Alex Grammas
Alexander Peter Grammas
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 3, 1926 in Birmingham, AL
School: Mississippi State University
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: September 29, 1963
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Standard Batting

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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
1954 28 STL NL 142 455 401 57 106 17 4 2 29 6 1 40 29 .264 .335 .342 .676 78 137 12 5 4 5 *6/5
1955 29 STL NL 128 408 366 32 88 19 2 3 25 4 1 33 36 .240 .308 .328 .636 70 120 9 3 5 1 9 *6
1956 30 TOT NL 83 181 152 18 37 11 0 0 17 0 1 17 19 .243 .322 .316 .637 69 48 0 1 10 1 1 56/4
1956 30 STL NL 6 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1956 30 CIN NL 77 168 140 17 34 11 0 0 16 0 1 16 18 .243 .323 .321 .644 70 45 0 1 10 1 1 56/4
1957 31 CIN NL 73 111 99 14 30 4 0 0 8 1 3 10 6 .303 .364 .343 .707 88 34 4 0 1 1 0 64/5
1958 32 CIN NL 105 259 216 25 47 8 0 0 12 2 2 34 24 .218 .329 .255 .584 54 55 6 2 7 0 1 654
1959 33 STL NL 131 415 368 43 99 14 2 3 30 3 3 38 26 .269 .337 .342 .679 78 126 9 1 5 3 6 *6
1960 34 STL NL 102 213 196 20 48 4 1 4 17 0 1 12 15 .245 .290 .337 .627 66 66 8 1 3 1 1 645
1961 35 STL NL 89 197 170 23 36 10 1 0 21 0 1 19 21 .212 .293 .282 .576 48 48 4 1 6 1 3 64/5
1962 36 TOT NL 44 82 78 3 16 3 0 0 4 1 1 3 13 .205 .244 .244 .487 29 19 4 1 0 0 1 6/45
1962 36 STL NL 21 19 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .111 .269 -29 2 1 0 0 0 1 6/4
1962 36 CHC NL 23 63 60 3 14 3 0 0 3 1 1 2 7 .233 .270 .283 .553 47 17 3 1 0 0 0 6/45
1963 37 CHC NL 16 27 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .185 .185 .185 .370 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 6
10 Seasons 913 2348 2073 236 512 90 10 12 163 17 14 206 192 .247 .318 .317 .635 68 658 56 15 41 13 22
162 Game Avg. 162 417 368 42 91 16 2 2 29 3 2 37 34 .247 .318 .317 .635 68 117 10 3 7 2
STL (7 yrs) 619 1720 1531 176 382 64 10 12 124 13 7 144 134 .250 .316 .328 .644 70 502 43 11 23 11 20
CIN (3 yrs) 255 538 455 56 111 23 0 0 36 3 6 60 48 .244 .335 .295 .629 66 134 10 3 18 2 2
CHC (2 yrs) 39 90 87 4 19 3 0 0 3 1 1 2 10 .218 .244 .253 .497 35 22 3 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 28 STL NL 455 317 46 3.9 109 .277 .264 .274 .335 .345 .342 .424 .676 .769 78 .405 -12.3 -1.2 .607 .190 .077 3.0
1955 29 STL NL 408 294 37 3.4 105 .259 .240 .264 .308 .335 .328 .418 .636 .753 70 .354 -15.2 -1.5 .552 .186 .087 3.4
1956 30 TOT NL 181 127 17 3.6 108 .276 .243 .270 .322 .338 .316 .427 .637 .765 69 .400 -6.1 -0.6 .560 .178 .072
1956 30 STL NL 13 9 1 3.0 103 .273 .250 .264 .308 .331 .250 .417 .558 .748 53 .321 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .083 .000
1956 30 CIN NL 168 118 16 3.6 108 .276 .243 .271 .323 .339 .321 .428 .644 .766 70 .405 -5.3 -0.5 .570 .186 .079
1957 31 CIN NL 111 78 11 3.8 108 .319 .303 .275 .364 .340 .343 .426 .707 .766 88 .413 -1.4 -0.1 .553 .121 .040 .0
1958 32 CIN NL 259 184 20 2.9 111 .245 .218 .277 .329 .346 .255 .432 .584 .778 54 .298 -13.7 -1.4 .514 .194 .037 .0
1959 33 STL NL 415 289 43 4.0 110 .281 .269 .277 .337 .344 .342 .429 .679 .773 78 .432 -11.4 -1.1 .587 .177 .073 3.0
1960 34 STL NL 213 161 17 2.8 106 .247 .245 .272 .290 .339 .337 .418 .627 .757 66 .312 -10.1 -1.0 .497 .148 .092 .0
1961 35 STL NL 197 146 15 2.8 114 .240 .212 .282 .293 .349 .282 .438 .576 .788 48 .274 -13.0 -1.3 .482 .176 .071
1962 36 TOT NL 82 67 4 1.6 108 .246 .205 .276 .244 .344 .244 .420 .487 .764 29 .128 -8.1 -0.8 .343 .077 .038 .0
1962 36 STL NL 19 17 0 0.0 112 .167 .111 .282 .158 .351 .111 .429 .269 .780 -29 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .176 .056 .000
