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George Grantham

George Farley Grantham (Boots)

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 20, 1900 in Galena, KS
High School: Flagstaff HS (Flagstaff, AZ)
School: Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1922
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Reds/Giants 1922-1934

Final Game: July 26, 1934
Died: March 16, 1954 in Kingman, AZ
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Kingman, AZ
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Standard Batting

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
1922 22 CHC NL 7 24 23 3 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 3 .174 .208 .304 .513 30 7 0 0 /5
1923 23 CHC NL 152 666 570 81 160 36 8 8 70 43 28 71 92 .281 .360 .414 .774 104 236 0 24 *4
1924 24 CHC NL 127 538 469 85 148 19 6 12 60 21 21 55 63 .316 .390 .458 .848 125 215 2 13 *4/5
1925 25 PIT NL 114 423 359 74 117 24 6 8 52 14 4 50 29 .326 .413 .493 .906 125 177 3 11 3
1926 26 PIT NL 141 523 449 66 143 27 13 8 70 6 60 42 .318 .400 .490 .890 135 220 1 12 *3
1927 27 PIT NL 151 634 531 96 162 33 11 8 66 9 74 39 .305 .396 .454 .850 120 241 6 23 *43
1928 28 PIT NL 124 522 440 93 142 24 9 10 85 9 59 37 .323 .408 .486 .894 129 214 4 19 *3/45
1929 29 PIT NL 110 458 349 85 107 23 10 12 90 10 93 38 .307 .454 .533 .987 140 186 1 14 47O3
1930 30 PIT NL 146 652 552 120 179 34 14 18 99 5 81 66 .324 .413 .534 .947 127 295 2 17 *4/3
1931 31 PIT NL 127 555 465 91 142 26 6 10 46 5 71 50 .305 .400 .452 .851 130 210 2 17 34
1932 32 CIN NL 126 560 493 81 144 29 6 6 39 4 56 40 .292 .364 .412 .776 112 203 0 11 *43
1933 33 CIN NL 87 307 260 32 53 14 3 4 28 4 38 21 .204 .310 .327 .637 84 85 5 2 7 43
1934 34 NYG NL 32 37 29 5 7 2 0 1 4 0 8 6 .241 .405 .414 .819 122 12 0 0 0 /35
13 Yrs 1444 5899 4989 912 1508 292 93 105 712 132 53 717 526 .302 .392 .461 .854 122 2301 5 23 168
162 Game Avg. 162 662 560 102 169 33 10 12 80 15 80 59 .302 .392 .461 .854 122 258 3 19
PIT (7 yrs) 913 3767 3145 625 992 191 69 74 508 58 4 488 301 .315 .410 .491 .901 129 1543 19 113
CHC (3 yrs) 286 1228 1062 169 312 56 15 20 133 66 49 127 158 .294 .370 .431 .802 112 458 2 37
CIN (2 yrs) 213 867 753 113 197 43 9 10 67 8 94 61 .262 .345 .382 .728 102 288 5 2 18
NYG (1 yr) 32 37 29 5 7 2 0 1 4 0 8 6 .241 .405 .414 .819 122 12 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1922 22 CHC NL 7 24 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .473 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1923 23 CHC NL 152 666 1 -1 0 7 5 12 1.2 19 31 3.1 .508 .507 2.4 1.2 24 $ *4
1924 24 CHC NL 127 538 17 -3 0 6 4 24 2.3 16 40 3.9 .519 .515 3.4 1.0 34 $ *4/5
1925 25 PIT NL 114 423 15 2 0 -5 -5 8 0.7 12 20 1.9 .506 .504 2.4 -0.9 25 $ 3
1926 26 PIT NL 141 523 22 -0 0 -4 -6 12 1.1 15 27 2.6 .508 .507 3.1 -1.1 31 $ *3
1927 27 PIT NL 151 634 18 -1 0 -4 3 16 1.5 18 34 3.3 .510 .510 3.8 -0.2 38 $ *43
1928 28 PIT NL 124 522 20 -1 0 1 -6 15 1.5 15 30 2.9 .512 .509 2.9 -0.5 29 $ *3/45
1929 29 PIT NL 110 458 28 -1 0 -2 1 26 2.3 13 39 3.6 .521 .515 3.9 -0.1 41 $ 47O3
1930 30 PIT NL 146 652 26 -0 0 -7 4 23 2.0 18 42 3.8 .514 .512 4.5 -0.2 49 $ *4/3
1931 31 PIT NL 127 555 22 -0 0 -7 -2 13 1.2 16 29 2.8 .510 .508 3.6 -0.9 36 $ 34
1932 32 CIN NL 126 560 10 -0 0 -4 3 9 0.9 16 25 2.4 .507 .506 2.9 -0.1 29 $ *43
1933 33 CIN NL 87 307 -4 -0 0 -4 2 -6 -0.8 9 3 0.1 .492 .496 0.6 -0.3 7 $ 43
1934 34 NYG NL 32 37 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /35
13 Seasons 1444 5899 175 -6 0 -23 4 151 13.8 169 319 30.5 .510 .507 33.6 -2.1 342 $
PIT (7 yrs) 913 3767 152 -1 0 -28 -10 113 10.3 107 220 20.9 .512 .509 24.2 -3.9 248 $
CHC (3 yrs) 286 1228 16 -4 0 13 9 34 3.3 35 69 6.9 .512 .507 5.7 2.2 56 $
CIN (2 yrs) 213 867 6 -1 0 -8 5 3 0.1 25 28 2.5 .501 .501 3.5 -0.4 36 $
NYG (1 yr) 32 37 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

