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Billy Grabarkewitz

Billy Cordell Grabarkewitz (Grabs)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 18, 1946 in Lockhart, TX
High School: Alamo Heights HS (San Antonio, TX)
Schools: St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX), Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 12th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1969 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Phillies/Cubs/Athletics 1969-1975

Final Game: April 25, 1975 (Age 29)
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 23 LAD NL 34 70 65 4 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 4 19 .092 .145 .138 .283 -18 9 3 0 1 0 1 6/54
1970 24 LAD NL 156 640 529 92 153 20 8 17 84 19 9 95 149 .289 .399 .454 .852 134 240 8 6 3 7 8 564 AS
1971 25 LAD NL 44 90 71 9 16 5 0 0 6 1 2 19 16 .225 .389 .296 .685 102 21 2 0 0 0 0 45/6
1972 26 LAD NL 53 166 144 17 24 4 0 4 16 3 0 18 53 .167 .265 .278 .543 56 40 2 2 0 2 1 54/6
1973 27 TOT MLB 86 238 195 39 40 8 1 5 16 5 3 40 45 .205 .343 .333 .677 95 65 5 1 2 0 0 45/D76
1973 27 CAL AL 61 159 129 27 21 6 1 3 9 2 2 28 27 .163 .316 .295 .611 81 38 5 1 1 0 0 45/D76
1973 27 PHI NL 25 79 66 12 19 2 0 2 7 3 1 12 18 .288 .397 .409 .807 123 27 0 0 1 0 0 4/57
1974 28 TOT NL 87 184 155 28 35 3 2 2 14 4 3 26 38 .226 .339 .310 .648 81 48 0 1 1 1 2 4/567
1974 28 PHI NL 34 35 30 7 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 5 10 .133 .257 .233 .490 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 /75
1974 28 CHC NL 53 149 125 21 31 3 2 1 12 1 2 21 28 .248 .358 .328 .686 91 41 0 1 1 1 2 4/65
1975 29 OAK AL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4D
7 Yrs 466 1390 1161 189 274 41 12 28 141 33 17 202 321 .236 .351 .364 .716 101 423 20 10 7 10 12
162 Game Avg. 162 483 404 66 95 14 4 10 49 11 6 70 112 .236 .351 .364 .716 101 147 7 3 2 3 4
LAD (4 yrs) 287 966 809 122 199 30 9 21 111 24 11 136 237 .246 .357 .383 .740 107 310 15 8 4 9 10
PHI (2 yrs) 59 114 96 19 23 2 0 3 9 6 2 17 28 .240 .354 .354 .708 96 34 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 53 149 125 21 31 3 2 1 12 1 2 21 28 .248 .358 .328 .686 91 41 0 1 1 1 2
CAL (1 yr) 61 159 129 27 21 6 1 3 9 2 2 28 27 .163 .316 .295 .611 81 38 5 1 1 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 399 1229 1030 162 253 35 11 25 132 31 15 174 293 .246 .357 .374 .730 104 385 15 9 6 10 12
AL (2 yrs) 67 161 131 27 21 6 1 3 9 2 2 28 28 .160 .313 .290 .603 78 38 5 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 23 LAD NL 34 70 -10 -0 -0 -2 1 -11 -1.2 2 -8 -1.0 .463 .492 -0.8 0.0 -7 6/54
1970 24 LAD NL 156 640 30 1 2 3 6 42 4.4 22 63 6.5 .527 .526 6.1 1.0 61 564 AS
1971 25 LAD NL 44 90 1 -0 -0 3 1 4 0.5 3 7 0.8 .511 .503 0.4 0.5 4 45/6
1972 26 LAD NL 53 166 -9 1 0 -7 1 -14 -1.5 5 -8 -1.0 .470 .490 -0.2 -0.6 -1 $23,000 54/6
1973 27 CAL AL 61 159 -1 1 0 -4 0 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .493 .497 0.6 -0.4 6 $23,500 45/D76
1973 27 PHI NL 25 79 2 -1 0 -2 1 0 -0.0 3 3 0.2 .500 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 4/57
1974 28 PHI NL 34 35 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .490 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 /75
1974 28 CHC NL 53 149 -1 -0 1 -1 2 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.6 0.1 6 4/65
1975 29 OAK AL 6 2 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /4D
7 Seasons 466 1390 8 2 3 -11 11 13 1.3 47 60 5.9 .502 .501 6.8 0.3 71 $46,500
LAD (4 yrs) 287 966 12 2 2 -2 9 21 2.1 33 54 5.3 .507 .503 5.4 0.8 56 $23,000
PHI (2 yrs) 59 114 -1 -1 0 -2 1 -3 -0.4 4 1 0.0 .494 .499 0.2 -0.2 3
OAK (1 yr) 6 2 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1
CHC (1 yr) 53 149 -1 -0 1 -1 2 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.6 0.1 6
CAL (1 yr) 61 159 -1 1 0 -4 0 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .493 .497 0.6 -0.4 6 $23,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 LAD NL 23 SS 18 16 12 141.1 65 18 44 3 4 .954 -2 -18 3.95 3.44 .963 4.93 4.90
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 6 1 1 17.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1 42 3.71 1.17 .946 2.91 2.90
1969 LAD NL 23 2B 3 1 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 0.67 .975 5.20 5.13
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 97 95 78 825.2 290 88 190 12 19 .959 2 3 3.03 2.87 .945 2.91 2.90 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 SS 50 37 35 359.1 190 47 135 8 16 .958 2 5 4.56 3.64 .965 5.05 5.04 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 2B 20 18 16 157.0 86 43 42 1 10 .988 -1 -5 4.87 4.25 .979 5.32 5.30 AS