1962 36 CHC NL 63 50 4 2.1 106 .264 .233 .275 .270 .342 .283 .417 .553 .759 47 .200 -4.6 -0.5 .400 .083 .050 .0
1963 37 CHC NL 27 22 1 1.2 94 .208 .185 .261 .185 .323 .185 .390 .370 .713 5 .106 -3.5 -0.4 .227 .000 .000
10 Seasons 2348 1685 211 3.4 108 .266 .247 .273 .318 .342 .317 .425 .635 .767 68 .357 -94.9 -9.4 .541 .171 .070 14.1
162 Game Avg. 417 299 37 3.4 108 .266 .247 .273 .318 .342 .317 .425 .635 .767 68 .357 -94.9 -9.4 .541 .171 .070 3
STL (7 yrs) 1720 1233 159 3.5 108 .265 .250 .273 .316 .342 .328 .424 .644 .767 70 .367 -66.4 -6.6 .553 .176 .078 12.5
CIN (3 yrs) 538 380 47 3.3 110 .271 .244 .275 .335 .342 .295 .429 .629 .772 66 .356 -20.4 -2.0 .539 .176 .051 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 90 72 5 1.9 103 .247 .218 .270 .244 .337 .253 .408 .497 .745 35 .174 -8.1 -0.8 .347 .057 .034 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 28 STL NL 455 0.4% 6.4% 8.8% 5.1% 22% 0.73 13.8 200.5 13.8 0.95 82%
1955 29 STL NL 408 0.7% 8.8% 8.1% 5.9% 27% 1.09 10.2 122.0 14.6 0.90 80%
1956 30 TOT NL 181 0.0% 10.5% 9.4% 6.1% 30% 1.12 8.0 8.9 0.91 74%
1956 30 STL NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 12.0 12.0 0.75 85%
1956 30 CIN NL 168 0.0% 10.7% 9.5% 6.6% 32% 1.13 7.8 8.8 0.92 73%
1957 31 CIN NL 111 0.0% 5.4% 9.0% 3.6% 13% 0.60 16.5 12.4 1.00 85%
1958 32 CIN NL 259 0.0% 9.3% 13.1% 3.1% 17% 0.71 9.0 18.0 1.48 74%
1959 33 STL NL 415 0.7% 6.3% 9.2% 4.6% 19% 0.68 14.2 122.7 12.3 1.19 82%
1960 34 STL NL 213 1.9% 7.0% 5.6% 4.2% 19% 1.25 13.1 49.0 11.5 1.14 84%
1961 35 STL NL 197 0.0% 10.7% 9.6% 5.6% 31% 1.11 8.1 8.1 1.05 76%
1962 36 TOT NL 82 0.0% 15.9% 3.7% 3.7% 19% 4.33 6.0 19.5 1.38 79%
1962 36 STL NL 19 0.0% 31.6% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 6.00 3.0 18.0 4.50 63%
1962 36 CHC NL 63 0.0% 11.1% 3.2% 4.8% 21% 3.50 8.6 20.0 1.05 84%
1963 37 CHC NL 27 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.0 1.11 89%
10 Seasons 2348 0.5% 8.2% 8.8% 4.8% 22% 0.93 10.8 172.8 12.7 1.09 80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 STL NL 4 0 37% 160 6 1 86% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 40% 19 17 1 3 1 1 16 3 13
1955 29 STL NL 5 0 24% 81 4 1 80% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 36% 14 10 4 1 0 1 7 4 3
1956 30 TOT NL 3 0 33% 82 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 46% 14 11 3 2 0 2 6 1 5
1956 30 STL NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 30 CIN NL 3 0 33% 79 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 47% 12 9 3 2 0 2 5 1 4
1957 31 CIN NL 0 0 35% 72 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 38% 8 7 0 3 1 1 5 0 5
1958 32 CIN NL 5 0 30% 114 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 44% 16 10 4 9 5 4 7 1 6
1959 33 STL NL 6 0 30% 197 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 33% 16 14 2 7 5 1 13 2 9
1960 34 STL NL 3 0 28% 83 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 44% 11 6 5 2 1 1 5 1 2
1961 35 STL NL 6 0 41% 78 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 41% 7 3 4 6 4 2 4 3 1
1962 36 TOT NL 3 0 15% 36 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 20% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
1962 36 STL NL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1962 36 CHC NL 3 0 18% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1963 37 CHC NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 35 0 31% 910 17 14 55% 14 11 0 0 0 1 7 3 36 46 39% 109 81 24 34 17 14 65 17 44
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 STL NL 349 43% 106 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 67 12 18% 28 11 39% 199 22 11% 12 7 58% 15 7 47% 106
1955 29 STL NL 235 42% 88 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 41 9 22% 21 7 33% 138 17 12% 12 3 25% 16 3 19% 173
