Bobby Grich
Robert Anthony Grich
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 15, 1949 in Muskegon, MI
High School: Woodrow Wilson (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1970
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 BAL AL 21 SS 20 16 131.0 82 28 47 7 4 .915 0.8 7.3 0.8 1.8 -1.0 0 5.15 3.75 .968 4.94 4.39
1970 BAL AL 21 2B 9 8 82.0 59 28 31 0 5 1.000 2.8 41.0 2.8 1.1 1.7 0 6.48 6.56 .978 5.35 4.64
1970 BAL AL 21 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 .900 3.15 2.70
1971 BAL AL 22 SS 5 5 45.0 30 6 24 0 2 1.000 3.3 88.0 3.3 3.4 -0.1 0 6.00 6.00 .963 4.90 4.32
1971 BAL AL 22 2B 2 2 20.0 12 5 7 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -24.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.40 6.00 .983 5.31 4.75
1972 BAL AL 23 SS 81 68 603.1 338 106 215 17 46 .950 6.5 12.9 4.5 1.3 3.2 2 4.79 3.96 .967 4.99 4.51 AS,MVP-14
1972 BAL AL 23 2B 45 43 376.0 211 95 113 3 27 .986 4.3 13.7 3.3 2.4 0.9 1 4.98 4.62 .977 5.17 4.42 AS,MVP-14
1972 BAL AL 23 1B 16 10 99.0 106 97 9 0 8 1.000 -0.3 -3.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 9.64 6.63 .991 9.75 8.04 AS,MVP-14
1972 BAL AL 23 3B 8 2 20.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -41.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 0.89 0.25 .950 2.97 2.70 AS,MVP-14
1973 BAL AL 24 2B 162 162 1417.2 945 431 509 5 130 .995 29.3 24.8 25.3 9.8 15.5 4 5.97 5.80 .980 5.44 4.67 MVP-19,GG
1974 BAL AL 25 2B 160 160 1441.2 957 484 453 20 132 .979 8.2 6.8 5.2 -1.9 7.1 3 5.85 5.86 .975 5.37 4.56 AS,MVP-9,GG
1975 BAL AL 26 2B 150 147 1338.1 928 423 484 21 122 .977 17.4 15.6 14.4 2.4 12.0 3 6.10 6.05 .975 5.40 4.73 GG
1976 BAL AL 27 2B 140 139 1234.2 801 389 400 12 91 .985 1.4 1.4 0.4 2.8 -2.4 1 5.75 5.64 .975 5.40 4.64 AS,GG
1976 BAL AL 27 3B 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -180.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65 AS,GG
1976 BAL AL 27 DH 2 AS,GG
1977 CAL AL 28 SS 52 52 461.2 233 88 141 4 23 .983 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 -2.3 3.3 -1 4.46 4.40 .962 4.82 4.07
1978 CAL AL 29 2B 144 141 1238.0 757 325 419 13 77 .983 2.6 2.5 3.6 -1.5 5.0 -1 5.41 5.17 .980 5.47 4.74
1979 CAL AL 30 2B 153 151 1297.0 791 340 438 13 111 .984 -0.1 -0.1 -4.1 -4.5 0.3 4 5.40 5.08 .978 5.50 4.80 AS,MVP-8
1980 CAL AL 31 2B 146 141 1253.2 798 326 463 9 101 .989 4.2 4.0 2.2 0.8 1.4 2 5.66 5.40 .981 5.60 4.91 AS
1980 CAL AL 31 1B 3 3 26.0 28 27 1 0 3 1.000 0.7 32.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0 9.69 9.33 .993 10.00 8.40 AS
1981 CAL AL 32 2B 100 100 861.1 589 230 349 10 85 .983 4.5 6.3 4.5 5.9 -1.4 0 6.05 5.79 .982 5.54 4.93 MVP-14,SS
1982 CAL AL 33 2B 142 142 1222.2 799 338 450 11 112 .986 -0.9 -0.9 -1.9 -4.1 2.2 1 5.80 5.55 .981 5.35 4.70 AS
1982 CAL AL 33 DH 1 AS
1983 CAL AL 34 2B 118 116 1022.0 707 270 415 22 94 .969 -3.8 -4.5 -2.8 -2.2 -0.6 -1 6.03 5.81 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 CAL AL 34 SS 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 4.68 4.20
1984 CAL AL 35 2B 91 85 719.2 439 182 249 8 65 .982 -8.4 -14.0 -9.4 -4.8 -4.7 1 5.39 4.74 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 CAL AL 35 1B 25 10 109.2 133 120 10 3 18 .977 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 10.67 5.20 .991 9.75 8.25
1984 CAL AL 35 3B 21 11 130.0 33 9 23 1 1 .970 -0.6 -5.5 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.22 1.52 .948 2.75 2.19
