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Bob
Grim		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 8, 1930 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1956    1957    1962   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1955 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3
1956 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
1957 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 28 NYG NL $ 695,000 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1959 29 NYG NL $ 695,000 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1960 30 CLE AL $ 977,143 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1961 31 CLE AL $ 1,000,000 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 32 WAS NL $ 2,340,000 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 33 DET AL $ 2,340,000 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1964 34 BRK NL $ 2,340,000 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1965 35 LAD NL $ 2,340,000 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,340,000 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 28 NYG NL $ 695,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 29 NYG NL $ 695,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 30 CLE AL $ 977,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 31 CLE AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 32 WAS NL $ 2,340,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 33 DET AL $ 2,340,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 34 BRK NL $ 2,340,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 35 LAD NL $ 2,340,000   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 $ 2,340,000   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
1954 24 BSN NL 7 11 .389 62 0 0 0 13 87.0 80 43 11 40 50 4.45 .246 .328 .418 .746 8.8
1955 25 BSN NL 2 3 .400 40 0 0 0 9 39.7 49 26 5 22 26 5.90 .304 .388 .453 .841 0.7
    AAA   2 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 6 23.7 24 8 4 6 29 3.04 .258 .303 .419 .722  
1956 26 BSN NL 7 3 .700 53 0 0 0 6 58.3 60 30 11 20 40 4.63 .268 .327 .464 .791 4.6
1957 27 BSN NL 7 6 .538 63 0 0 0 7 73.7 58 30 8 37 64 3.67 .215 .312 .359 .671 7.9
1958 28 DET AL 3 3 .500 21 0 0 0 0 24.7 37 23 6 17 28 8.39 .339 .422 .596 1.018 0.0
  NYG NL 3 2 .600 33 0 0 0 4 28.3 35 21 6 17 23 6.67 .302 .385 .517 .902 0.0
  TOT   6 5 .545 54 0 0 0 4 53.0 72 44 12 34 51 7.47 .320 .403 .556 .959 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 0 25.7 22 7 0 10 32 2.46 .218 .288 .307 .595  
1959 29 NYG NL 6 6 .500 79 0 0 0 14 96.0 70 39 11 49 100 3.66 .203 .302 .363 .666 11.6
1960 30 CLE AL 4 5 .444 76 0 0 0 11 83.3 88 47 12 43 76 5.08 .271 .357 .434 .790 2.6
1961 31 CLE AL 6 2 .750 76 0 0 0 11 85.7 86 31 10 42 78 3.26 .258 .342 .399 .742 7.8
1962 32 WAS NL 3 6 .333 44 0 0 0 23 43.3 43 14 3 16 36 2.91 .257 .330 .359 .689 7.3
1963 33 DET AL 7 3 .700 38 0 0 0 12 39.3 38 17 5 22 26 3.89 .255 .345 .423 .768 4.7
1964 34 BRK NL 4 6 .400 36 0 0 0 15 40.3 40 24 7 21 34 5.36 .261 .349 .438 .786 2.3
1965 35 LAD NL 6 5 .545 56 0 0 0 5 55.0 65 43 10 27 50 7.04 .294 .372 .502 .874 0.0
12 Years Sim 65 61 .516 677 0 0 0 130 754.6 749 388 105 373 631 4.63 .259 .343 .426 .769 58.3
2 Years AAA 4 0 1.000 45 0 0 0 6 49.3 46 15 4 16 61 2.74 .237 .295 .361 .656  
Season Average 5 5 .500 56 0 0 0 10 62.9 62 32 8 31 52 4.63 .259 .343 .426 .769  
Career Highs 7 11 .750 79 0 0 0 23 96.0 88 47 12 49 100 7.47 .320 .403 .556 .959  
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   427 189 52 186 377   .260 .336 .419 .755
vs LH   322 199 53 187 254   .256 .353 .436 .788
Home 41 28 .594 367 0 0 0 56 416.6 426 246 67 225 352 5.31 .264 .354 .446 .800
Away 24 33 .421 310 0 0 0 75 338.0 323 142 38 148 279 3.78 .252 .330 .401 .731
Mar/Apr 11 14 .440 109 0 0 0 20 123.3 121 63 20 55 97 4.60 .254 .331 .428 .759
May 12 13 .480 125 0 0 0 23 151.0 144 67 20 72 125 3.99 .252 .336 .399 .735
June 13 10 .565 111 0 0 0 21 121.3 122 67 16 71 99 4.97 .264 .362 .435 .797
July 11 8 .579 94 0 0 0 18 110.6 114 63 18 68 87 5.13 .267 .368 .466 .834
August 10 8 .556 117 0 0 0 25 118.6 129 71 12 58 98 5.39 .276 .356 .415 .770
Sep/Oct 8 8 .500 121 0 0 0 24 129.6 119 57 19 49 125 3.96 .242 .311 .425 .735
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
1954 24 BSN NL 62 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0
