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Oscar Grimes
Oscar Ray Grimes Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 28, 1938
Final Game September 25, 1946
Born April 13, 1915 in Minerva, OH
Died May 19, 1993 in Westlake, OH

Son of Ray Grimes and Nephew of Roy Grimes

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 23 CLE AL   4   10    2    2   0  1   0    2   0  0   2   0  .200  .333  .400   84    4   0           0    
 1939 24 CLE AL 119  364   51   98  20  5   4   56   8  3  56  61  .269  .368  .385   95  140  11           1   7
 1940 25 CLE AL  11   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 26 CLE AL  77  244   28   58   9  3   4   24   4  0  39  47  .238  .345  .348   88   85   7           1   1
 1942 27 CLE AL  51   84   10   15   2  0   0    2   3  2  13  17  .179  .289  .202   43   17   3           0   1
 1943 28 NYY AL   9   20    4    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   7  .150  .261  .150   21    3   0           0   0
 1944 29 NYY AL 116  387   44  108  17  8   5   46   6  0  59  57  .279  .377  .403  120  156   8           2   2
 1945 30 NYY AL 142  480   64  127  19  7   4   45   7  6  97  73  .265  .395  .358  115  172  12           6  10 AS
 1946 31 TOT AL  73  230   29   58   6  0   1   24   2  1  28  36  .252  .336  .291   77   67  12           1   7
         NYY AL  14   39    1    8   1  0   0    4   0  1   1   7  .205  .225  .231   27    9   1           0   0
         PHA AL  59  191   28   50   5  0   1   20   2  0  27  29  .262  .356  .304   86   58  11           1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      602 1832  235  469  73 24  18  200  30 12 297 303  .256  .363  .352   98  644  53   0   0  11  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   63  126  20  6   5   54   8  3  80  82  .256  .363  .352   98  173  14   0   0   3   8
 Career High    142  480   64  127  20  8   5   56   8  6  97  73  .279  .395  .403  120  172  12   0   0   6  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 23 CLE AL   12    8    1   3.3   116| .200  .288| .333  .366| .400  .429| .733  .795|  84  .297  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1939 24 CLE AL  432  287   52   4.8   111| .269  .283| .368  .357| .385  .418| .753  .775|  95  .475  -0.8  -0.1  72%
 1940 25 CLE AL   13   13    0   0.0   108| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .418| .000  .766|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1941 26 CLE AL  291  194   30   4.1   102| .238  .269| .345  .345| .348  .397| .693  .742|  88  .438  -3.2  -0.3 100%
 1942 27 CLE AL  100   75    5   1.8    89| .179  .258| .289  .332| .202  .362| .491  .693|  43  .179  -5.7  -0.6  60%
 1943 28 NYY AL   23   17    1   1.6    88| .150  .257| .261  .332| .150  .355| .411  .687|  21  .172  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1944 29 NYY AL  456  289   60   5.6    94| .279  .271| .377  .339| .403  .371| .780  .709| 120  .647  11.9   1.2 100%
 1945 30 NYY AL  595  381   66   4.6    92| .265  .267| .395  .340| .358  .363| .753  .704| 115  .583  14.7   1.6  53%
 1946 31 TOT AL  271  192   23   3.2    95| .252  .263| .336  .337| .291  .378| .627  .715|  77  .382  -6.3  -0.6  66%
         NYY AL   41   33    2   1.6    96| .205  .265| .225  .339| .231  .381| .456  .720|  27  .151  -4.0  -0.4   0%
         PHA AL  230  159   21   3.5    95| .262  .263| .356  .337| .304  .377| .660  .714|  86  .425  -2.3  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2193 1456  238   4.4    98| .256  .271| .363  .343| .352  .383| .715  .726|  98  .506   4.4   0.6  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 23 CLE AL 2B 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 5.30 1B 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 .986 7.00 9.60 1939 24 CLE AL 2B 48 102 109 7 21 .968 .965 4.40 5.14 1B 43 341 17 4 36 .989 .990 8.33 9.43 SS 37 58 66 11 18 .919 .950 3.35 4.68 3B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 