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
1922 22 CHC NL 24 19 2 2.8 113 .200 .174 .302 .208 .360 .304 .421 .513 .781 30 .264 -2.6 -0.2 .526 .261 .130 .0
1923 23 CHC NL 666 462 82 4.8 107 .323 .281 .293 .360 .352 .414 .408 .774 .760 104 .502 4.8 0.5 .735 .284 .133 13.5
1924 24 CHC NL 538 355 79 6.0 105 .345 .316 .291 .390 .347 .458 .406 .848 .752 125 .622 18.2 1.8 .795 .260 .143 15.3
1925 25 PIT NL 423 257 74 7.7 119 .339 .326 .308 .413 .366 .493 .439 .906 .806 125 .679 15.4 1.4 .976 .334 .167 10.2
1926 26 PIT NL 523 318 88 7.4 106 .338 .318 .292 .400 .352 .490 .405 .890 .757 135 .710 23.0 2.3 .938 .318 .171 6.9
1927 27 PIT NL 634 392 94 6.4 111 .318 .305 .300 .396 .359 .454 .413 .850 .773 120 .650 17.5 1.7 .894 .305 .149 8.5
1928 28 PIT NL 522 317 86 7.3 113 .336 .323 .295 .408 .361 .486 .420 .894 .780 129 .680 20.1 1.9 .960 .318 .164 9.5
1929 29 PIT NL 458 256 84 8.7 123 .318 .307 .308 .454 .373 .533 .449 .987 .822 140 .702 27.4 2.4 1.198 .521 .226 10.9
1930 30 PIT NL 652 390 121 8.2 126 .344 .324 .312 .413 .370 .534 .464 .947 .834 127 .651 25.7 2.2 1.027 .366 .210 7.8
1931 31 PIT NL 555 340 83 6.5 102 .326 .305 .283 .400 .341 .452 .399 .851 .740 130 .653 23.0 2.2 .892 .310 .146 6.7
1932 32 CIN NL 560 360 74 5.6 100 .309 .292 .279 .364 .332 .412 .404 .776 .736 112 .574 10.3 1.0 .754 .241 .120 4.8
1933 33 CIN NL 307 219 26 3.2 89 .209 .204 .271 .310 .323 .327 .370 .637 .693 84 .389 -3.9 -0.4 .608 .285 .123 4.0
1934 34 NYG NL 37 22 5 6.1 103 .273 .241 .285 .405 .340 .414 .405 .819 .744 122 .610 1.4 0.1 .909 .448 .172 .0
13 Yrs 5899 3707 898 6.5 110 .322 .302 .294 .392 .353 .461 .417 .854 .771 122 .630 180.5 17.0 .882 .319 .159 117.0
162 Game Avg. 662 416 101 6.5 110 .322 .302 .294 .392 .353 .461 .417 .854 .771 122 .630 20 2 .882 .319 .159 13
PIT (7 yrs) 3767 2270 630 7.4 114 .331 .315 .299 .410 .360 .491 .427 .901 .787 129 .672 152.2 14.2 .975 .348 .175 65.0
CHC (3 yrs) 1228 836 163 5.2 106 .330 .294 .293 .370 .350 .431 .407 .802 .757 112 .552 20.5 2.0 .756 .273 .137 30.7
CIN (2 yrs) 867 579 100 4.6 96 .274 .262 .276 .345 .329 .382 .393 .728 .721 102 .516 6.3 0.6 .699 .256 .121 8.9
NYG (1 yr) 37 22 5 6.1 103 .273 .241 .285 .405 .340 .414 .405 .819 .744 122 .610 1.4 0.1 .909 .448 .172 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1925 25 PIT NL WS WSH W 5 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
1927 27 PIT NL WS NYY L 3 12 11 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .455 .871 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 27 26 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .231 .259 .269 .528 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 27 26 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .231 .259 .269 .528 7 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1922 22 CHC NL 24 0.0% 12.5% 4.2% 8.3% 50% 3.00 7.7 7.7 83%
1923 23 CHC NL 666 1.2% 13.8% 10.7% 7.8% 33% 1.30 6.2 71.3 8.1 71%
1924 24 CHC NL 538 2.2% 11.7% 10.2% 6.9% 25% 1.15 7.4 39.1 7.8 73%
1925 25 PIT NL 423 1.9% 6.9% 11.8% 9.0% 33% 0.58 12.4 44.9 6.9 76%
1926 26 PIT NL 523 1.5% 8.0% 11.5% 9.2% 34% 0.70 10.7 56.1 6.4 76%
1927 27 PIT NL 634 1.3% 6.2% 11.7% 8.2% 32% 0.53 13.6 66.4 8.0 76%
1928 28 PIT NL 522 1.9% 7.1% 11.3% 8.2% 30% 0.63 11.9 44.0 5.2 75%
1929 29 PIT NL 458 2.6% 8.3% 20.3% 9.8% 42% 0.41 9.2 29.1 3.9 65%
1930 30 PIT NL 652 2.8% 10.1% 12.4% 10.1% 37% 0.81 8.4 30.7 5.6 72%
1931 31 PIT NL 555 1.8% 9.0% 12.8% 7.6% 30% 0.70 9.3 46.5 10.1 73%
1932 32 CIN NL 560 1.1% 7.1% 10.0% 7.3% 29% 0.71 12.3 82.2 12.6 80%
1933 33 CIN NL 307 1.3% 6.8% 12.4% 6.8% 40% 0.55 12.4 65.0 9.3 77%
1934 34 NYG NL 37 2.7% 16.2% 21.6% 8.1% 43% 0.75 4.8 29.0 7.3 59%
13 Yrs 5899 1.8% 8.9% 12.2% 8.3% 33% 0.73 9.5 47.5 7.0 74%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.6% 7.9% 6.8% 27% 0.96 11.7 75.4 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1922 22 7 24 23 3 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 3 .174 .208 .304 .513 30 7 0 0
1923 23 159 690 593 84 164 37 9 8 73 45 28 72 95 .277 .355 .410 .765 101 243 0 24
1924 24 286 1228 1062 169 312 56 15 20 133 66 49 127 158 .294 .370 .431 .802 112 458 2 37
1925 25 400 1651 1421 243 429 80 21 28 185 80 53 177 187 .302 .381 .447 .828 115 635 5 48
1926 26 541 2174 1870 309 572 107 34 36 255 86 53 237 229 .306 .386 .457 .843 120 855 6 60
1927 27 692 2808 2401 405 734 140 45 44 321 95 53 311 268 .306 .388 .456 .845 120 1096 12 83
1928 28 816 3330 2841 498 876 164 54 54 406 104 53 370 305 .308 .391 .461 .852 121 1310 16 102
1929 29 926 3788 3190 583 983 187 64 66 496 114 53 463 343 .308 .399 .469 .868 124 1496 17 116
1930 30 1072 4440 3742 703 1162 221 78 84 595 119 53 544 409 .311 .401 .479 .879 124 1791 19 133
1931 31 1199 4995 4207 794 1304 247 84 94 641 124 53 615 459 .310 .401 .476 .876 125 2001 21 150
1932 32 1325 5555 4700 875 1448 276 90 100 680 128 53 671 499 .308 .397 .469 .866 123 2204 21 161
1933 33 1412 5862 4960 907 1501 290 93 104 708 132 53 709 520 .303 .392 .461 .854 122 2289 5 23 168
1934 34 1444 5899 4989 912 1508 292 93 105 712 132 53 717 526 .302 .392 .461 .854 122 2301 5 23 168

