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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1922	CHC	NL	22	3B	5	5	5		9	5	4	0	1	1.000		1.80	.948		3.04
1923	CHC	NL	23	2B	150	149	148		947	374	518	55	90	.942		5.95	.959		5.90
1924	CHC	NL	24	2B	118	117	109		743	273	426	44	78	.941		5.92	.961		5.98
1924	CHC	NL	24	3B	6	6	6		24	4	16	4	0	.833		3.33	.956		2.93
1925	PIT	NL	25	1B	102	99	89		980	925	44	11	96	.989		9.50	.989		10.33
1926	PIT	NL	26	1B	132	130	117		1282	1203	66	13	106	.990		9.61	.989		10.56
1927	PIT	NL	27	2B	124	117	107		674	279	363	32	65	.953		5.18	.966		5.93
1927	PIT	NL	27	1B	29	28	27		262	247	12	3	22	.989		8.93	.989		10.51
1928	PIT	NL	28	1B	119	117	113		1205	1117	71	17	83	.986		9.98	.989		10.48
1928	PIT	NL	28	2B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.90
1928	PIT	NL	28	3B	1	1	1		3	1	2	0	1	1.000		3.00	.943		3.10
1929	PIT	NL	29	2B	76	74	70		459	205	239	15	54	.967		5.84	.968		5.82
1929	PIT	NL	29	LF	19	19	16		30	25	4	1	1	.967		1.53	.971		2.10
1929	PIT	NL	29	OF	19	19	16		30	25	4	1	1	.967		1.53	.973		2.47
1929	PIT	NL	29	1B	12	8	6		73	71	1	1	5	.986		6.00	.989		10.47
1930	PIT	NL	30	2B	141	141	138		848	324	488	36	84	.958		5.76	.963		5.94
1930	PIT	NL	30	1B	4	4	3		37	33	4	0	4	1.000		9.25	.990		10.22
1931	PIT	NL	31	1B	78	77	68		781	742	27	12	67	.985		9.86	.990		10.11
1931	PIT	NL	31	2B	51	43	42		279	114	142	23	34	.918		5.02	.964		5.60
1932	CIN	NL	32	2B	115	111	109		631	258	347	26	45	.959		5.26	.969		5.78
1932	CIN	NL	32	1B	10	10	10		122	115	5	2	7	.984		12.00	.990		10.19
1933	CIN	NL	33	2B	72	58	51		368	160	189	19	33	.948		4.85	.968		5.80
1933	CIN	NL	33	1B	12	9	8		121	114	7	0	9	1.000		10.08	.990		10.42
1934	NYG	NL	34	1B	4	0	0		22	21	1	0	1	1.000		5.50	.991		10.02
1934	NYG	NL	34	3B	2	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.945		2.95
	9 Seasons			2B	848	810	774		4949	1987	2712	250	483	.949		5.54	.964		5.87
	10 Seasons			1B	502	482	441		4885	4588	238	59	400	.988		9.61	.989		10.40
	1 Season			OF	19	19	16		30	25	4	1	1	.967		1.53	.973		2.47
	1 Season			LF	19	19	16		30	25	4	1	1	.967		1.53	.971		2.10
	4 Seasons			3B	14	12	12		38	11	23	4	2	.895		2.43	.952		2.99
	13 Seasons			TOT	1383	1323	1243		9902	6611	2977	314	886	.968		6.93	.976		7.44
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	LF	OF	PH	PR
1922	CHC	NL	22	7	5	7	5	0	0	5	0	0	2	0
1923	CHC	NL	23	152	149	152	150	0	150	0	0	0	2	0
1924	CHC	NL	24	127	123	127	124	0	118	6	0	0	3	0
1925	PIT	NL	25	114	99	114	102	102	0	0	0	0	10	2
1926	PIT	NL	26	142	130	142	132	132	0	0	0	0	6	4
1927	PIT	NL	27	151	145	151	151	30	123	0	0	0	0	0
1928	PIT	NL	28	124	118	124	120	119	1	1	0	0	4	0
1929	PIT	NL	29	110	101	110	105	12	76	0	19	19	5	0
1930	PIT	NL	30	146	145	146	145	4	142	0	0	0	1	0
1931	PIT	NL	31	127	120	127	123	78	51	0	0	0	4	0
1932	CIN	NL	32	126	121	126	125	10	115	0	0	0	1	0
1933	CIN	NL	33	87	68	87	80	12	71	1	0	0	7	0
1934	NYG	NL	34	32	0	32	6	4	0	2	0	0	26	0
	13 Seasons			1445	1324	1445	1368	503	847	15	19	19	71	6

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Putouts† s c a p y 1926 NL 1,203 (5th)	Assists† s c a p y 1923 NL 518 (2nd) 1930 NL 492 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1923 NL 55 (1st) 1924 NL 48 (3rd) 1930 NL 36 (4th) 1931 NL 35 (4th)
Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1926 NL 132 (4th) 1928 NL 119 (5th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1926 NL 1,203 (4th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1926 NL 66 (5th) 1928 NL 71 (4th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1926 NL 13 (5th) 1928 NL 17 (3rd) 1931 NL 12 (5th)
Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1923 NL 150 (1st) 1927 NL 124 (5th) 1930 NL 141 (3rd)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1923 NL 374 (1st) 1927 NL 279 (5th) 1930 NL 324 (3rd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1923 NL 518 (1st) 1930 NL 488 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1923 NL 55 (1st) 1924 NL 44 (1st) 1927 NL 32 (3rd) 1930 NL 36 (1st) 1931 NL 23 (3rd) 1932 NL 26 (2nd) 1933 NL 19 (4th) Career 250 (48th)
Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y Career 9.61 (93rd)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1926 NL .990 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1923 NL 5.95 (3rd) 1924 NL 5.92 (5th) Career 5.54 (50th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1930 NL .958 (5th)

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