Jim Greengrass
James Raymond Greengrass
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 24, 1927 in Addison, NY
High School: Addison (Addison, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1952
Final Game: September 30, 1956
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Standard Batting

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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
1952 24 CIN NL 18 75 68 10 21 2 1 5 24 0 0 7 12 .309 .373 .588 .962 163 40 1 0 0 O
1953 25 CIN NL 154 656 606 86 173 22 7 20 100 6 4 47 83 .285 .340 .444 .784 102 269 18 3 0 *O RoY-6
1954 26 CIN NL 139 590 542 79 152 27 4 27 95 0 3 41 81 .280 .329 .494 .823 110 268 18 0 3 4 *7
1955 27 TOT NL 107 409 362 44 92 22 2 12 38 0 2 42 52 .254 .331 .425 .756 101 154 11 1 1 3 2 97/5
1955 27 CIN NL 13 48 39 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 9 .103 .271 .154 .425 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 7
1955 27 PHI NL 94 361 323 43 88 20 2 12 37 0 2 33 43 .272 .339 .458 .797 112 148 10 1 1 3 2 9/75
1956 28 PHI NL 86 246 215 24 44 9 2 5 25 0 0 28 43 .205 .294 .335 .629 71 72 11 0 1 2 3 9/7
5 Seasons 504 1976 1793 243 482 82 16 69 282 6 9 165 271 .269 .330 .448 .778 103 803 59 4 5 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 635 576 78 155 26 5 22 91 2 3 53 87 .269 .330 .448 .778 103 258 19 1 2
CIN (4 yrs) 324 1369 1255 176 350 53 12 52 220 6 7 104 185 .279 .335 .465 .799 106 583 38 3 3 4 0
PHI (2 yrs) 180 607 538 67 132 29 4 17 62 0 2 61 86 .245 .321 .409 .730 95 220 21 1 2 5 5