1955 25 BSN NL 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1956 26 BSN NL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1958 28 DET AL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1959 29 NYG NL 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1960 30 CLE AL 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1961 31 CLE AL 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1962 32 WAS NL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1963 33 DET AL 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1964 34 BRK NL 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1965 35 LAD NL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
11 Years Sim 614 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -0.1 0.3
162 Game Average 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .115 .148 .115 .264 0.0  
Career Highs 79 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 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   16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .125 .301 0.0
vs LH   10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
Home 194 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1
Away 194 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8
RISP   7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Mar/Apr 64 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
May 33 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3
June 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 42 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 24 BSN NL P 62 0 87.0 2 21 0 5 1.000 2.38    
1955 25 BSN NL P 40 0 39.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1956 26 BSN NL P 53 0 58.3 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.93    
1957 27 BSN NL P 63 0 73.7 7 14 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1958 28 DET AL P 21 0 24.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.82    
  NYG NL P 33 0 28.3 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.91    
  TOT   P 54 0 53.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.87    
1959 29 NYG NL P 79 0 96.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 1.41    
1960 30 CLE AL P 76 0 83.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.19    
1961 31 CLE AL P 76 0 85.7 4 16 1 0 .952 2.10    
1962 32 WAS NL P 44 0 43.3 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1963 33 DET AL P 38 0 39.3 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1964 34 BRK NL P 36 0 40.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1965 35 LAD NL P 56 0 55.0 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.29    
Career Totals   677 0 754.6 42 128 1 8 .994 2.03    
Career Highs   79 0 96.0 7 21 1 5 1.000 2.93    
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
1957 27 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 0 3 3 1.50 .190 .292 .286 .577
1959 29 NYG NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 1.50 .143 .182 .286 .468
1960 30 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 6 8 3.00 .227 .393 .409 .802
1963 33 DET AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 1 19.0 13 4 2 10 18 1.89 .194 .299 .328 .627
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1954-3-13
1955-5-9
1959-6-14
1960-7-11
1961-7-11
1962-1-23
1963-10-12
1964-2-15
CAR-26-130
 Games Pitched
1954-9-62
1959-2-79
1960-7-76
1961-4-76
CAR-48-677
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1954
Earned first career win on 4/16/1954
Had first career hit on 5/26/1954, off Hooks Iott (CLE)
Injured on 6/5/1954 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $695,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 4/2/1958 (Going to BSN: P Al Cicotte, P Howie Judson. Going to DET: P Cuddles Marshall, P Buddy Lively, P Don Carlsen, P Hal Brown, P Bob Grim)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/31/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Grim, P Buddy Lively, P Hal Brown. Going to DET: P Ted Abernathy, P Curt Simmons)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $695,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $977,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland on 2/1/1960 (Going to CLE: P Dean Stone, P Bob Grim, P Nellie King. Going to NYG: P Don Elston)
9/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $1,000,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/12/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $2,340,000 per year
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Traded from Washington to Detroit on 3/3/1963 (Going to DET: P Bob Grim. Going to WAS: P John Briggs)
Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 2/21/1964 (Going to BRK: RF Wally Post, P Bob Grim. Going to DET: P Bob Friend, 2B Jerry Lumpe, P Orlando Pena)
 
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