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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 STL NL 28 SS 142 128 1092.0 708 252 432 24 100 .966 10.6 11.6 8.6 4.8 3.9 2 5.64 4.82 .959 5.15 4.63
1954 STL NL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 9.00 1.00 .900 3.60 2.80
1955 STL NL 29 SS 126 118 989.0 594 235 340 19 76 .968 4.5 5.5 3.5 2.7 0.8 1 5.23 4.56 .964 5.02 4.57
1956 TOT NL 30 SS 17 8 87.0 34 15 18 1 3 .971 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.41 1.94 .962 4.93 4.54
1956 STL NL 30 SS 5 3 31.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.9 34.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 3.48 2.40 .958 4.94 4.54
1956 CIN NL 30 3B 58 43 342.1 124 41 79 4 8 .968 5.5 19.3 4.5 4.3 0.2 1 3.15 2.07 .956 3.05 2.64
1956 CIN NL 30 SS 12 5 56.0 22 12 9 1 2 .955 -0.7 -15.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.38 1.75 .964 4.93 4.53
1956 CIN NL 30 2B 5 3 26.1 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 0.6 27.3 0.6 -0.7 1.3 0 4.10 2.40 .983 5.33 4.66
1957 CIN NL 31 SS 42 4 111.0 58 23 33 2 3 .966 -2.1 -22.7 -1.1 0.7 -1.9 -1 4.54 1.33 .957 4.82 4.34
1957 CIN NL 31 2B 20 13 118.0 59 31 27 1 6 .983 -0.8 -8.1 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 0 4.42 2.90 .976 5.37 4.97
1957 CIN NL 31 3B 9 6 54.1 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -6.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.48 2.33 .948 2.97 2.71
1958 CIN NL 32 SS 61 23 246.1 140 55 84 1 21 .993 3.0 14.6 3.0 0.7 2.2 0 5.08 2.28 .963 5.11 4.57
1958 CIN NL 32 3B 38 35 274.2 99 35 60 4 4 .960 1.9 8.3 1.9 -1.9 3.9 0 3.11 2.50 .952 3.18 2.86
1958 CIN NL 32 2B 14 11 108.0 67 36 30 1 7 .985 -2.1 -23.3 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 -1 5.50 4.71 .975 5.33 4.76
1959 STL NL 33 SS 130 123 1006.0 611 216 373 22 80 .964 5.7 6.8 2.7 2.3 0.4 3 5.27 4.53 .966 5.11 4.53
1960 STL NL 34 SS 46 27 246.0 141 56 81 4 12 .972 -0.9 -4.4 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 0 5.01 2.98 .960 4.81 4.23
1960 STL NL 34 2B 38 17 187.1 105 38 63 4 16 .962 1.6 10.2 1.6 -0.2 1.8 0 4.85 2.66 .974 5.20 4.48
1960 STL NL 34 3B 13 10 86.2 36 8 27 1 5 .972 3.5 48.5 3.5 1.3 2.1 0 3.63 2.69 .950 2.97 2.61
1961 STL NL 35 SS 65 35 350.2 226 81 136 9 29 .960 4.9 16.8 4.9 0.5 4.4 0 5.57 3.34 .959 4.92 4.28
1961 STL NL 35 2B 18 9 101.1 75 31 43 1 11 .987 2.0 23.7 2.0 2.4 -0.4 0 6.57 4.11 .976 5.51 4.89
1961 STL NL 35 3B 3 2 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0 1.50 1.00 .933 2.90 2.60
1962 TOT NL 36 SS 29 13 165.2 92 31 59 2 13 .978 1.6 11.6 0.6 1.9 -1.2 1 4.89 3.10 .962 5.05 4.43
1962 TOT NL 36 2B 5 2 21.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.5 28.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.29 2.00 .970 5.31 4.68
1962 STL NL 36 SS 16 1 53.2 30 11 17 2 2 .933 0.7 15.7 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 4.70 1.75 .963 5.05 4.43
1962 STL NL 36 2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1962 CHC NL 36 SS 13 12 112.0 62 20 42 0 11 1.000 0.9 9.6 -0.1 1.7 -1.7 1 4.98 4.77 .961 5.05 4.43
1962 CHC NL 36 2B 3 2 19.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.6 37.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.74 3.33 .970 5.31 4.67
1962 CHC NL 36 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1963 CHC NL 37 SS 13 5 59.0 22 8 13 1 1 .955 -0.8 -16.3 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 0 3.20 1.62 .959 4.84 4.22
10 Seasons SS 671 484 4352.2 2626 972 1569 85 338 .968 26.7 7.4 20.7 13.9 6.7 6 5.25 3.79 .962 5.05 4.50
7 Seasons 3B 123 96 778.0 284 91 184 9 18 .968 10.6 16.3 9.6 3.4 6.1 1 3.18 2.24 .952 3.08 2.71
6 Seasons 2B 100 55 562.0 328 143 178 7 42 .979 1.8 3.8 2.8 3.1 -0.3 -1 5.14 3.21 .975 5.33 4.71
10 Seasons TOT 894 635 5692.2 3238 1206 1931 101 398 .969 39.1 8.2 33.1 20.4 12.5 6 4.96 3.51 .931 4.81 4.27
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 STL NL 28 142 128 142 142 0 0 0 0 1 142 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL NL 29 128 118 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 2 1