Advanced Batting

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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
1952 24 CIN NL 75 48 15 8.4 97 .314 .309 .262 .373 .335 .588 .389 .962 .724 163 .783 5.4 0.6 .979 .382 .279 .0
1953 25 CIN NL 656 455 90 5.2 110 .304 .285 .274 .340 .345 .444 .427 .784 .773 102 .536 0.6 0.1 .705 .239 .158 9.2
1954 26 CIN NL 590 418 87 5.6 111 .285 .280 .276 .329 .348 .494 .427 .823 .775 110 .568 5.4 0.5 .745 .284 .214 .0
1955 27 TOT NL 409 287 50 4.7 104 .266 .254 .264 .331 .335 .425 .418 .756 .753 101 .498 0.9 0.1 .689 .282 .171 .0
1955 27 CIN NL 48 36 2 1.5 110 .133 .103 .271 .271 .343 .154 .429 .425 .772 15 .110 -4.8 -0.5 .417 .282 .051
1955 27 PHI NL 361 251 48 5.1 104 .280 .272 .263 .339 .334 .458 .417 .797 .750 112 .540 5.6 0.6 .729 .282 .186 .0
1956 28 PHI NL 246 185 20 2.9 101 .231 .205 .262 .294 .328 .335 .413 .629 .741 71 .310 -8.6 -0.9 .549 .260 .130 .0
5 Seasons 1976 1393 262 5.0 107 .282 .269 .271 .330 .341 .448 .422 .778 .764 103 .528 3.6 0.4 .703 .269 .179 11.0
162 Game Avg. 635 448 84 5.0 107 .282 .269 .271 .330 .341 .448 .422 .778 .764 103 .528 1 0 .703 .269 .179 4
CIN (4 yrs) 1369 957 194 5.4 110 .292 .279 .274 .335 .346 .465 .425 .799 .771 106 .556 6.6 0.7 .725 .268 .186 10.8
PHI (2 yrs) 607 436 68 4.2 103 .261 .245 .262 .321 .331 .409 .415 .730 .747 95 .456 -3.0 -0.3 .653 .273 .164 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1952 24 CIN NL 75 6.7% 16.0% 9.3% 10.7% 38% 1.71 5.7 13.6 2.8 68%
1953 25 CIN NL 656 3.1% 12.7% 7.2% 7.5% 28% 1.77 7.3 30.3 6.1 77%
1954 26 CIN NL 590 4.6% 13.7% 7.0% 9.8% 38% 1.98 6.7 20.1 5.7 1.11 74%
1955 27 TOT NL 409 2.9% 12.7% 10.3% 8.8% 39% 1.24 7.0 30.2 9.5 1.06 74%
1955 27 CIN NL 48 0.0% 18.8% 18.8% 4.2% 50% 1.00 4.3 39.0 0.93 63%
1955 27 PHI NL 361 3.3% 11.9% 9.1% 9.4% 39% 1.30 7.5 26.9 8.7 1.08 75%
1956 28 PHI NL 246 2.0% 17.5% 11.4% 6.5% 36% 1.54 5.0 43.0 8.6 1.67 69%
5 Seasons 1976 3.5% 13.7% 8.4% 8.5% 35% 1.64 6.6 26.0 6.4 1.18 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 CIN NL 7 0 31% 172 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 9 43% 36 30 6 6 3 3 21 3 18
1955 27 TOT NL 1 0 26% 152 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 45% 15 10 5 4 2 2 10 3 6
1955 27 CIN NL 0 0 8% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1955 27 PHI NL 1 0 28% 133 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 48% 13 8 5 4 2 2 8 2 5
1956 28 PHI NL 1 0 28% 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 48% 10 9 1 1 0 1 10 1 8
5 Seasons 9 0 30% 398 6 9 40% 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 18 44% 61 49 12 11 5 6 41 7 32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 26 CIN NL 589 32% 152 2 0 0 0 2.64 27 1 16 16 11 17 10 0 4 3 75% 124 18 15% 57 16 28% 415 70 17% 37 17 46% 28 10 36% 0
1955 27 TOT NL 380 37% 92 6 2 0 0 1.58 12 0 10 7 5 9 3 0 2 1 50% 66 11 17% 35 11 31% 214 25 12% 19 9 47% 17 4 24% 29
1955 27 CIN NL 48 50% 4 2 0 0 0 1.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1955 27 PHI NL 332 35% 88 4 2 0 0 1.78 12 0 10 7 5 9 3 0 2 1 50% 61 10 16% 30 10 33% 199 24 12% 19 9 47% 16 3 19% 29
1956 28 PHI NL 241 27% 44 21 5 0 3 1.48 5 0 8 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 38 11 29% 25 9 36% 172 20 12% 14 7 50% 19 6 32% 5
5 Seasons 1210 33% 482 29 7 0 3 1.58 69 1 34 27 17 29 15 0 7 5 71% 228 59 26% 117 36 31% 801 115 14% 70 33 47% 64 20 31% 34
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1952 24 18 75 68 10 21 2 1 5 24 0 0 7 12 .309 .373 .588 .962 163 40 1 0 0
1953 25 172 731 674 96 194 24 8 25 124 6 4 54 95 .288 .343 .458 .802 108 309 19 3 0
1954 26 311 1321 1216 175 346 51 12 52 219 6 7 95 176 .285 .337 .475 .811 109 577 37 3 3 4
1955 27 418 1730 1578 219 438 73 14 64 257 6 9 137 228 .278 .335 .463 .799 107 731 48 4 4 7 2
1956 28 504 1976 1793 243 482 82 16 69 282 6 9 165 271 .269 .330 .448 .778 103 803 59 4 5 9 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 24 19 80 72 11 23 2 1 5 27 0 8 13 .319 .388 .583 .971 17 18
1953 25 160 672 622 83 172 22 7 20 97 6 47 86 .277 .330 .431 .761 87 154
1954 26 146 610 564 79 154 27 4 27 95 0 42 85 .273 .321 .479 .800 87 139
1955 27 113 428 380 46 96 23 2 13 40 0 44 55 .253 .329 .426 .756 53 107
1956 28 90 256 225 27 46 9 2 5 28 0 29 45 .204 .293 .329 .622 22 86
5 Seasons 528 2046 1863 246 491 83 16 70 287 6 170 284 .264 .325 .438 .763 266 504
162 Game Avg. 162 628 572 75 151 25 5 21 88 2 52 87 .264 .325 .438 .763 82 504

* 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

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 NL--.494--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL--154--9th

At Bats s c a p y
1953 NL--606--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--27--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL--83--8th
1954 NL--81--6th

Singles s c a p y
1953 NL--124--8th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 NL--18--6th
1954 NL--18--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1953 NL--9.2--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1954 NL--20.1--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 NL--455--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Rizzo (974)
  2. Pedro Munoz (969)
  3. Harry Anderson (967)
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  5. Jody Gerut (963)
  6. Dick Kokos (962)
  7. Corey Hart (961)
  8. Don Lenhardt (960)
  9. Ryan Church (959)
  10. Rocco Baldelli (958)
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  2. Bill Nicholson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marty Cordova (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeffrey Hammonds (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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