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Eli Grba
Eli Grba

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 207 lb.

Debut July 10, 1959
  vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 4, 1963
Born August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 24 NYY AL   2   5  19   6   0   0   5  0   50.3   52   44   36   6   39   23   0   0   240   0   0  6.44  3.63   56 1.808
 1960 25 NYY AL   6   4  24   9   1   0   4  1   80.7   65   45   33   9   46   32   2   4   346   3   1  3.68  3.56   97 1.376
 1961 26 LAA AL  11  13  40  30   8   0   5  2  211.7  197  119  100  26  114  105   7   6   941  10   1  4.25  4.51  106 1.469
 1962 27 LAA AL   8   9  40  29   1   0   5  1  176.3  185  101   89  19   75   90   2   4   783   5   1  4.54  3.85   85 1.474
 1963 28 LAA AL   1   2  12   1   0   0   7  0   17.3   14    9    9   2   10    5   1   1    77   1   0  4.67  3.41   73 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .459  28  33 135  75  10   0  26  4  536.3  513  318  267  62  284  255  12  15  2387  19   3  4.48  4.03   90 1.486
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  43  24   3   0   8  1  173.3  166  102   86  20   91   82   3   4   772   6   0  4.48  4.03   90 1.486
 Career High     11  13  40  30   8   0   7  2  211.7  197  119  100  26  114  105   7   6   941  10   1  3.68  4.51  106 1.376

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 24 NYY AL  19   14    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .214  .267  .286   55    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 25 NYY AL  27   21    1    5   0  0   1    1   0  0   2   7  .238  .304  .381   90    8   3   0   0   0   1
 1961 26 LAA AL  42   64    8   15   3  0   2   11   0  0   6  17  .234  .306  .375   74   24   8   1   0   1   1
 1962 27 LAA AL  42   58    5   12   1  0   1    7   0  0   4  14  .207  .258  .276   46   16   3   0   0   0   0
 1963 28 LAA AL  13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -20    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      143  160   15   35   5  0   4   19   0  0  14  42  .219  .284  .325   63   52  15   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        181   17   40   6  0   5   22   0  0  16  48  .219  .284  .325   63   59  17   1   0   1   2
 Career High     42   64    8   15   3  0   2   11   0  0   6  17                          24   8   1   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 24 NYY AL   16   12    1   2.2    95| .214  .256| .267  .326| .286  .391| .553  .717|  55  .226  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1960 25 NYY AL   26   20    2   2.7    96| .238  .256| .304  .329| .381  .392| .685  .721|  90  .281  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1961 26 LAA AL   80   59    8   3.6   113| .234  .276| .306  .353| .375  .430| .681  .783|  74  .387  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1962 27 LAA AL   65   49    5   2.8   100| .207  .260| .258  .331| .276  .404| .534  .735|  46  .284  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1963 28 LAA AL    4    3    0   0.0    89| .000  .248| .250  .314| .000  .383| .250  .697| -20  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       191  143   16   3.0   104| .219  .265| .284  .339| .325  .411| .609  .750|  63  .316  -8.8  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1959 24 NYY AL P 19 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.63 0.85 2.15 2.06 6 50.3 1960 25 NYY AL P 24 9 9 1 1 .947 .968 0.75 0.78 2.01 1.96 9 80.7 1961 26 LAA AL P 40 11 31 2 2 .955 .955 1.05 0.83 1.79 2.05 30 211.7 1962 27 LAA AL P 40 9 37 7 3 .868 .958 1.15 0.79 2.35 2.08 29 176.3 1963 28 LAA AL P 12 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.79 2.60 1.98 1 17.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 24 NYY AL P 19 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.63 0.85 2.15 2.06 6 50.3 1960 25 NYY AL P 24 9 9 1 1 .947 .968 0.75 0.78 2.01 1.96 9 80.7 1961 26 LAA AL P 40 11 31 2 2 .955 .955 1.05 0.83 1.79 2.05 30 211.7 1962 27 LAA AL P 40 9 37 7 3 .868 .958 1.15 0.79 2.35 2.08 29 176.3 1963 28 LAA AL P 12 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.79 2.60 1.98 1 17.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 135 34 89 11 7 .918 .958 0.91 0.81 2.06 2.04 75 536.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 135 34 89 11 7 .918 .958 0.91 0.81 2.07 2.05 75 536
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs Allow.
1961 AL-26-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1961 AL-114-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1961 AL-100-10

Hit Batsmen
1961 AL-7-8

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1467) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

March 14, 1957: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Gordie Windhorn to the New York Yankees for Bill Renna.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the New York Yankees in the 1960 expansion draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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