Eli Grba
Eli Grba
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL
High School: Bowen (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1959
Final Game: August 4, 1963
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1959 24 NYY AL 2 5 .286 6.44 19 6 5 0 0 0 50.1 52 44 36 6 39 0 23 0 0 0 240 56 1.808 9.3 1.1 7.0 4.1 0.59
1960 25 NYY AL 6 4 .600 3.68 24 9 4 1 0 1 80.2 65 45 33 9 46 3 32 2 1 4 346 97 1.376 7.3 1.0 5.1 3.6 0.70
1961 26 LAA AL 11 13 .458 4.25 40 30 5 8 0 2 211.2 197 119 100 26 114 10 105 7 1 6 941 106 1.469 8.4 1.1 4.8 4.5 0.92
1962 27 LAA AL 8 9 .471 4.54 40 29 5 1 0 1 176.1 185 101 89 19 75 5 90 2 1 4 783 85 1.474 9.4 1.0 3.8 4.6 1.20
1963 28 LAA AL 1 2 .333 4.67 12 1 7 0 0 0 17.1 14 9 9 2 10 1 5 1 0 1 77 73 1.385 7.3 1.0 5.2 2.6 0.50
5 Seasons 28 33 .459 4.48 135 75 26 10 0 4 536.1 513 318 267 62 284 19 255 12 3 15 2387 90 1.486 8.6 1.0 4.8 4.3 0.90
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .459 4.48 44 24 8 3 0 1 174 166 103 86 20 92 6 83 4 1 5 773 90 1.486 8.6 1.0 4.8 4.3 0.90
LAA (3 yrs) 20 24 .455 4.40 92 60 17 9 0 3 405.1 396 229 198 47 199 16 200 10 2 11 1801 95 1.468 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.4 1.01
NYY (2 yrs) 8 9 .471 4.74 43 15 9 1 0 1 131.0 117 89 69 15 85 3 55 2 1 4 586 76 1.542 8.0 1.0 5.8 3.8 0.65

