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George
Grantham		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 20, 1900 in Usa, KS, GALENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
Gold Glove 1932   
All-Star Selections 1933   
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
1930 30 SDP NL $ 11,577,600   79 79 73 38 41 40 78 87 84 62 72 69 78 82 81
1931 31 TAM AL $ 11,577,600   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1932 32 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 8
1933 33 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 7
1934 34 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5
1935 35 MIN AL $ 1,300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
1936 36 MIN AL $ 1,300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
1937 37 MIN AL $ 1,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,577,600   79 79 73 38 41 40 78 87 84 62 72 69 78 82 81
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
1930 30 TAM AL 96 386 73 120 16 5 5 42 1 2 50 18 .311 .392 .417 .809 59.4 10.6
  SDP NL 53 195 21 49 7 4 2 34 0 1 34 9 .251 .364 .359 .723 25.7 3.1
  TOT   149 581 94 169 23 9 7 76 1 3 84 27 .291 .382 .398 .780 85.2 13.7
1931 31 SDP NL 89 320 64 104 23 5 8 54 1 3 59 15 .325 .430 .503 .934 64.3 13.6
  TAM AL 64 260 47 87 14 3 7 41 1 3 26 13 .335 .396 .492 .888 44.8 9.8
  TOT   153 580 111 191 37 8 15 95 2 6 85 28 .329 .416 .498 .914 109.1 23.4
1932 32 PIT NL 149 551 93 155 33 5 8 68 0 2 71 57 .281 .360 .403 .763 76.3 15.1
1933 33 PIT NL 120 415 67 132 20 4 10 74 1 4 54 54 .318 .397 .458 .855 69.7 12.4
1934 34 PIT NL 141 486 72 140 13 7 9 46 1 2 48 73 .288 .351 .399 .750 64.9 9.9
1935 35 MIN AL 39 78 4 19 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 14 .244 .306 .295 .601 7.4 0.6
1936 36 MIN AL 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   111 452 33 77 16 5 3 32 4 12 38 92 .170 .235 .248 .482 21.3  
1937 37 AAA   137 538 59 89 18 0 6 42 13 7 43 112 .165 .227 .232 .460 25.7  
7 Years Sim 757 2698 441 806 128 34 49 364 5 17 349 255 .299 .379 .426 .805 412.0 75.1
2 Years AAA 248 990 92 166 34 5 9 74 17 19 81 204 .168 .231 .239 .470 47.1  
162 Game Average 577 94 172 27 7 10 77 1 3 74 54 .299 .379 .426 .805 88.2  
Career Highs 153 581 111 191 37 9 15 95 2 6 85 73 .329 .416 .498 .914 109.1  
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   1847 313 586 93 15 35 250 4 12 252 139 .317 .398 .441 .839 316.0
vs LH   851 128 220 35 19 14 114 1 5 97 116 .259 .336 .394 .730 112.1
Home 392 1357 214 409 64 18 24 169 2 6 178 131 .301 .383 .428 .812 218.8
Away 365 1341 227 397 64 16 25 195 3 11 171 124 .296 .374 .424 .798 209.3
RISP   669 0 210 31 13 18 298 0 0 109 61 .314 .405 .480 .885 128.8
Pinch Hitting   51 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 .255 .345 .275 .619 5.5
Close/Late   341 59 115 18 2 7 56 0 0 52 29 .337 .424 .463 .887 65.1
Mar/Apr 127 459 74 138 27 8 4 45 3 4 64 39 .301 .388 .420 .808 73.2
May 141 483 89 140 13 6 11 69 0 4 66 51 .290 .374 .410 .784 74.7
June 134 473 80 151 29 4 13 79 0 1 54 38 .319 .389 .480 .869 83.4
July 108 402 69 118 21 5 8 55 0 1 51 38 .294 .373 .430 .804 63.6
August 121 433 59 120 18 5 4 54 0 3 57 33 .277 .361 .370 .731 58.8
Sep/Oct 126 448 70 139 20 6 9 62 2 4 57 56 .310 .387 .442 .829 74.4
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
1930 30 TAM AL 2B 61 60 540.1 156 256 12 60 .972 6.87   0.0
    1B 32 32 295.8 416 30 3 33 .993 13.57   1.0
    LF 2 0 3.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  SDP NL 2B 34 33 282.2 82 134 6 32 .973 6.89   1.4
    1B 18 17 154.6 218 15 2 18 .991 13.56   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  TOT   2B 95 93 822.3 238 390 18 92 .972 6.87   1.4
      1B 50 49 450.4 634 45 5 51 .993 13.57   1.1
