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Lee
Grissom		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 23, 1907 in Usa, TX, SHERMAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 26 MON NL $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5
1935 27 MON NL $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 4 3 3 6 5 6
1936 28 MON NL $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 4
1937 29 PIT NL $ 964,286 8 8 7 7 4 3 3 4 4 4
1938 30 PIT NL $ 964,286 8 8 7 7 4 3 3 4 3 3
1939 31 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 4 3 3 3 3 3
1940 32 PIT NL $ 350,000 8 6 6 6 3 2 3 4 4 4
1941 33 BSN NL $ 512,000 8 6 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
1942 34 BSN NL $ 510,000 8 6 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4
1943 35 BSN NL $ 510,000 8 6 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1944 36 BSN NL $ 570,000 8 5 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286 8 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6
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
1934 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 28 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 29 PIT NL $ 964,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 30 PIT NL $ 964,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 32 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 33 BSN NL $ 512,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 34 BSN NL $ 510,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 35 BSN NL $ 510,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 36 BSN NL $ 570,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1934 26 MON NL 8 5 .615 62 2 0 0 8 87.0 84 41 5 47 26 4.24 .258 .349 .394 .743 8.2
1935 27 MON NL 12 9 .571 66 6 1 0 8 126.7 109 48 5 69 55 3.41 .234 .333 .313 .646 12.7
1936 28 MON NL 1 1 .500 40 1 0 0 2 50.0 51 23 5 24 21 4.14 .267 .350 .435 .785 3.5
1937 29 MON NL 1 2 .333 15 1 0 0 1 25.0 34 11 2 9 17 3.96 .337 .396 .455 .852 1.1
  PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 9.00 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.0
  TOT   1 3 .250 16 1 0 0 1 26.0 36 12 2 9 18 4.15 .340 .397 .453 .849 1.1
    AAA   1 3 .250 7 7 0 0 0 42.3 43 21 4 34 40 4.46 .270 .399 .390 .789  
1938 30 PIT NL 1 6 .143 45 0 0 0 9 50.7 67 27 4 27 27 4.80 .316 .392 .467 .859 2.6
1939 31 PIT NL 5 6 .455 40 0 0 0 1 52.7 62 36 5 31 21 6.15 .302 .392 .449 .841 0.6
1940 32 PIT NL 1 2 .333 26 2 0 0 3 40.3 42 14 2 13 20 3.12 .263 .318 .388 .705 2.6
    AAA   1 2 .333 7 7 0 0 0 50.3 51 20 1 23 33 3.58 .266 .344 .370 .714  
1941 33 BSN NL 2 2 .500 40 0 0 0 0 39.0 37 22 5 26 17 5.08 .252 .362 .429 .791 1.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 14.0 10 3 0 6 12 1.93 .200 .286 .200 .486  
1942 34 BSN NL 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 0 26.3 19 9 1 13 14 3.08 .202 .294 .255 .549 2.6
    AAA   4 2 .667 39 0 0 0 2 59.3 69 34 5 41 36 5.16 .297 .403 .435 .838  
1943 35 BSN NL 2 2 .500 37 0 0 0 2 36.3 46 21 7 16 15 5.20 .309 .373 .490 .863 1.4
1944 36 A   2 1 .667 73 0 0 0 2 62.0 54 23 6 19 71 3.34 .235 .293 .357 .650  
10 Years Sim 34 37 .479 392 12 1 0 34 535.0 553 253 41 275 234 4.26 .269 .354 .398 .752 36.7
4 Years AAA 7 7 .500 62 14 0 0 2 166.0 173 78 10 104 121 4.23 .273 .376 .385 .761  
1 Years A 2 1 .667 73 0 0 0 2 62.0 54 23 6 19 71 3.34 .235 .293 .357 .650  
5 Years Minors 9 8 .529 135 14 0 0 4 228.0 227 101 16 123 192 3.99 .263 .355 .378 .733  
Season Average 3 3 .500 39 1 0 0 3 53.5 55 25 4 27 23 4.26 .269 .354 .398 .752  
Career Highs 12 9 .615 66 6 1 0 9 126.7 109 48 7 69 55 6.15 .340 .397 .490 .863  
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   356 162 24 178 136   .280 .368 .405 .773
vs LH   197 91 17 97 98   .252 .334 .387 .721
Home 24 14 .632 207 7 0 0 15 303.3 290 132 22 160 125 3.92 .255 .347 .378 .725
Away 10 23 .303 185 5 1 0 20 231.6 263 121 19 115 109 4.70 .286 .366 .423 .789
Mar/Apr 3 7 .300 57 1 0 0 4 83.3 101 42 6 30 37 4.54 .306 .364 .458 .821
May 3 5 .375 64 0 0 0 5 78.0 61 30 4 41 31 3.46 .217 .317 .327 .644
June 3 4 .429 65 4 0 0 7 95.6 99 50 8 50 40 4.71 .264 .351 .392 .743
July 6 5 .545 68 3 1 0 8 99.6 93 37 11 49 55 3.34 .249 .336 .408 .744
August 9 8 .529 74 2 0 0 4 91.0 110 51 7 54 31 5.05 .304 .394 .423 .817