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 24 NYY AL 19 240 193 44 52 5 2 6 4 1 39 23 .269 .387 .409 .797 .275 79 6 0 5 3 0
1960 25 NYY AL 24 345 286 45 65 9 1 9 2 5 46 32 .227 .334 .360 .694 .225 103 10 2 7 4 3
1961 26 LAA AL 40 938 809 119 197 28 3 26 6 0 114 105 .244 .340 .382 .722 .250 309 23 7 3 5 10
1962 27 LAA AL 40 756 666 101 185 32 6 19 5 3 75 90 .278 .350 .429 .780 .295 286 11 2 8 5 5
1963 28 LAA AL 12 74 60 9 14 1 0 2 2 0 10 5 .233 .347 .350 .697 .222 21 3 1 2 1 1
5 Seasons 135 2353 2014 318 513 75 12 62 19 9 284 255 .255 .348 .396 .744 .263 798 53 12 25 18 19
162 Game Avg. 44 762 652 103 166 24 4 20 6 3 92 83 .255 .348 .396 .744 .263 258 17 4 8 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1959 24 NYY AL 19 6 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 3 50% 44 59 26 18 7 1 3 4.5 3.1 4.5
1960 25 NYY AL 24 9 1 4 4 0 1 3 6 .333 0 2 1 0 4 44% 48 65 30 12 5 3 2 3.5 3.1 5.4
1961 26 LAA AL 40 30 9 12 9 2 4 13 17 .433 1 5 8 0 13 43% 48 81 6 30 14 15 8 5.2 5.2 6.4
1962 27 LAA AL 40 29 8 9 12 2 1 14 15 .483 2 8 1 0 12 41% 46 73 18 34 13 14 7 4.7 4.0 5.4
1963 28 LAA AL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 8 3 0 1 5.0 3.0 2.3
5 Seasons 135 75 19 29 27 4 7 33 42 .440 3 17 10 0 32 43% 47 81 6 102 42 33 21 4.7 4.4 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1959 24 NYY AL 19 13 5 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 7 5 71% 6 1.010 2 5 6 3 1 9 5 8 5 3 5 5 5.4
1960 25 NYY AL 24 15 4 5 0 2 1 1 50% 4 1 8 3 38% 7 1.119 8 3 4 6 4 5 4 11 8 2 8 1 6.5
1961 26 LAA AL 40 10 5 2 1 4 2 2 50% 6 2 10 3 30% 6 1.135 6 3 1 6 2 2 5 5 8 1 8 1 6.3
1962 27 LAA AL 40 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 8 2 25% 6 0.977 2 4 5 3 1 7 5 6 6 3 7 1 5.5
1963 28 LAA AL 12 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 7 1.059 4 1 6 0 4 7 5 6 6 3 6 2 4.1
5 Seasons 135 60 26 9 4 9 4 5 44% 15 4 42 16 38% 1.067 22 16 22 18 12 30 24 36 33 12 34 10 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1959 24 NYY AL 240 45% 2.5% 9.6% 16.3% 5.4% 25% 1.54 70% 57 6 11%
1960 25 NYY AL 345 38% 2.6% 9.3% 13.3% 5.5% 29% 1.51 72% 75 10 13%
1961 26 LAA AL 938 38% 2.8% 11.2% 12.2% 6.1% 29% 1.19 73% 209 23 11%
1962 27 LAA AL 752 39% 2.5% 11.9% 9.9% 7.5% 31% 0.96 74% 143 11 8%
1963 28 LAA AL 74 43% 2.7% 6.8% 13.5% 4.1% 21% 0.70 73% 22 3 14%
5 Seasons 2349 39% 2.6% 10.8% 12.1% 6.3% 29% 1.16 73% 506 53 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1959 24 NYY AL 240 52 6 1 7 2 4 3 3 14 9 2 64% 4 0 0 108 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 25 NYY AL 345 65 9 0 6 6 3 5 4 19 12 1 63% 7 4 1 132 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1961 26 LAA AL 920 197 26 0 34 14 12 19 7 62 27 10 44% 22 6 3 348 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 18
1962 27 LAA AL 748 185 19 0 11 13 6 6 13 40 18 5 45% 14 4 4 285 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 16 4
1963 28 LAA AL 74 14 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 7 2 0 29% 2 1 0 30 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
5 Seasons 2327 513 62 1 60 36 26 33 29 142 68 18 48% 49 15 8 903 19 9 68% 17 8 1 1 1 0 7 0 59 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1959 24 2 5 .286 6.44 19 6 5 0 0 0 50.1 52 44 36 6 39 0 23 0 0 0 240 56 1.808 9.3 1.1 7.0 4.1 0.59 56
1960 25 8 9 .471 4.74 43 15 9 1 0 1 131.0 117 89 69 15 85 3 55 2 1 4 586 76 1.542 8.0 1.0 5.8 3.8 0.65 76
1961 26 19 22 .463 4.44 83 45 14 9 0 3 342.2 314 208 169 41 199 13 160 9 2 10 1527 94 1.497 8.2 1.1 5.2 4.2 0.80 94
1962 27 27 31 .466 4.47 123 74 19 10 0 4 519.0 499 309 258 60 274 18 250 11 3 14 2310 91 1.489 8.7 1.0 4.8 4.3 0.91 91
1963 28 28 33 .459 4.48 135 75 26 10 0 4 536.1 513 318 267 62 284 19 255 12 3 15 2387 90 1.486 8.6 1.0 4.8 4.3 0.90 90

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1959 24 1 4 .200 7.38 50.0 58 46 41 7 44 23 0 2.040 10.4 7.9 4.1 0.52 1.3 19
1960 25 4 4 .500 4.28 80.0 72 42 38 10 51 32 2 1.538 8.1 5.7 3.6 0.63 1.1 24
1961 26 12 11 .522 3.68 213.0 187 97 87 25 108 106 7 1.385 7.9 4.6 4.5 0.98 1.1 40
1962 27 8 11 .421 4.79 171.0 190 101 91 20 77 87 2 1.561 10.0 4.1 4.6 1.13 1.1 40
1963 28 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 15 11 10 2 11 5 1 1.529 7.9 5.8 2.6 0.45 1.1 12
5 Seasons 25 31 .446 4.53 531.0 522 297 267 64 291 253 12 1.531 8.8 4.3 0.87 1.1 135

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--26--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--114--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--100--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL--7--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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