Mickey Grasso

Newton Michael Grasso

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 10, 1920 in Newark, NJ
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1946
Teams (by GP): Senators/Giants/Indians 1946-1955

Final Game: May 8, 1955
Died: October 15, 1975 in Miami, FL
Cremated
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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
1941	21	TRE	B	52	124	124		29	3	0	1						.234	.234	.282	.516		35							TRE · ISLG
1946	26	SFG-min	AAA	106	337	303	31	69	8	0	13	46	1	0	24	43	.228	.293	.383	.676		116	9	4	6				JER · IL
1946	26	NYG	NL	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	3	0	0			/2

1947	27	SFG-min	AAA	117	434	388	55	104	17	1	16	52	7		36	41	.268	.333	.441	.774		171		2	8				JER · IL
1948	28	DET-min	AAA	140	429	380	35	99	13	1	5	27	1		39	62	.261	.334	.339	.674		129		3	7				SLE · PCL
1949	29	SLE	AAA	109	336	299	29	75	11	0	7	31	1		35	26	.251	.329	.358	.687		107		0	2				SLE · PCL
1950	30	WSH	AL	75	223	195	25	56	4	1	1	22	1	1	25	31	.287	.374	.333	.707	86	65	4	2	1			2
1951	31	WSH	AL	52	192	175	16	36	3	0	1	14	0	0	14	17	.206	.268	.240	.508	39	42	9	1	2			2
1952	32	WSH	AL	115	394	361	22	78	9	0	0	27	1	0	29	36	.216	.276	.241	.517	47	87	12	1	3			*2
1953	33	WSH	AL	61	207	196	13	41	7	0	2	22	0	0	9	20	.209	.251	.276	.527	44	54	8	2	0			2
1954	34	CLE	AL	4	8	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.833	1.333	258	5	0	1	0	0		/2
1955	35	CLE-min	AAA	56	181	159	8	37	7	0	1	16	0		17	24	.233	.307	.296	.603		47	4	1	2	2			INA · AA
1955	35	NYG	NL	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	78	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1957	37	MIN-PHI-min	AA,AAA	46	105	105		34	3	0	0						.324	.324	.352	.676		37							CNG,MIA · SOUA,IL
1958	38	PHI-min	AAA	2	3	3		0									.000	.000											MIA · IL
7 Yrs				322	1051	957	78	216	23	1	5	87	2	1	81	108	.226	.291	.268	.558	54	256	37	7	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	529	481	39	109	12	1	3	44	1		41	54	.226	.291	.268	.558	54	129	19	4	3

WSH (4 yrs)				303	1016	927	76	211	23	1	4	85	2	1	77	104	.228	.291	.268	.559	54	248	33	6	6
NYG (2 yrs)				15	27	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	3	4	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				4	8	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.833	1.333	258	5	0	1	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				307	1024	933	77	213	23	1	5	86	2	1	78	105	.228	.293	.271	.564	55	253	33	7	6	0
NL (2 yrs)				15	27	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	3	4	0	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
1946	26	NYG	NL	7	22	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.448	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	/2

1950	30	WSH	AL	75	223	-3	0	0	-3	2	-4	-0.3	6	2	0.3	.495	.498	0.5	-0.1	5	$	2
1951	31	WSH	AL	52	192	-14	0	-2	-1	2	-15	-1.6	5	-10	-1.1	.470	.490	-1.0	0.1	-9	$	2
1952	32	WSH	AL	115	394	-24	0	-1	-3	3	-24	-2.7	11	-13	-1.6	.477	.484	-1.3	0.1	-10	$	*2
1953	33	WSH	AL	61	207	-15	-1	-1	2	2	-13	-1.4	6	-8	-0.9	.477	.491	-1.1	0.4	-10	$14,000	2
1954	34	CLE	AL	4	8	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/2
1955	35	NYG	NL	8	5	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
7 Seasons				322	1051	-57	-1	-4	-7	9	-60	-6.5	28	-32	-3.6	.480	.494	-3.0	0.3	-25	$14,000