1956 30 TOT NL 183 38% 37 2 1 0 1 3.36 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 46 0 0% 22 11 50% 111 17 15% 10 6 60% 14 6 43% 0
1956 30 STL NL 13 77% 3 1 1 0 1 5.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
1956 30 CIN NL 170 35% 34 1 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 44 0 0% 20 11 55% 103 16 16% 9 5 56% 11 6 55% 0
1957 31 CIN NL 111 27% 30 2 0 0 0 0.46 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 4 27% 9 3 33% 63 8 13% 8 2 25% 12 3 25% 0
1958 32 CIN NL 259 34% 47 1 0 0 0 2.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 51 6 12% 25 13 52% 142 15 11% 9 5 56% 11 6 55% 0
1959 33 STL NL 416 37% 99 1 1 0 1 2.38 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 7 5 71% 67 9 13% 33 15 45% 216 28 13% 20 12 60% 19 8 42% 0
1960 34 STL NL 213 42% 48 7 2 1 1 2.24 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 3 3 100% 47 8 17% 25 10 40% 130 14 11% 12 7 58% 12 6 50% 0
1961 35 STL NL 197 36% 36 5 1 0 1 2.65 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 46 4 9% 16 10 63% 141 23 16% 15 10 67% 9 5 56% 0
1962 36 TOT NL 82 23% 16 5 0 0 0 1.38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22% 7 3 43% 55 4 7% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 0
1962 36 STL NL 19 16% 2 1 0 0 0 2.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 36 CHC NL 63 25% 14 4 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 6 3 50% 45 3 7% 1 1 100% 4 3 75% 0
1963 37 CHC NL 27 37% 5 3 0 0 0 2.24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2072 38% 512 26 5 1 4 2.12 12 0 39 1 6 3 4 0 47 41 87% 401 56 14% 188 83 44% 1206 148 12% 99 53 54% 113 47 42% 279
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 28 142 455 401 57 106 17 4 2 29 6 1 40 29 .264 .335 .342 .676 78 137 12 5 4 5
1955 29 270 863 767 89 194 36 6 5 54 10 2 73 65 .253 .322 .335 .657 74 257 21 8 9 6 9
1956 30 353 1044 919 107 231 47 6 5 71 10 3 90 84 .251 .322 .332 .654 73 305 21 9 19 7 10
1957 31 426 1155 1018 121 261 51 6 5 79 11 6 100 90 .256 .326 .333 .659 75 339 25 9 20 8 10
1958 32 531 1414 1234 146 308 59 6 5 91 13 8 134 114 .250 .327 .319 .646 71 394 31 11 27 8 11
1959 33 662 1829 1602 189 407 73 8 8 121 16 11 172 140 .254 .329 .325 .653 73 520 40 12 32 11 17
1960 34 764 2042 1798 209 455 77 9 12 138 16 12 184 155 .253 .325 .326 .651 72 586 48 13 35 12 18
1961 35 853 2239 1968 232 491 87 10 12 159 16 13 203 176 .249 .322 .322 .644 70 634 52 14 41 13 21
1962 36 897 2321 2046 235 507 90 10 12 163 17 14 206 189 .248 .319 .319 .638 68 653 56 15 41 13 22
1963 37 913 2348 2073 236 512 90 10 12 163 17 14 206 192 .247 .318 .317 .635 68 658 56 15 41 13 22

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 28 149 473 421 58 111 18 4 2 30 6 42 31 .264 .334 .340 .674 47 142
1955 29 135 422 384 33 92 20 2 3 26 4 34 38 .240 .306 .326 .631 38 128
1956 30 87 182 161 18 41 12 0 0 17 0 19 20 .255 .335 .329 .664 18 83
1957 31 76 112 101 14 29 4 0 0 8 1 10 6 .287 .348 .327 .675 11 73
1958 32 110 268 229 25 51 9 0 0 12 2 37 25 .223 .336 .262 .598 20 105
1959 33 137 423 381 42 100 14 2 3 29 3 38 27 .262 .329 .333 .662 42 131
1960 34 107 216 202 20 47 4 1 4 17 0 12 16 .233 .278 .322 .600 18 102
1961 35 93 197 176 22 36 10 1 0 20 0 19 22 .205 .284 .273 .557 14 89
1962 36 44 81 77 3 15 3 0 0 4 1 3 13 .195 .235 .234 .468 4 44
1963 37 16 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 16
10 Seasons 954 2401 2159 236 522 94 10 12 163 17 214 201 .242 .313 .311 .624 213 913
162 Game Avg. 162 408 367 40 89 16 2 2 28 3 36 34 .242 .313 .311 .624 36 913

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--5--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--9--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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