1956 CIN NL 30 77 51 77 77 0 0 0 5 58 12 0 0 0 0 2 4
1956 STL NL 30 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 CIN NL 31 73 23 73 73 0 0 0 20 9 42 0 0 0 0 2 11
1958 CIN NL 32 105 69 105 105 0 0 0 14 38 61 0 0 0 0 1 4
1959 STL NL 33 131 123 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 STL NL 34 102 54 102 102 0 0 0 38 13 46 0 0 0 0 7 1
1961 STL NL 35 89 46 89 89 0 0 0 18 3 65 0 0 0 0 7 2
1962 CHC NL 36 23 14 23 23 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 0 0 0 4 4
1962 STL NL 36 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 3
1963 CHC NL 37 16 5 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 Seasons 913 635 913 913 0 0 0 100 123 671 0 0 0 0 32 31
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 STL NL 28 3674 63% 80% 28% 401 92% 2 185 78 92 15 327 244 75 1 5 21 1 18 2 14 80 35 5 28 3 2 76 41 33 3 0 3
1955 STL NL 29 2516 63% 77% 26% 258 93% 2 123 69 49 6 198 155 34 2 1 11 2 5 4 8 48 14 4 14 2 8 42 18 24 5 3 1
1956 CIN NL 30 234 60% 78% 21% 25 88% 0 13 11 1 1 12 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 30 142 62% 77% 26% 12 83% 0 2 0 2 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN NL 31 498 65% 83% 24% 52 88% 1 22 14 8 0 34 30 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 32 1032 63% 81% 26% 111 92% 3 57 31 23 3 85 55 22 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 21 8 0 6 3 0 18 8 9 2 2 0
1959 STL NL 33 4495 56% 77% 27% 488 90% 3 220 105 96 19 381 285 84 0 4 22 0 17 5 19 85 26 7 31 5 6 80 33 43 2 1 1
1960 STL NL 34 1098 56% 76% 26% 108 89% 0 57 25 26 6 81 69 12 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 15 3 0 6 0 1 12 3 7 1 0 1
1961 STL NL 35 1549 60% 78% 28% 172 91% 1 81 36 40 5 134 107 25 0 0 9 1 7 1 6 30 12 3 7 2 3 27 15 12 2 0 2
1962 STL NL 36 223 52% 78% 29% 25 92% 0 10 6 4 0 19 16 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 36 509 66% 78% 36% 53 89% 1 19 11 7 2 42 31 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 2 1 1 9 3 4 2 2 0
1963 CHC NL 37 260 54% 77% 30% 23 87% 0 9 6 3 0 14 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 16230 60% 78% 27% 1728 91% 13 798 392 351 57 1337 1019 272 5 12 74 4 56 14 57 299 105 19 97 16 21 273 125 135 17 8 8
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 28 4 100% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 30 1476 62% 81% 26% 126 91% 1 39 34 3 2 80 61 17 2 1 4 0 3 1 2 7 6 0 7 0 0 0 5 60%
1957 CIN NL 31 236 64% 81% 23% 19 95% 0 5 5 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1958 CIN NL 32 1165 63% 83% 28% 108 86% 1 34 28 1 5 64 51 12 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0%
1960 STL NL 34 362 62% 75% 27% 34 94% 1 9 6 2 1 27 21 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 100%
1961 STL NL 35 81 44% 75% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 36 4 75% 75% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3328 62% 81% 27% 290 90% 3 88 73 7 8 187 146 36 3 2 9 0 8 1 6 17 14 0 15 2 1 1 10 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 CIN NL 30 105 63% 75% 29% 9 100% 0 3 2 1 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1957 CIN NL 31 502 64% 82% 24% 44 93% 0 32 17 10 5 27 23 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 2 0 3 1 6 4 2 1 0 1
1958 CIN NL 32 475 54% 76% 22% 43 98% 0 35 16 16 3 29 21 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 0 3 0 6 3 3 1 1 0
1960 STL NL 34 830 53% 75% 26% 76 92% 0 39 13 18 8 64 55 9 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 13 5 2 4 1 12 5 7 1 0 1
1961 STL NL 35 473 58% 76% 30% 42 98% 0 32 5 19 8 43 33 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 5 1 3 1 11 4 6 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 36 79 59% 71% 25% 6 83% 0 3 0 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1962 STL NL 36 7 57% 86% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2471 57% 77% 26% 220 95% 0 144 53 65 26 178 146 28 0 2 7 0 6 1 6 40 15 4 13 3 36 16 19 4 2 2
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

* 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.

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