1985 CAL AL 36 2B 116 109 953.1 606 224 380 2 99 .997 10.8 13.6 5.8 0.9 4.8 5 5.70 5.21 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 CAL AL 36 1B 16 11 103.0 107 98 9 0 14 1.000 1.2 14.0 1.2 0.9 0.4 0 9.35 6.69 .991 9.76 8.67
1985 CAL AL 36 3B 15 11 112.2 29 9 19 1 2 .966 -1.9 -20.2 -1.9 -1.4 -0.5 0 2.24 1.87 .952 2.85 2.38
1985 CAL AL 36 DH 6
1986 CAL AL 37 2B 87 72 677.1 355 127 221 7 49 .980 -1.0 -1.8 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 4.62 4.00 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 CAL AL 37 1B 11 9 78.0 83 75 8 0 5 1.000 1.7 26.2 1.7 1.8 -0.1 0 9.58 7.55 .990 9.42 8.62
1986 CAL AL 37 3B 2 0 5.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 144.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 3.60 1.00 .950 2.70 2.35
16 Seasons 2B 1765 1718 15155.1 9754 4217 5381 156 1302 .984 70.9 5.6 47.9 6.0 41.5 23 5.70 5.44 .979 5.40 4.68
5 Seasons SS 159 141 1246.0 684 229 427 28 75 .959 10.1 9.7 9.1 3.8 5.4 1 4.74 4.13 .966 4.92 4.34
5 Seasons 1B 71 43 415.2 457 417 37 3 48 .993 3.2 9.2 3.2 2.7 0.5 0 9.83 6.39 .991 9.70 8.36
6 Seasons 3B 49 24 270.2 67 19 46 2 3 .970 -2.4 -10.6 -2.4 -1.9 -0.6 0 2.16 1.33 .949 2.81 2.37
3 Seasons DH 9
17 Seasons TOT 2044 1926 17087.2 10962 4882 5891 189 1428 .983 81.8 5.7 57.8 10.6 46.8 24 5.67 5.27 .961 5.43 4.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 BAL AL 21 30 24 30 30 0 0 0 9 1 20 0 0 0 0 2 1
1971 BAL AL 22 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 23 133 123 133 133 0 0 16 45 8 81 0 0 0 0 4 2
1973 BAL AL 24 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 25 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 26 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 BAL AL 27 144 141 144 140 0 0 0 140 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
1977 CAL AL 28 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 29 144 141 144 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 CAL AL 30 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 CAL AL 31 150 144 150 148 0 0 3 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1981 CAL AL 32 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 33 145 143 145 143 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1983 CAL AL 34 120 116 120 118 0 0 0 118 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 CAL AL 35 116 106 116 115 0 0 25 92 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 CAL AL 36 144 137 144 136 0 0 16 116 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0
1986 CAL AL 37 98 81 98 94 0 0 11 87 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
17 Seasons 2008 1935 2008 1985 0 0 71 1767 47 159 0 0 0 0 9 49 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 BAL AL 21 333 65% 78% 26% 39 97% 0 27 10 14 3 31 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 22 85 40% 76% 18% 6 100% 0 5 2 2 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 23 1539 62% 80% 26% 157 94% 1 101 44 43 14 118 91 25 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 31 9 4 13 2 29 15 14 2 1 1
1973 BAL AL 24 5976 65% 81% 28% 591 97% 1 429 167 198 65 508 422 68 1 14 5 1 4 0 3 132 48 24 32 5 118 38 79 13 6 5
1974 BAL AL 25 6197 69% 81% 27% 547 94% 0 483 165 236 82 456 377 67 0 3 20 1 18 1 15 132 51 33 31 2 126 34 91 4 3 1
1975 BAL AL 26 5677 58% 80% 28% 550 96% 1 424 141 198 85 482 393 77 0 12 21 3 16 2 12 123 49 24 29 1 113 32 78 9 5 4
1976 BAL AL 27 5352 63% 82% 27% 481 96% 2 388 135 180 73 400 328 48 0 14 12 0 10 2 8 91 39 8 15 8 75 25 48 12 8 3