WSH (4 yrs)				303	1016	-56	-1	-4	-5	9	-56	-6.0	27	-29	-3.3	.480	.491	-2.9	0.4	-24	$14,000
NYG (2 yrs)				15	27	-3	0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.470	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$
CLE (1 yr)				4	8	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.2	-0.1	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
1946	26	NYG	NL	22	22	0	0.0	93	.158	.136	.262	.136	.338	.136	.368	.273	.706	-23	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.136	.000	.000

1950	30	WSH	AL	223	145	24	4.4	109	.337	.287	.272	.374	.358	.333	.408	.707	.766	86	.444	-3.0	-0.3	.639	.174	.046	1.0
1951	31	WSH	AL	192	150	11	2.0	100	.223	.206	.265	.268	.346	.240	.389	.508	.735	39	.180	-15.1	-1.5	.385	.114	.034	.0
1952	32	WSH	AL	394	298	24	2.2	94	.240	.216	.257	.276	.336	.241	.375	.517	.710	47	.234	-25.8	-2.7	.400	.108	.025	.0
1953	33	WSH	AL	207	163	13	2.1	100	.224	.209	.266	.251	.342	.276	.392	.527	.733	44	.207	-15.8	-1.6	.399	.112	.066	.0
1954	34	CLE	AL	8	4	2	13.4	100	.250	.333	.268	.500	.344	.833	.391	1.333	.735	258	.891	1.4	0.1	1.750	.667	.500	.0
1955	35	NYG	NL	5	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.266	.600	.338	.000	.422	.600	.760	78	.000	0.4	0.0	1.000	1.500	.000
7 Yrs				1051	785	74	2.5	99	.250	.226	.264	.291	.344	.268	.388	.558	.731	54	.262	-61.5	-6.4	.443	.127	.042	2.9
162 Game Avg.				529	395	37	2.5	99	.250	.226	.264	.291	.344	.268	.388	.558	.731	54	.262	-61.5	-6.4	.443	.127	.042	1

WSH (4 yrs)				1016	756	72	2.6	100	.253	.228	.264	.291	.344	.268	.388	.559	.732	54	.265	-59.6	-6.1	.443	.124	.040	2.7
NYG (2 yrs)				27	25	0	0.0	94	.143	.125	.263	.222	.338	.125	.372	.347	.710	-1	.000	-3.2	-0.4	.240	.125	.000
CLE (1 yr)				8	4	2	13.4	100	.250	.333	.268	.500	.344	.833	.391	1.333	.735	258	.891	1.4	0.1	1.750	.667	.500	.0

AL (5 yrs)				1024	760	74	2.6	100	.253	.228	.264	.293	.344	.271	.388	.564	.732	55	.273	-58.2	-6.0	.450	.128	.043	2.9
NL (2 yrs)				27	25	0	0.0	94	.143	.125	.263	.222	.338	.125	.372	.347	.710	-1	.000	-3.2	-0.4	.240	.125	.000

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
1954	34	CLE	AL	WS	NYG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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	GO/AO	IP%
1946	26	NYG	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.3		22.0		86%

