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Jim Greengrass

James Raymond Greengrass

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 24, 1927 in Addison, NY
High School: Addison HS (Addison, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1952
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Redlegs 1952-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
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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
1946 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 24 CIN NL 18 76 68 10 21 2 1 5 24 0 0 7 12 .309 .373 .588 .962 164 40 1 0 0 O8/7
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 *7O RoY-6
1954 26 CIN NL 139 589 542 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 .797 111 148 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 Yrs 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

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 Awards
1952 24 CIN NL 18 76 5 0 -0 1 -0 6 0.6 3 9 0.9 .536 .504 0.8 0.1 8 $ O8/7
1953 25 CIN NL 154 656 1 1 -2 4 -7 -2 -0.4 22 20 1.8 .498 .499 1.6 -0.4 16 $ *7O RoY-6
1954 26 CIN NL 139 589 6 1 -2 1 -6 -0 -0.1 20 20 1.8 .500 .500 1.8 -0.6 19 $ *7
1955 27 CIN NL 13 48 -5 -1 -0 2 -0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .468 .497 -0.5 0.2 -5 $ 7
1955 27 PHI NL 94 361 3 1 0 -1 -4 -1 -0.3 12 11 0.9 .499 .499 1.2 -0.6 12 $ 9/75
1956 28 PHI NL 86 246 -10 -0 -2 -4 -2 -19 -2.2 8 -11 -1.4 .476 .487 -0.8 -0.9 -6 $ 9/7
5 Seasons 504 1976 1 2 -5 3 -20 -20 -2.8 66 46 3.7 .496 .498 4.1 -2.2 43 $
CIN (4 yrs) 324 1369 8 1 -4 8 -14 -0 -0.3 46 45 4.2 .500 .500 3.7 -0.7 37 $
PHI (2 yrs) 180 607 -7 0 -2 -5 -6 -20 -2.5 20 0 -0.5 .488 .493 0.4 -1.5 6 $

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
1952 24 CIN NL 76 48 15 8.4 96 .314 .309 .260 .373 .333 .588 .388 .962 .721 164 .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 589 418 87 5.6 111 .285 .280 .277 .329 .348 .494 .428 .823 .776 110 .569 5.3 0.5 .745 .284 .214 .0
1955 27 TOT NL 409 287 50 4.7 105 .266 .254 .264 .331 .335 .425 .418 .756 .753 101 .498 0.8 0.1 .689 .282 .171 .0
1955 27 CIN NL 48 36 2 1.5 110 .133 .103 .271 .271 .343 .154 .430 .425 .773 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 .751 111 .541 5.6 0.5 .729 .282 .186 .0
1956 28 PHI NL 246 185 20 2.9 101 .231 .205 .262 .294 .328 .335 .413 .629 .742 71 .310 -8.6 -0.9 .549 .260 .130 .0
5 Yrs 1976 1393 262 5.0 108 .282 .269 .271 .330 .341 .448 .422 .778 .764 103 .528 3.5 0.3 .703 .269 .179 11.0
162 Game Avg. 635 448 84 5.0 108 .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 .263 .321 .332 .409 .415 .730 .747 95 .456 -3.1 -0.3 .653 .273 .164 .0