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1922 22 7 24 23 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 .130 .167 .261 .428 1 7
1923 23 160 684 589 77 158 36 8 8 67 42 70 97 .268 .346 .397 .743 81 152
1924 24 134 562 490 86 152 20 6 12 61 22 56 66 .310 .383 .449 .832 84 127
1925 25 121 428 366 65 110 23 6 8 46 13 47 31 .301 .385 .462 .846 64 114
1926 26 147 537 463 64 143 27 13 8 68 6 60 44 .309 .389 .475 .864 86 141
1927 27 159 650 547 90 159 32 11 8 62 9 73 41 .291 .380 .433 .813 88 151
1928 28 130 535 453 89 140 24 9 10 81 9 58 39 .309 .392 .468 .860 82 124
1929 29 116 452 352 71 97 21 9 11 75 9 84 40 .276 .416 .480 .897 70 110
1930 30 153 642 550 97 160 30 13 16 80 4 72 69 .291 .375 .480 .855 98 146
1931 31 133 581 487 96 149 27 6 10 48 5 74 52 .306 .400 .448 .847 88 127
1932 32 132 586 516 85 151 30 6 6 41 4 59 42 .293 .365 .409 .774 77 126
1933 33 91 328 276 39 60 16 3 5 34 5 43 22 .217 .327 .351 .679 31 87
1934 34 34 40 31 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 9 6 .258 .425 .419 .844 5 32
13 Yrs 1517 6049 5143 866 1490 289 91 103 669 130 706 552 .290 .378 .441 .819 855 1444
162 Game Avg. 162 646 549 92 159 31 10 11 71 14 75 59 .290 .378 .441 .819 91 1444