Sep/Oct 10 8 .556 64 2 0 0 7 87.3 89 43 5 51 40 4.43 .266 .364 .368 .732
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
1934 26 MON NL 62 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0
1935 27 MON NL 66 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .059 .105 .059 .164 0.0 0.0
1936 28 MON NL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1937 29 MON NL 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
  PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1938 30 PIT NL 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1939 31 PIT NL 40 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1940 32 PIT NL 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1941 33 BSN NL 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1942 34 BSN NL 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1943 35 BSN NL 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
10 Years Sim 393 51 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .078 .094 .098 .192 -1.7 0.3
1 Years AAA 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .078 .094 .098 .192 -0.7  
Career Highs 66 17 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
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   35 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .057 .056 .057 .113 -2.2
vs LH   16 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.2
Home 185 34 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .118 .143 .147 .290 -0.3
Away 151 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
RISP   13 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .231 .214 .308 .522 0.8
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
June 36 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
July 25 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
August 53 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.5
Sep/Oct 48 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .077 .133 .077 .210 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 26 MON NL P 62 2 87.0 8 21 0 2 1.000 3.00    
1935 27 MON NL P 66 6 126.7 18 20 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1936 28 MON NL P 40 1 50.0 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1937 29 MON NL P 15 1 25.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.16    
  PIT NL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  TOT   P 16 1 26.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1938 30 PIT NL P 45 0 50.7 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1939 31 PIT NL P 40 0 52.7 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.56    
1940 32 PIT NL P 26 2 40.3 3 3 2 1 .750 1.34    
1941 33 BSN NL P 40 0 39.0 7 3 1 0 .909 2.31    
1942 34 BSN NL P 20 0 26.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1943 35 BSN NL P 37 0 36.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.98    
Career Totals   392 12 535.0 48 93 3 6 .979 2.37    
Career Highs   66 6 126.7 18 21 2 2 1.000 3.00    
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
1934 26 MON NL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 10.7 9 2 0 8 6 1.69 .231 .362 .359 .721
1935 27 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 2 0 1 0 13.53 .500 .556 1.000 1.556
1936 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 4.7 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .133 .133 .133 .267
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 16.7 15 4 0 9 7 2.16 .242 .338 .387 .725
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1935-10-.571
 Saves
1934-7-8
1935-9-8
1938-5-9
 Games Pitched
1934-9-62
1935-3-66
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Montreal in 1934
Earned first career win on 5/23/1934
Had first career hit (double) on 8/22/1934, off Joe Shaute (NYG)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Injured on 7/13/1936 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1937 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: P Lee Grissom. Going to MON: 1B Joe Kuhel)
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/19/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $512,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/6/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/14/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $570,000 per year
 
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