1971 LAD NL 25 2B 13 10 9 87.1 57 26 31 0 8 1.000 2 30 5.87 4.38 .978 5.47 5.46
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 10 9 7 70.2 27 6 21 0 2 1.000 1 15 3.44 2.70 .949 2.80 2.80
1971 LAD NL 25 SS 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1080 27.00 1.00 .970 5.40 5.10
1972 LAD NL 26 3B 24 22 14 183.0 61 15 40 6 1 .902 -6 -41 2.70 2.29 .945 2.87 2.88
1972 LAD NL 26 2B 19 16 14 141.2 92 45 43 4 12 .957 -1 -9 5.59 4.63 .978 5.36 5.38
1972 LAD NL 26 SS 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0 60 9.00 1.00 .967 4.95 5.05
1973 TOT MLB 27 2B 38 34 22 289.1 186 86 93 7 27 .962 -5 -22 5.57 4.71 .980 5.48 5.47
1973 TOT MLB 27 3B 15 11 4 96.2 26 7 17 2 3 .923 -0 -6 2.23 1.60 .950 3.00 2.96
1973 TOT MLB 27 LF 2 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 1.93 2.00
1973 TOT MLB 27 OF 2 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.25
1973 CAL AL 27 2B 18 17 12 141.0 86 41 42 3 11 .965 -3 -23 5.30 4.61 .980 5.44 5.41
1973 CAL AL 27 3B 12 11 4 92.0 25 7 16 2 3 .920 -1 -14 2.25 1.92 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 CAL AL 27 DH 8 5
1973 CAL AL 27 LF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 1.95 2.00
1973 CAL AL 27 OF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1973 CAL AL 27 SS 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 5.01 5.10
1973 PHI NL 27 2B 20 17 10 148.1 100 45 51 4 16 .960 -3 -22 5.82 4.80 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 PHI NL 27 3B 3 0 0 4.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1 154 1.93 0.33 .950 2.89 2.87
1973 PHI NL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1973 PHI NL 27 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1974 TOT NL 28 3B 7 0 0 12.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.26 0.86 .948 3.06 3.03
1974 PHI NL 28 LF 5 5 4 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.85 1.60 .976 1.98 2.00
1974 PHI NL 28 OF 5 5 4 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.85 1.60 .979 2.26 2.28
1974 PHI NL 28 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1974 CHC NL 28 2B 45 29 19 290.2 175 67 100 8 8 .954 -3 -12 5.17 3.71 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 CHC NL 28 SS 7 3 1 35.1 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 2 65 6.11 3.43 .961 4.97 4.97
1974 CHC NL 28 3B 6 0 0 11.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 10 4.63 1.00 .948 3.09 3.03
1975 OAK AL 29 2B 4 0 0 3.1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0 -180 13.50 1.25 .975 5.40 5.38
1975 OAK AL 29 DH 1 0
6 Seasons 3B 159 138 104 1205.2 417 119 278 20 25 .952 -3 -3 2.96 2.50 .946 2.91 2.90
7 Seasons 2B 142 108 80 978.1 604 272 311 21 65 .965 -9 -10 5.36 4.11 .977 5.43 5.42
6 Seasons SS 79 56 48 540.2 283 73 198 12 23 .958 2 4 4.51 3.43 .964 5.01 5.00
2 Seasons LF 7 6 4 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.57 1.14 .976 1.98 2.00
2 Seasons OF 7 6 4 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.57 1.14 .979 2.25 2.27
7 Seasons TOT 387 308 236 2770.2 1312 472 787 53 113 .960 -11 -5 4.09 3.25 .964 4.20 4.24
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1970 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1970 NL  6.5 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1970 NL  6.5 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1970 NL  6.1 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1970 NL  .399 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  95 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 NL  149 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 NL  7 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1970 NL  17.9 (7th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1971 NL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1970 NL  3.03 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1970 NL  2.87 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (232nd), 5.9 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/6.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197226Los Angeles Dodgers$23,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197327California Angels$23,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$46,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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