3.03 1940 25 CLE AL 1B 4 21 2 1 2 .958 .987 5.75 9.60 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 3.10 1941 26 CLE AL 1B 62 544 31 3 53 .995 .990 9.27 9.64 2B 13 28 31 2 7 .967 .967 4.54 5.18 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1942 27 CLE AL 2B 24 46 39 5 10 .944 .969 3.54 5.39 3B 8 5 12 1 1 .944 .939 2.12 3.02 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.80 SS 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 4.80 1943 28 NYY AL SS 3 2 7 0 3 1.000 .957 3.00 4.93 1B 1 8 1 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 9.80 1944 29 NYY AL 3B 97 105 189 17 14 .945 .954 3.03 3.23 SS 20 35 57 7 10 .929 .947 4.60 5.05 1945 30 NYY AL 3B 141 162 296 31 35 .937 .948 3.25 2.97 AS 1B 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 9.80 AS 1946 31 TOT AL 2B 48 109 116 10 32 .957 .970 4.69 5.23 TOT AL SS 11 27 20 8 4 .855 .955 4.27 4.65 NYY AL SS 7 20 14 4 3 .895 .955 4.86 4.66 2B 5 11 11 1 2 .957 .969 4.40 5.24 PHA AL 2B 43 98 105 9 30 .958 .970 4.72 5.23 3B 6 6 19 2 0 .926 .947 4.17 2.88 SS 4 7 6 4 1 .765 .956 3.25 4.65
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 23 CLE AL 1B 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 .986 7.00 9.60 1939 24 CLE AL 1B 43 341 17 4 36 .989 .990 8.33 9.43 1940 25 CLE AL 1B 4 21 2 1 2 .958 .987 5.75 9.60 1941 26 CLE AL 1B 62 544 31 3 53 .995 .990 9.27 9.64 1942 27 CLE AL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.80 1943 28 NYY AL 1B 1 8 1 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 9.80 1945 30 NYY AL 1B 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 9.80 1938 23 CLE AL 2B 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 5.30 1939 24 CLE AL 2B 48 102 109 7 21 .968 .965 4.40 5.14 1941 26 CLE AL 2B 13 28 31 2 7 .967 .967 4.54 5.18 1942 27 CLE AL 2B 24 46 39 5 10 .944 .969 3.54 5.39 1946 31 TOT AL 2B 48 109 116 10 32 .957 .970 4.69 5.23 NYY AL 2B 5 11 11 1 2 .957 .969 4.40 5.24 PHA AL 2B 43 98 105 9 30 .958 .970 4.72 5.23 1939 24 CLE AL 3B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 3.03 1940 25 CLE AL 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 3.10 1941 26 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1942 27 CLE AL 3B 8 5 12 1 1 .944 .939 2.12 3.02 1944 29 NYY AL 3B 97 105 189 17 14 .945 .954 3.03 3.23 1945 30 NYY AL 3B 141 162 296 31 35 .937 .948 3.25 2.97 1946 31 PHA AL 3B 6 6 19 2 0 .926 .947 4.17 2.88 1939 24 CLE AL SS 37 58 66 11 18 .919 .950 3.35 4.68 1942 27 CLE AL SS 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 4.80 1943 28 NYY AL SS 3 2 7 0 3 1.000 .957 3.00 4.93 1944 29 NYY AL SS 20 35 57 7 10 .929 .947 4.60 5.05 1946 31 TOT AL SS 11 27 20 8 4 .855 .955 4.27 4.65 NYY AL SS 7 20 14 4 3 .895 .955 4.86 4.66 PHA AL SS 4 7 6 4 1 .765 .956 3.25 4.65
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 257 281 521 51 50 .940 .950 3.12 3.07 2B 135 288 297 24 71 .961 .968 4.33 5.22 1B 113 929 52 8 95 .992 .990 8.68 9.56 SS 72 122 151 28 35 .907 .950 3.79 4.79 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 577 1620 1021 111 251 .960 .968 4.58 5.06
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1945

On-base %
1945 AL-.395-4

Triples
1944 AL-8-10
1945 AL-7-8

Bases on Balls
1945 AL-97-3

Strikeouts
1939 AL-61-9
1944 AL-57-10
1945 AL-73-4

Times on Base
1945 AL-230-7

Hit By Pitch
1945 AL-6-2

Sac. Hits
1946 AL-12-5

Power/Speed Number
1945 AL-5.1-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1798) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2069) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1669) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

December 17, 1942: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roy Weatherly to the New York Yankees for Roy Cullenbine and Buddy Rosar.

July 11, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.


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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