Tom Grieve

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: March 4, 1948 in Pittsfield, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (6th) of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA).

High School: Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: July 5, 1970 (Age 22-123d, 13,016th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 1, 1979 (Age 31-058d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Thomas Alan Grieve

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Relatives: Father of Ben Grieve

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1907

474

.249

209

RBI

254

OBP

.301

SLG

.401

OPS

.702

OPS+

100

Summary of 65 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 16 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX/WSA	63
NYM	2

Platoon
vs LHP	33
vs RHP	32

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	31

Outs
1	24
0	22
2	19

13 Opps
CAL	9
MIN	8
CLE	8
BOS	7
BAL	6
KCR	5
OAK	5
DET	5
CHW	5
MIL	4
CHC	1
MON	1
SEA	1

58 Pitchers
Ross Grimsley	3
Wayne Garland	2
Dave Hamilton	2
Andy Hassler	2
Jim Slaton	2
Claude Osteen	2
Vern Ruhle	1
Dick Bosman	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Bob Reynolds	1
Dave McNally	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Frank Tanana	1
Roger Moret	1
Eddie Bane	1
Sam McDowell	1
Steve Mingori	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Francisco Barrios	1
Don Kirkwood	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Jim Crawford	1
Ted Abernathy	1
Dave Johnson	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Ken Kravec	1
Doug Bird	1
Luis Tiant	1
John Hiller	1
Pete Redfern	1
Ken Tatum	1
Jim Hughes	1
Rick Wise	1
Paul Hartzell	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Pat Dobson	1
Mike Kekich	1
Luis Quintana	1
Dick Pole	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Bill Hands	1
Bill Travers	1
Jackie Brown	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Mike Norris	1
Rick Austin	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Rickey Clark	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Vida Blue	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Clyde Wright	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Rudy May	1
Steve Luebber	1
Jerry Augustine	1

15 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	29
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	38
8	11
9	9
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	19
-2-	5
12-	2
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

100 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	35
1 on	26
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	1
2	14
3	4
4	10
5	5
6	7
7	5
8	10
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	19
4-6	22
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	6
+1	16
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	5

Ahead	31
Tied	15
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	28
DH	22
RF	15