1950	30	WSH	AL	223	0.5%	13.9%	11.2%	2.7%	11%	1.24	6.3	195.0	8.9	0.88	73%
1951	31	WSH	AL	192	0.5%	8.9%	7.3%	2.1%	11%	1.21	10.3	175.0	12.5	0.94	82%
1952	32	WSH	AL	394	0.0%	9.1%	7.4%	2.3%	12%	1.24	10.0		13.4	0.88	82%
1953	33	WSH	AL	207	1.0%	9.7%	4.4%	4.4%	22%	2.22	9.8	98.0	8.9	1.17	84%
1954	34	CLE	AL	8	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	1.00	6.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	50%
1955	35	NYG	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%		0.00				2.00	40%
7 Yrs				1051	0.5%	10.3%	7.7%	2.8%	13%	1.33	8.9	191.4	11.0	0.96	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	47.1	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	26	NYG	NL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	30	WSH	AL	-3.0	-0.3	228	-0.3	3.2	-3.6	.94	-0.1	-0.3	-2.2	-0.2	0.94	-2.2	0.72	6
1951	31	WSH	AL	-15.1	-1.5	188	-2.0	2.1	-4.2	1.02	-1.6	-0.4	-17.9	-1.8	0.98	-20.1	1.69	4
1952	32	WSH	AL	-25.8	-2.7	397	-1.8	5.7	-7.5	1.09	-2.6	0.9	-18.6	-2.0	1.03	-25.5	0.49	2
1953	33	WSH	AL	-16.1	-1.6	211	-1.5	2.2	-3.7	.87	-1.3	-0.3	-13.9	-1.4	0.99	-15.3	0.10	2
1954	34	CLE	AL	1.4	0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.63	0.2	-0.1	1.3	0.1	0.81	2.6		0
1955	35	NYG	NL	0.4	0.0	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.31	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.87	-0.0		0
7 Yrs				-61.7	-6.4	1037	-5.7	13.4	-19.1	1.00	-5.5	-0.3	-51.8	-5.4	0.99	-60.5	0.88	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	30	WSH	AL	6	29%	129	1	1	50%	1	1	2	1	2	52%	12	7	5	3	1	2	10	4	6
1951	31	WSH	AL	1	30%	51	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	44%	9	7	2	3	1	2	4	0	3
1952	32	WSH	AL	7	20%	117	1	0	100%	1	0	2	8	4	56%	10	4	5	1	0	1	7	3	4
1953	33	WSH	AL	3	22%	60	0	0		0	0	2	3	3	33%	6	6	0	1	0	0	5	1	4
1954	34	CLE	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	35	NYG	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				17	24%	362	2	1	67%	2	1	6	18	9	48%	37	24	12	8	2	5	26	8	17

Situational Hitting*

						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
1950	30	WSH	AL	223	29%	56			6	1	0	0	0.72	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	36	4	11%	18	4	22%	137	21	15%	20	9	45%	7	1	14%	0
1951	31	WSH	AL	192	41%	36			4	1	0	0	1.69	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	38	9	24%	22	5	23%	135	14	10%	10	5	50%	13	5	38%	0
1952	32	WSH	AL	394	35%	78			2	1	0	1	0.49	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	97	12	12%	42	13	31%	280	32	11%	26	15	58%	21	10	48%	0
1953	33	WSH	AL	207	33%	41			2	0	0	0	0.10	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	34	8	24%	20	5	25%	144	21	15%	11	6	55%	10	5	50%	0
1954	34	CLE	AL	8	50%	2			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	35	NYG	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				1029	34%	216			14	3	0	1	0.88	5	0	32	1	4	2	3	0	8	6	75%	207	37	18%	103	27	26%	703	88	13%	67	35	52%	51	21	41%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			122%			15%			32%			15%			51%			55%

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
1946	26	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	3	0	0
1947	27	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	3	0	0
1948	28	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	3	0	0
1949	29	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	3	0	0
1950	30	82	245	217	26	59	4	1	1	23	1	1	25	34	.272	.352	.313	.666	76	68	7	2	1
1951	31	134	437	392	42	95	7	1	2	37	1	1	39	51	.242	.316	.281	.596	60	110	16	3	3
1952	32	249	831	753	64	173	16	1	2	64	2	1	68	87	.230	.297	.262	.559	54	197	28	4	6
1953	33	310	1038	949	77	214	23	1	4	86	2	1	77	107	.226	.288	.264	.552	52	251	36	6	6
1954	34	314	1046	955	78	216	23	1	5	87	2	1	78	108	.226	.289	.268	.557	53	256	36	7	6	0
1955	35	322	1051	957	78	216	23	1	5	87	2	1	81	108	.226	.291	.268	.558	54	256	37	7	6	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1946	26	7	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1950	30	78	229	201	24	56	4	1	1	21	1	25	32	.279	.364	.323	.687	23	75
1951	31	55	202	184	17	38	3	0	1	15	0	15	18	.207	.270	.239	.509	12	52
1952	32	120	418	382	25	86	10	0	0	31	1	32	38	.225	.287	.251	.538	27	115
1953	33	64	216	205	13	43	7	0	2	23	0	9	21	.210	.250	.273	.523	14	61
1954	34	4	8	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.333	.500	.833	1.333	2	4
1955	35	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	0	8
7 Yrs		336	1101	1003	80	225	24	1	5	91	2	85	113	.224	.289	.265	.555	78	322
162 Game Avg.		162	531	484	39	108	12	0	2	44	1	41	54	.224	.289	.265	.555	38	322

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