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George Grantham
George Farley Grantham (Boots)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 20, 1900 in Galena, KS
Schools: Northern Arizona University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1922
Final Game: July 26, 1934
Died: March 16, 1954 in Kingman, AZ
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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
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 152 665 570 81 160 36 8 8 70 43 28 71 92 .281 .360 .414 .774 104 236 0 24 *4
1924 24 CHC NL 127 539 469 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 .906 124 177 3 11 3
1926 26 PIT NL 141 522 449 66 143 27 13 8 70 6 60 42 .318 .400 .490 .890 134 220 1 12 *3
1927 27 PIT NL 151 634 531 96 162 33 11 8 66 9 74 39 .305 .396 .454 .850 121 241 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 110 457 349 85 107 23 10 12 90 10 93 38 .307 .454 .533 .987 141 186 1 14 4O3
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 .851 129 210 2 17 34
1932 32 CIN NL 126 560 493 81 144 29 6 6 39 4 56 40 .292 .364 .412 .776 111 203 0 11 *43
1933 33 CIN NL 87 307 260 32 53 14 3 4 28 4 38 21 .204 .310 .327 .637 83 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 Seasons 1444 5897 4989 912 1508 292 93 105 712 132 53 717 526 .302 .392 .461 .854 121 2301 5 23 168
162 Game Avg. 162 662 560 102 169 33 10 12 80 15 80 59 .302 .392 .461 .854 121 258 3 19
PIT (7 yrs) 913 3765 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1922 CHC NL 22 3B 5 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.80 .944 2.92
1923 CHC NL 23 2B 150 947 374 518 55 90 .942 5.95 .960 5.57
1924 CHC NL 24 2B 118 743 273 426 44 78 .941 5.92 .962 5.60
1924 CHC NL 24 3B 6 24 4 16 4 0 .833 3.33 .962 2.82
1925 PIT NL 25 1B 102 980 925 44 11 96 .989 9.50 .989 9.73
1926 PIT NL 26 1B 132 1282 1203 66 13 106 .990 9.61 .989 7.58
1927 PIT NL 27 2B 124 674 279 363 32 65 .953 5.18 .966 5.63
1927 PIT NL 27 1B 29 262 247 12 3 22 .989 8.93 .989 10.16
1928 PIT NL 28 1B 119 1205 1117 71 17 83 .986 9.98 .989 8.40
1928 PIT NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1928 PIT NL 28 3B 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .933 3.00
1929 PIT NL 29 2B 76 459 205 239 15 54 .967 5.84 .968 5.46
1929 PIT NL 29 OF 19 30 25 4 1 1 .967 1.53 .973 2.38 19-0-0
1929 PIT NL 29 1B 12 73 71 1 1 5 .986 6.00 .989 10.26
1930 PIT NL 30 2B 141 848 324 488 36 84 .958 5.76 .963 5.59
1930 PIT NL 30 1B 4 37 33 4 0 4 1.000 9.25 .989 9.90
1931 PIT NL 31 1B 78 781 742 27 12 67 .985 9.86 .990 9.63
1931 PIT NL 31 2B 51 279 114 142 23 34 .918 5.02 .966 5.22
1932 CIN NL 32 2B 115 631 258 347 26 45 .959 5.26 .969 5.44
1932 CIN NL 32 1B 10 122 115 5 2 7 .984 12.00 .990 9.91
1933 CIN NL 33 2B 72 368 160 189 19 33 .948 4.85 .969 5.41
1933 CIN NL 33 1B 12 121 114 7 0 9 1.000 10.08 .990 10.20
1934 NYG NL 34 1B 4 22 21 1 0 1 1.000 5.50 .991 9.72
1934 NYG NL 34 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.75
9 Seasons 2B 848 4949 1987 2712 250 483 .949 5.54 .965 5.52
10 Seasons 1B 502 4885 4588 238 59 400 .988 9.61 .989 8.89
1 Season OF 19 30 25 4 1 1 .967 1.53 .973 2.38 19-0-0
4 Seasons 3B 14 38 11 23 4 2 .895 2.43 .955 2.86
13 Seasons TOT 1383 9902 6611 2977 314 886 .968 6.93 .945 6.67 19-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
Career--.302--179th

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--89th

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--153rd

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

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1923 NL--665--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--192nd

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--141--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--7th

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--.709--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--39.083--9th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 39 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (503), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 5, 1922: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Omaha (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 27, 1924: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Vic Aldridge and Al Niehaus to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Wilbur Cooper, Charlie Grimm and Rabbit Maranville.

February 4, 1932: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 15, 1933: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Glenn Spencer.

July 28, 1934: Released by the New York Giants.

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