Ratio Batting*

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 76 6.6% 15.8% 9.2% 10.5% 38% 1.71 5.7 13.6 2.8 1.56 67%
1953 25 CIN NL 656 3.1% 12.7% 7.2% 7.5% 28% 1.77 7.3 30.3 6.1 0.94 77%
1954 26 CIN NL 589 4.6% 13.8% 7.0% 9.9% 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 1.03 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 1.04 75%
1956 28 PHI NL 246 2.0% 17.5% 11.4% 6.5% 36% 1.54 5.0 43.0 8.6 1.73 69%
5 Yrs 1976 3.5% 13.7% 8.4% 8.5% 35% 1.64 6.6 26.0 6.4 1.10 74%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.2% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.19 7.9 41.1 8.2 0.97 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 24 CIN NL 5.4 0.6 42 0.6 1.3 -0.7 1.14 0.1 0.5 5.2 0.5 1.04 0.9 2.79 1
1953 25 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 677 1.3 14.5 -13.3 1.08 0.8 0.4 14.1 1.3 0.98 6.9 0.66 1
1954 26 CIN NL 5.3 0.5 600 0.4 11.9 -11.5 1.08 1.3 -0.9 13.2 1.3 1.00 12.1 2.67 2
1955 27 TOT NL 0.8 0.1 391 0.5 6.7 -6.2 .98 -0.0 0.5 -3.8 -0.4 0.92 -2.4 1.37 8
1955 27 CIN NL -4.8 -0.5 48 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .95 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.81 -3.9 1.16 2
1955 27 PHI NL 5.6 0.5 343 0.9 6.3 -5.3 .98 0.3 0.6 -0.1 -0.0 0.93 1.5 1.44 6
1956 28 PHI NL -8.6 -0.9 247 -0.6 4.4 -5.0 1.10 -0.9 0.3 -15.4 -1.6 0.98 -9.9 1.41 21
5 Yrs 3.5 0.3 1957 2.2 38.8 -36.6 1.06 1.2 0.8 13.3 1.2 0.97 7.6 1.50 33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1952 24 CIN NL 0 0 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 CIN NL 8 0 33% 234 6 4 60% 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 9 47% 36 24 10 8 2 6 14 3 11
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% 157 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% 138 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 46% 10 9 1 1 0 1 11 2 8
5 Yrs 17 0 30% 649 6 9 40% 5 8 0 0 1 1 4 0 27 27 44% 99 75 22 19 7 12 56 11 43

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
1952 24 CIN NL 76 12% 21 1 0 0 0 2.79 5 1 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 35 12 34% 5 4 80% 1 1 100% 0
1953 25 CIN NL 656 37% 173 1 0 0 0 0.66 20 0 22 10 10 14 6 0 2 0 0% 125 18 14% 52 11 21% 462 83 18% 28 16 57% 27 14 52% 0
1954 26 CIN NL 589 32% 152 2 0 0 0 2.67 27 1 16 16 11 17 10 0 4 3 75% 124 18 15% 57 16 28% 415 70 17% 37 17 46% 16 9 56% 0
1955 27 TOT NL 409 37% 92 8 2 0 0 1.37 12 0 10 7 5 9 3 0 2 1 50% 66 11 17% 35 11 31% 218 26 12% 19 9 47% 9 5 56% 0
1955 27 CIN NL 48 50% 4 2 0 0 0 1.16 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 361 35% 88 6 2 0 0 1.44 12 0 10 7 5 9 3 0 2 1 50% 61 10 16% 30 10 33% 203 25 12% 19 9 47% 8 4 50% 0
1956 28 PHI NL 246 27% 44 21 5 0 3 1.41 5 0 8 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 39 11 28% 26 10 38% 176 20 11% 14 7 50% 13 5 38% 0
5 Yrs 1976 33% 482 33 7 0 3 1.50 69 2 60 39 27 43 26 0 9 5 56% 359 59 16% 172 49 28% 1306 211 16% 103 53 51% 66 34 52% 0
MLB Averages 49% 84% 11% 32% 14% 50% 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
1952 24 18 76 68 10 21 2 1 5 24 0 0 7 12 .309 .373 .588 .962 164 40 1 0 0
1953 25 172 732 674 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
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 96 6 47 86 .277 .330 .431 .761 87 154
1954 26 146 614 565 79 155 28 4 28 95 0 42 85 .274 .322 .487 .809 88 139
1955 27 113 430 381 45 97 23 2 13 39 0 44 55 .255 .331 .428 .759 54 107
1956 28 90 261 227 27 48 10 2 5 28 0 31 45 .211 .304 .339 .643 24 86
5 Yrs 528 2057 1867 245 495 85 16 71 285 6 172 284 .265 .327 .442 .769 270 504
162 Game Avg. 162 631 573 75 152 26 5 22 87 2 53 87 .265 .327 .442 .769 83 504

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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