      LF 3 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1931 31 SDP NL 1B 50 49 429.9 576 40 5 52 .992 12.90   0.3
    2B 27 27 226.9 65 97 7 24 .959 6.43   0.9
    LF 12 10 94.2 22 2 0 1 1.000 2.29   0.4
  TAM AL 1B 36 36 325.0 435 31 3 40 .994 12.90   1.0
    2B 19 19 171.5 49 74 6 18 .953 6.45   0.3
    LF 8 8 71.2 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.1
  TOT   1B 86 85 754.9 1011 71 8 92 .993 12.90   1.4
      2B 46 46 398.4 114 171 13 42 .956 6.44   1.2
      LF 20 18 165.4 39 3 0 1 1.000 2.29   0.4
1932 32 PIT NL 2B 142 139 1260.7 405 680 44 156 .961 7.75   5.4
    1B 4 0 10.0 13 1 0 3 1.000 12.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1933 33 PIT NL 2B 108 106 939.3 246 509 33 110 .958 7.23   4.4
    LF 5 0 15.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1934 34 PIT NL 2B 136 131 1135.0 315 579 27 131 .971 7.09   6.5
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 1 0 .750 13.50   0.0
1935 35 MIN AL 2B 26 18 173.3 47 86 3 14 .978 6.91   0.9
    1B 5 0 6.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1936 36 MIN AL 2B 2 1 10.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 6.30   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 555 534 4739.0 1367 2420 138 546 .965 7.19   19.8
  1B 150 134 1227.3 1674 117 14 147 .992 13.13   2.6
  LF 33 18 195.4 50 4 0 2 1.000 2.49   0.6
Career Totals   738 686 6161.7 3091 2541 152 695 .974 8.23   23.0
Career Highs   152 149 1318.7 1164 681 44 159 1.000 9.62    
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
1931 31 TAM AL 10 42 10 16 6 0 1 7 0 1 5 2 .381 .449 .595 1.044
1932 32 PIT NL 20 79 11 37 8 2 0 11 0 0 5 6 .468 .494 .620 1.114
1933 33 PIT NL 6 22 5 9 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 2 .409 .480 .773 1.253
1934 34 PIT NL 5 19 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .263 .263 .263 .526
Career Post-Season Batting 41 162 26 67 15 4 2 22 0 2 13 15 .414 .455 .593 1.048
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.
Games
1932-9-149
 Runs
1932-9-93
 Triples
1934-9-7
 Walks
1932-2-71
 Strikeouts
1932-8-57
1934-4-73
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Dion James (935)
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  3. Joe Sewell (920)
  4. Bob Barrett (918)
  5. Fresco Thompson (911)
  6. Lenn Sakata (903)
  7. Bernie James (902)
  8. Jerry Standaert (900)
  9. Andy High (899)
  10. Bill Cissell (896)
History
Traded from Atlanta to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1930 (Going to TAM: 1B George Grantham, LF Al Simmons, P George Earnshaw, P George Dumont. Going to ATL: SS Lyn Lary)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off George Winn (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1930, off Sheriff Blake (MID)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 6/23/1930
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 7/31/1930 (Going to TAM: P Roy Sherid. Going to SDP: 2B George Grantham)
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 7/16/1931 (Going to SDP: 2B Tony Piet, C Cliff Bolton, CF Bill Norman. Going to TAM: 1B George Grantham, P Boom-boom Beck)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/14/1931, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/2/1932 to a 3-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1932
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1933 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1933, hitting .524 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 8/10/1934 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/27/1935 to a 3-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Injured on 3/1/1935 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 6 weeks
 
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