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1924 NL  3.9 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 NL  3.8 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 NL  1.2 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Career  .302 (183rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1924 NL  .390 (8th)
1925 NL  .413 (8th)
1926 NL  .400 (8th)
1927 NL  .396 (8th)
1928 NL  .408 (3rd)
1929 NL  .454 (3rd)
1931 NL  .400 (6th)
Career  .392 (92nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .490 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 NL  .890 (6th)
1929 NL  .987 (9th)
Career  .854 (158th)

Games Played s c a p y
1923 NL  152 (7th)
1927 NL  151 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1923 NL  666 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1927 NL  96 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1923 NL  36 (2nd)
1927 NL  33 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 NL  13 (10th)
1927 NL  11 (6th)
1930 NL  14 (6th)
Career  93 (194th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  12 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1923 NL  71 (5th)
1924 NL  55 (9th)
1926 NL  60 (8th)
1927 NL  74 (3rd)
1929 NL  93 (2nd)
1930 NL  81 (4th)
1931 NL  71 (4th)
1932 NL  56 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 NL  92 (1st)
1924 NL  63 (1st)
1930 NL  66 (5th)
1931 NL  50 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 NL  43 (2nd)
1924 NL  21 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 NL  134 (8th)
1929 NL  140 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  22 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  2.2 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  52 (9th)
1927 NL  52 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 NL  242 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1925 NL  .679 (10th)
1926 NL  .710 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1927 NL  6 (5th)
1928 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  24 (3rd)
1931 NL  17 (5th)
Career  168 (128th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1923 NL  28 (1st)
1924 NL  21 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1923 NL  13.5 (7th)
1924 NL  15.3 (1st)
1925 NL  10.2 (6th)
1927 NL  8.5 (10th)
1928 NL  9.5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 NL  39.1 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1923 NL  462 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (637), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (521), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (281), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jeff Cirillo (898)
  4. Bruce Campbell (896)
  5. Denny Lyons (887)
  6. Buddy Lewis (883)
  7. Home Run Baker (883) *
  8. Jose Vidro (882)
  9. Joe Randa (875)
  10. Irish Meusel (875)
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  1. Bernie Allen (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Charlie Gehringer (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roger Bresnahan (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Rice (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pinky Higgins (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Stone (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pinky Higgins (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Home Run Baker (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lyons (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pinky Higgins (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Madlock (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dixie Walker (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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