	.402	.763	470.9
Away	889	3223	429	831	151	20	55	324	12	20	389	592	.258	.342	.368	.711	409.6
RISP		1460	0	384	66	8	25	534	0	0	196	286	.263	.350	.371	.721	197.7
Pinch Hitting		57	8	17	2	0	2	7	0	0	16	13	.298	.459	.439	.898	12.4
Close/Late		773	93	215	25	3	16	82	0	0	95	127	.278	.360	.380	.741	108.4
Mar/Apr	312	1151	163	293	67	4	24	128	4	7	120	208	.255	.333	.382	.716	142.9
May	325	1163	185	324	52	3	36	129	6	5	171	202	.279	.375	.421	.797	186.0
June	293	1061	145	272	49	4	17	114	2	1	143	202	.256	.346	.358	.704	137.8
July	291	1055	142	285	52	11	25	127	6	10	123	188	.270	.348	.411	.760	149.2
August	303	1042	125	262	45	2	18	107	3	4	132	202	.251	.340	.350	.691	128.2
Sep/Oct	276	964	111	273	43	8	13	111	3	2	119	170	.283	.365	.385	.750	136.5

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1973	24	BSN	NL	2B	154	143	1285.3	301	580	26	128	.971	6.17					3.4
1974	25	BSN	NL	2B	157	143	1259.0	291	566	19	119	.978	6.13					5.2
1975	26	BSN	NL	2B	152	148	1323.3	264	522	15	98	.981	5.35					6.3
1976	27	BSN	NL	2B	151	141	1277.3	312	523	15	130	.982	5.88					6.7
				SS	1	0	3.0	4	1	0	1	1.000	15.00					0.1
1977	28	BSN	NL	2B	151	146	1294.3	291	563	9	123	.990	5.94					7.9
				SS	2	1	14.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	3.21					0.0
1978	29	BSN	NL	2B	30	29	260.7	71	100	3	22	.983	5.90					1.2
1979	30	BSN	NL	2B	145	145	1260.7	271	543	8	103	.990	5.81					8.4
1980	31	BSN	NL	2B	149	144	1273.0	290	585	11	120	.988	6.19					9.2
1981	32	BSN	NL	2B	152	142	1286.3	288	553	19	110	.978	5.88					6.9
1982	33	BSN	NL	2B	126	121	1107.3	288	481	15	115	.981	6.25					4.5
1983	34	KCR	AL	2B	143	141	1261.3	280	571	12	108	.986	6.07					6.1
1984	35	KCR	AL	2B	75	75	679.1	136	288	6	58	.986	5.62					4.1
		DET	AL	2B	64	64	554.5	111	235	4	47	.989	5.62					1.6
		TOT		2B	139	139	1233.6	247	523	10	105	.987	5.62					5.7
1985	36	DET	AL	2B	136	136	1134.0	227	439	12	87	.982	5.29					4.0
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				2B	1785	1718	15256.2	3421	6549	174	1368	.983	5.88					75.5
				SS	3	1	17.0	6	4	0	1	1.000	5.29					0.1
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1789	1719	15275.2	3427	6553	174	1369	.983	5.88					75.7
Career Highs					157	148	1323.3	316	585	26	131	.990	6.25

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1975	26	BSN	NL	5	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	.167	.286	.167	.452
1976	27	BSN	NL	12	47	7	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	5	.255	.368	.255	.624
1980	31	BSN	NL	5	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.200	.316	.200	.516
1983	34	KCR	AL	5	16	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.500	.550	.563	1.113
Career Post-Season Batting				27	96	14	26	1	0	0	9	1	0	16	13	.271	.376	.281	.657

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1977-10-.298 On-Base Pct 1973-8-.376 1977-5-.398 OPS 1975-10-.846 XR 1975-2-101.4 1977-4-103.1 Games 1974-4-157 At-Bats 1975-6-593 1977-8-597 Runs 1975-3-105 1976-10-96 1977-9-96 Hits 1975-6-175 1977-6-178 Total Bases 1975-5-276 1977-10-262 Singles 1977-9-132 Doubles 1976-8-36 Triples 1975-10-5 1977-3-8 Walks 1973-7-85 1975-10-78 1976-10-86 1977-10-89 Strikeouts 1979-4-112 1984-9-119

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1970

Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1973, off Pat Dobson (KCR)

Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1973, off Terry Forster (TOR)

Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1975, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1975, hitting .426 with 9 HR, 25 RBI

Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/5/1975

Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game

2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1976

2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1977, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 8 RBI

2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration

Injured on 5/6/1978 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season

2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration

6/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years

Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/25/1980

Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game

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