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Jim
Greengrass		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 24, 1927 in Usa, NY, ADDISON
 
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
1952 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1953 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1954 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1956 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1957 29 DET AL $ 1,600,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 30 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1959 31 SEM AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1960 32 SEM AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 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
1952 24 MON NL 6 20 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 3 .350 .440 .500 .940 5.0 1.0
    AAA   54 203 39 59 8 3 15 38 1 5 25 26 .291 .368 .581 .950 40.2  
    AA   81 323 61 90 19 0 29 62 1 3 43 46 .279 .363 .607 .970 67.9  
1953 25 MON NL 26 46 4 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .174 .208 .283 .491 1.5 0.0
1954 26 DET AL 6 13 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 .615 1.000 2.7 0.7
    AAA   137 552 75 171 24 3 38 104 8 8 70 75 .310 .387 .571 .958 114.2  
1955 27 DET AL 108 217 27 52 14 2 5 30 0 0 19 39 .240 .298 .392 .690 24.1 2.3
1956 28 DET AL 150 552 80 152 33 4 21 97 1 0 51 113 .275 .332 .464 .795 84.4 13.7
1957 29 DET AL 132 493 57 103 25 3 17 63 0 1 41 99 .209 .270 .375 .645 44.5 2.7
1958 30 DET AL 78 147 17 39 12 0 1 17 0 0 9 30 .265 .308 .367 .675 14.7 1.8
1959 31 SEM AL 131 347 34 82 16 4 14 45 0 0 23 73 .236 .282 .427 .709 39.8 5.1
1960 32 SEM AL 131 300 31 70 16 1 7 30 0 0 27 62 .233 .296 .363 .659 30.2 3.2
9 Years Sim 768 2135 255 518 118 14 68 296 1 1 176 429 .243 .298 .407 .705 246.9 30.5
2 Years AAA 191 755 114 230 32 6 53 142 9 13 95 101 .305 .382 .574 .955 154.5  
1 Years AA 81 323 61 90 19 0 29 62 1 3 43 46 .279 .363 .607 .970 67.9  
3 Years Minors 272 1078 175 320 51 6 82 204 10 16 138 147 .297 .376 .583 .960 222.4  
162 Game Average 450 53 109 24 2 14 62 0 0 37 90 .243 .298 .407 .705 52.1  
Career Highs 150 552 80 152 33 4 21 97 1 1 51 113 .385 .440 .615 1.000 84.4  
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   1297 153 310 79 10 29 178 1 1 103 246 .239 .294 .382 .676 145.2
vs LH   838 102 208 39 4 39 118 0 0 73 183 .248 .306 .444 .750 115.7
Home 406 1146 130 263 64 9 33 147 1 0 90 225 .229 .284 .387 .672 127.5
Away 362 989 125 255 54 5 35 149 0 1 86 204 .258 .315 .429 .743 133.4
RISP   576 0 144 22 5 16 210 0 0 62 124 .250 .316 .389 .704 74.2
Pinch Hitting   236 30 57 15 2 6 35 0 0 20 51 .242 .298 .398 .697 28.1
Close/Late   301 29 69 18 1 9 44 0 0 35 51 .229 .309 .385 .694 37.1
Mar/Apr 115 327 45 83 15 1 15 57 0 1 27 73 .254 .310 .443 .753 44.9
May 127 332 43 87 24 2 7 44 0 0 24 67 .262 .311 .410 .721 41.1
June 118 322 32 73 15 3 8 37 0 0 31 60 .227 .291 .366 .658 35.6
July 130 344 41 79 25 4 6 41 1 0 30 75 .230 .289 .378 .667 37.7
August 138 405 48 89 17 2 16 57 0 0 30 84 .220 .270 .390 .661 44.2
Sep/Oct 140 405 46 107 22 2 16 60 0 0 34 70 .264 .320 .447 .767 57.4
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
1952 24 MON NL RF 3 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.1
    CF 3 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1953 25 MON NL RF 7 7 58.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.79   0.3
    CF 4 3 26.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    2B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 26 DET AL CF 3 3 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.1
1955 27 DET AL RF 16 14 124.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.81   1.1
    CF 25 11 122.3 32 2 1 0 .971 2.50    
    LF 13 13 112.0 24 0 1 0 .960 1.93    
    1B 4 4 34.0 50 5 1 10 .982 14.56   0.1
1956 28 DET AL CF 132 123 1104.3 295 8 3 1 .990 2.47   1.7
    RF 15 14 131.3 28 1 1 0 .967 1.99    
1957 29 DET AL CF 70 68 601.7 186 3 1 0 .995 2.83   1.8
    LF 59 59 518.7 121 2 2 0 .984 2.13    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 30 DET AL RF 9 7 69.3 12 0 1 0 .923 1.56   0.3
    LF 9 7 67.0 16 1 1 1 .944 2.28    
    CF 9 7 64.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 2 2 17.0 19 1 0 2 1.000 10.59   0.0
1959 31 SEM AL LF 51 50 429.0 91 3 6 0 .940 1.97   1.5
    RF 29 15 169.3 34 2 2 0 .947 1.91    
    CF 22 2 72.7 13 0 1 0 .929 1.61    
1960 32 SEM AL CF 44 44 388.3 109 2 1 0 .991 2.57   2.5
    RF 13 13 109.0 26 1 1 1 .964 2.23    
    LF 14 6 77.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 312 264 2427.3 666 16 7 1 .990 2.53   6.1
  LF 146 135 1203.7 269 7 10 1 .965 2.06   1.5
  RF 94 73 691.0 149 5 5 2 .969 2.01   1.8
  1B 6 6 51.0 69 6 1 12 .987 13.24   0.1
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   560 478 4378.3 1154 35 23 17 .981 2.44   9.6
Career Highs   147 137 1235.7 323 9 9 10 1.000 3.17    
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
1953 25 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 26 DET AL 4 10 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .600 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 5 11 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .545 .818
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.
RBIs
1956-10-97
 Strikeouts
1956-10-113
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1952
Had first career hit on 9/25/1952, off Warren Spahn (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1952, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Ferris Fain, P Bob Kuzava, P Ken Johnson, LF Jim Greengrass, 2B Gene Mauch)
Injured on 9/19/1956 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/22/1957 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks
10/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 3/3/1959 (Going to SEM: SS Jack Lohrke, LF Jim Greengrass, 2B Red Schoendienst. Going to DET: SS Danny O'connell)
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1960
 
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