1978 CAL AL 29 5582 52% 76% 23% 504 96% 1 321 118 133 70 419 355 58 1 2 13 4 8 1 5 77 32 14 14 3 67 17 49 8 3 4
1979 CAL AL 30 5869 52% 78% 23% 510 92% 2 342 118 157 67 437 356 68 1 4 13 2 8 3 7 110 41 23 30 3 100 33 66 9 6 2
1980 CAL AL 31 5685 53% 80% 23% 530 96% 2 324 128 137 59 461 399 46 1 13 9 0 8 1 3 100 39 21 26 2 90 29 61 7 2 5
1981 CAL AL 32 3774 56% 82% 29% 392 94% 1 227 76 112 39 350 289 51 1 3 10 1 8 1 8 85 37 12 24 3 77 28 49 6 3 3
1982 CAL AL 33 5360 58% 80% 29% 494 95% 2 340 103 185 52 458 372 67 1 8 11 0 8 3 7 110 48 23 21 3 99 24 75 8 5 2
1983 CAL AL 34 4568 61% 82% 30% 454 92% 2 270 75 152 43 410 347 56 1 5 21 0 21 0 17 95 29 27 23 2 88 25 60 6 1 4
1984 CAL AL 35 3173 53% 81% 27% 263 97% 0 185 49 104 32 249 209 37 0 5 8 0 8 0 7 67 22 15 20 3 61 23 38 4 3 1
1985 CAL AL 36 4150 52% 79% 26% 384 99% 0 225 75 117 33 382 313 60 1 7 2 0 2 0 2 99 35 23 24 3 90 28 60 4 2 2
1986 CAL AL 37 2907 47% 76% 27% 251 93% 3 125 43 58 24 219 173 37 1 3 7 0 5 2 5 47 16 4 19 1 42 21 21 2 1 1
16 Seasons 66227 58% 80% 27% 6153 95% 18 4216 1449 2026 742 5386 4457 769 9 94 155 13 126 16 101 1306 497 257 323 41 1181 374 793 94 49 38
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 BAL AL 21 554 57% 78% 26% 66 91% 0 30 15 5 10 48 38 9 0 0 7 1 4 2 6 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
1971 BAL AL 22 177 66% 84% 33% 25 100% 0 5 3 2 0 24 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 23 2460 68% 78% 27% 273 92% 1 98 51 37 10 222 163 52 0 4 17 0 17 0 13 45 25 0 10 5 0 40 25 15 4 1 3
1977 CAL AL 28 2061 50% 72% 24% 178 87% 1 90 32 32 26 138 107 26 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 23 10 0 10 0 1 22 10 11 1 0 1
1983 CAL AL 34 22 68% 77% 9% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5274 60% 76% 26% 542 91% 2 224 101 77 46 432 326 92 0 6 28 1 24 3 22 74 37 1 21 6 1 67 38 28 6 2 4
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 BAL AL 23 401 66% 77% 28% 18 100% 0 94 4 88 2 5 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1980 CAL AL 31 108 65% 80% 27% 6 83% 0 28 1 27 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1984 CAL AL 35 479 53% 83% 29% 23 91% 0 120 1 117 2 12 8 8 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 19 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 2 1 100%
1985 CAL AL 36 435 52% 83% 26% 28 100% 0 100 4 96 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 1 4 1 3 1 100%
1986 CAL AL 37 341 59% 82% 26% 22 100% 1 72 3 68 1 9 11 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 1764 58% 81% 27% 97 97% 1 414 13 396 5 45 38 30 5 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 49 0 0 1 42 1 7 1 6 6 83%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 BAL AL 21 12 33% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 23 88 53% 77% 22% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 27 5 80% 80% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 35 559 43% 80% 29% 26 96% 0 9 7 0 2 18 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 36 511 43% 78% 25% 24 96% 0 9 7 0 2 19 12 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 CAL AL 37 17 53% 76% 41% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1192 44% 79% 27% 55 96% 0 19 15 0 4 41 29 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 70%

* 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.

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