OrderPos
7th	25
5th	15
6th	13
8th	5
4th	3
2nd	2
3rd	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-07-09	WSA	@	CLE	Rick Austin	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	7	0.103	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1970-08-06	WSA		BOS	Sparky Lyle	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	1--	2	7	9	0.096	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Epstein Scores
3	3	3	1	1970-08-09 (1)	WSA		CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	7	7	0.176	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Casanova Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1972-06-29	TEX		CAL	Rickey Clark	behind 3-12	b 9	2	---	1	6	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1972-08-16	TEX		BOS	Ken Tatum	tied 8-8	b 10	2	---	1	5	9	0.474	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1972-09-04	TEX		KCR	Ted Abernathy	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.091	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1973-07-27	TEX		CAL	Clyde Wright	tied 0-0	b 2	2	12-	3	8	7	0.273	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sudakis Scores; K. Suarez Scores
8	8	2	1	1973-08-12	TEX		CLE	Dick Tidrow	behind 0-3	b 5	1	---	1	9	9	0.090	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1973-08-13	TEX		BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 1-7	b 8	2	1--	2	8	9	0.012	2%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Billings Scores
10	10	4	1	1973-08-21	TEX		BOS	Roger Moret	behind 3-9	b 6	1	12-	3	7	9	0.079	12%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Sudakis Scores; V. Harris Scores
11	11	5	1	1973-09-12	TEX	@	MIN	Eddie Bane	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	1--	2	7	7	0.130	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Fregosi Scores
12	12	6	1	1973-09-23	TEX	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 2-6	t 5	1	1--	2	2	7	0.114	22%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Harrah Scores
13	13	7	1	1973-09-30	TEX		KCR	Steve Mingori	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	7	0.097	76%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1974-04-10	TEX	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 0-3	t 3	2	1--	2	5	DH	0.173	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
15	15	2	1	1974-04-13	TEX	@	OAK	Dave Hamilton	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	1--	2	5	DH	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Randle Scores
16	16	3	1	1974-06-01	TEX		BAL	Dave McNally	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2	5	DH	0.169	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
17	17	4	1	1974-06-04	TEX	@	CLE	Fritz Peterson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	DH	0.115	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	5	2	1974-06-04	TEX	@	CLE	Dick Bosman	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	DH	0.090	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	6	1	1974-06-09	TEX	@	BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.113	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	7	1	1974-07-03	TEX	@	MIN	Bill Hands	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	---	1	5	7	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	8	1	1974-07-14 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	1	6	7	0.116	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	9	1	1974-10-02	TEX	@	MIN	Jim Hughes	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	1	4	9	0.124	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1975-04-12	TEX		OAK	Vida Blue	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	7	DH	0.126	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1975-04-15	TEX	@	CHW	Claude Osteen	tied 1-1	t 4	1	-2-	2	7	DH	0.196	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harrah Scores
25	25	3	1	1975-05-11	TEX	@	DET	John Hiller	ahead 10-7	t 9	2	---	1	6	DH	0.022	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	1975-05-16	TEX		DET	Mickey Lolich	ahead 3-2	b 3	1	1--	2	6	7	0.162	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Fregosi Scores
27	27	5	1	1975-06-20	TEX	@	CAL	Don Kirkwood	ahead 9-8	t 11	2	-2-	2	6	7	0.123	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Burroughs Scores/unER; T. Grieve Scores/unER
28	28	6	1	1975-06-21 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	Luis Quintana	tied 5-5	t 9	2	---	1	5	7	0.423	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
29	29	7	1	1975-06-27 (1)	TEX		MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	9	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	8	1	1975-08-01	TEX		CAL	Ed Figueroa	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	DH	0.235	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	1975-08-13	TEX	@	DET	Bob Reynolds	behind 2-5	t 8	1	1-3	3	7	DH	0.321	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Spencer Scores; T. Harrah Scores
32	32	10	1	1975-08-16	TEX	@	BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	1--	2	4	9	0.067	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Hargrove Scores
33	33	11	1	1975-08-24	TEX		BAL	Wayne Garland	behind 5-6	b 8	2	1--	2	6	7	0.628	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
34	34	12	1	1975-09-03	TEX	@	CAL	Andy Hassler	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	DH	0.152	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
35	35	13	1	1975-09-10	TEX	@	MIN	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 5-4	t 8	0	---	1	7	DH	0.118	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	14	1	1975-09-19	TEX	@	CHW	Claude Osteen	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	7	0.128	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1976-04-12	TEX		OAK	Mike Norris	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	---	1	7	DH	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1976-04-24	TEX	@	DET	Vern Ruhle	behind 0-3	t 7	2	1--	2	7	DH	0.151	22%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Ellis Scores
39	39	3	1	1976-04-30	TEX		BOS	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	DH	0.154	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	4	1	1976-05-01	TEX		BOS	Rick Wise	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2	8	7	0.169	87%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Ellis Scores
41	41	5	1	1976-05-02	TEX		BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 0-3	b 5	2	---	1	7	DH	0.086	22%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	6	1	1976-05-23	TEX		CAL	Andy Hassler	ahead 7-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
43	43	7	1	1976-05-26 (2)	TEX		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	tied 1-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	7	7	0.203	79%		Home Run; R. Howell Scores
44	44	8	1	1976-06-16	TEX		CLE	Jackie Brown	behind 2-8	b 8	2	1--	2	7	DH	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
45	45	9	1	1976-06-21	TEX	@	OAK	Paul Mitchell	tied 0-0	t 10	0	---	1	7	9	0.357	86%		Home Run
46	46	10	1	1976-07-10	TEX	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	7	0.111	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	11	1	1976-07-11 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	7	0.179	72%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Harrah Scores
48	48	12	1	1976-08-10 (2)	TEX	@	DET	Jim Crawford	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.115	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	13	1	1976-08-31	TEX	@	BOS	Dick Pole	ahead 5-3	t 7	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.105	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
50	50	14	1	1976-09-06	TEX	@	KCR	Doug Bird	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	DH	0.099	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	15	1	1976-09-08	TEX		MIN	Steve Luebber	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	DH	0.118	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	16	1	1976-09-14	TEX		CAL	Paul Hartzell	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	1	6	DH	0.069	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	17	1	1976-09-19 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	Glenn Abbott	ahead 7-0	t 5	0	--3	2	7	DH	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Clines Scores
54	54	18	1	1976-09-29	TEX	@	MIN	Pete Redfern	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.113	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
55	55	19	1	1976-10-01	TEX		CHW	Francisco Barrios	ahead 6-4	b 6	1	1--	2	5	7	0.096	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores
56	56	20	2	1976-10-01	TEX		CHW	Dave Hamilton	ahead 9-6	b 8	0	1--	2	5	7	0.016	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Moates Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1977-04-10	TEX	@	BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.082	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1977-04-11	TEX		CLE	Pat Dobson	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	DH	0.136	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1977-06-05	TEX		MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	7	7	0.092	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	4	1	1977-06-08	TEX		CHW	Ken Kravec	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	1--	2	7	9	0.051	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores
61	61	5	1	1977-06-14	TEX	@	CLE	Wayne Garland	tied 0-0	t 2	2	--3	2	7	7	0.188	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
62	62	6	1	1977-09-10 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	Mike Kekich	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	8	9	0.188	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores; J. Sundberg Scores; B. Wills Scores
63	63	7	1	1977-09-17	TEX		MIN	Dave Johnson	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.103	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1978-04-14	NYM	@	MON	Rudy May	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0.366	45%		Home Run
65	65	2	1	1978-06-28	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.108	73%		Home Run (Deep CF)