Alex
Grammas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 193
 
Born: April 3, 1926 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1958   
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
1954 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1955 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1956 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 6 10 9 9
1957 31 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1958 32 SDP NL $ 642,857   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1959 33 TAM AL $ 642,857   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1960 34 BSN NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1961 35 BSN NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 7
1962 36 CLN NL $ 387,483   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 642,857   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9
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 28 NYG NL 41 111 14 31 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 10 .279 .322 .351 .673 11.2 1.0
1955 29 NYG NL 58 83 11 23 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .277 .318 .313 .631 8.2 0.8
1956 30 NYG NL 47 37 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .270 .341 .297 .639 3.8 0.5
    AAA   2 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .571 .700 .571 1.271 2.7  
1957 31 SDP NL 105 344 38 83 16 0 3 20 0 1 36 20 .241 .312 .314 .626 33.0 3.3
1958 32 SDP NL 144 442 43 104 18 0 1 35 0 0 45 32 .235 .308 .283 .591 38.6 2.8
1959 33 CIN NL 77 230 22 53 7 1 2 16 0 0 21 16 .230 .299 .296 .595 19.3 1.1
    AAA   31 117 11 40 7 0 1 11 0 0 16 9 .342 .421 .427 .848 20.5  
1960 34 BSN NL 72 172 21 44 6 1 0 14 0 0 6 23 .256 .283 .302 .586 13.5 1.3
1961 35 BSN NL 73 125 10 20 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 28 .160 .211 .176 .387 3.6 0.0
1962 36 CLN NL 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .143 .167 .310 0.4 0.0
    AA   111 443 30 105 15 0 0 24 3 2 36 59 .237 .294 .271 .565 35.5  
1963 37 A   26 104 9 20 4 1 2 11 0 0 10 19 .192 .263 .308 .571 8.6  
9 Years Sim 627 1550 164 369 58 2 7 102 0 1 132 138 .238 .299 .292 .591 131.5 10.7
2 Years AAA 33 124 12 44 7 0 1 12 0 0 19 10 .355 .441 .435 .876 23.3  
1 Years AA 111 443 30 105 15 0 0 24 3 2 36 59 .237 .301 .271 .572 35.5  
1 Years A 26 104 9 20 4 1 2 11 0 0 10 19 .192 .267 .308 .575 8.6  
4 Years Minors 170 671 51 169 26 1 3 47 3 2 65 88 .252 .323 .307 .630 67.4  
162 Game Average 400 42 95 14 0 1 26 0 0 34 35 .238 .299 .292 .591 34.0  
Career Highs 144 442 43 104 18 1 3 35 0 1 45 32 .279 .341 .351 .673 38.6  
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   816 88 194 28 1 4 49 0 0 56 77 .238 .289 .289 .578 66.8
vs LH   734 76 175 30 1 3 53 0 1 76 61 .238 .310 .294 .604 69.3
Home 298 704 73 169 28 1 3 47 0 0 65 62 .240 .305 .295 .601 64.8
Away 329 846 91 200 30 1 4 55 0 1 67 76 .236 .294 .288 .582 71.3
RISP   314 0 68 8 1 2 91 0 0 35 26 .217 .293 .268 .560 26.5
Pinch Hitting   100 5 21 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 13 .210 .240 .250 .490 5.2
Close/Late   169 22 46 7 0 0 9 0 0 20 15 .272 .351 .314 .664 19.5
Mar/Apr 132 335 39 84 11 0 2 28 0 0 36 36 .251 .322 .301 .623 34.4
May 137 342 27 76 12 0 0 14 0 0 28 21 .222 .283 .257 .540 24.6
June 104 249 30 62 10 1 1 16 0 1 19 28 .249 .305 .309 .614 22.9
July 82 174 17 35 7 1 0 15 0 0 21 10 .201 .289 .253 .542 13.4
August 75 185 21 47 7 0 3 15 0 0 10 20 .254 .299 .341 .640 18.0
Sep/Oct 97 265 30 65 11 0 1 14 0 0 18 23 .245 .291 .298 .589 22.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1954 28 NYG NL SS 15 9 92.7 12 30 3 2 .933 4.08 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 10 8 81.0 22 34 2 7 .966 6.22 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 10 8 68.0 4 10 1 2 .933 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 29 NYG NL 2B 12 7 72.3 16 24 2 7 .952 4.98 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 18 4 58.0 5 27 2 3 .941 4.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 12 4 50.3 6 7 0 4 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1956 30 NYG NL SS 27 0 51.0 6 26 1 4 .970 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 9 1 29.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 4 2 18.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 31 SDP NL 3B 102 100 832.0 54 240 4 26 .987 3.18 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    SS 3 0 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1958 32 SDP NL 3B 139 138 1138.0 73 311 12 19 .970 3.04 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 5 0 11.7 2 7 1 1 .900 6.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 33 CIN NL 2B 66 62 527.3 114 206 2 42 .994 5.46 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 7 6 55.0 6 24 0 4 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 2 1 9.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1960 34 BSN NL 2B 30 27 221.3 49 90 2 13 .986 5.65 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 17 9 94.0 7 15 2 1 .917 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 11 6 58.7 7 22 0 4 1.000 4.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 35 BSN NL 2B 20 15 140.7 31 60 1 7 .989 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 11 4 49.0 5 16 0 2 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 36 CLN NL 2B 5 1 17.0 4 3 1 0 .875 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 306 265 2274.3 154 617 19 56 .976 3.05 0 0 .000 0 8.2
  2B 149 122 1080.7 240 427 10 79 .985 5.55 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  SS 88 25 338.0 39 143 7 19 .963 4.85 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  C 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   545 412 3697.0 436 1187 36 154 .978 3.95 0 0 .000 0 15.3
Career Highs   146 138 1152.7 122 319 13 46 .994 5.45 0 0 .000 0  
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
1956 30 NYG NL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1959 33 TAM AL 5 7 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .714 .750 1.000 1.750
Career Post-Season Batting 11 9 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .700 1.000 1.700
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Had first career hit on 4/13/1954, off Billy O'dell (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/1954, off Mickey Mcdermott (STL)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 2/3/1957 (Going to NYG: P Robin Roberts. Going to SDP: LF Frank Campos, P Bob Kuzava, SS Alex Grammas)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Cincinnati on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1959 (Going to CIN: P Walt Masterson, P Dave Ferriss, CF Bill Bruton, P Don Newcombe. Going to TAM: 1B Ferris Fain, SS Alex Grammas)
7/31/1959: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to BSN: P Mike Garcia, SS Alex Grammas. Going to TAM: P Curt Barclay, P Al Cicotte)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/20/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $387,483 per year
Injured on 6/5/1962 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1963