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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
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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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
1970 21 BAL AL 30 104 95 11 20 1 3 0 8 1 1 9 21 .211 .279 .284 .563 55 27 2 0 0 0 0 6/45
1971 22 BAL AL 7 35 30 7 9 0 0 1 6 1 0 5 8 .300 .400 .400 .800 129 12 0 0 0 0 0 /64
1972 23 BAL AL 133 528 460 66 128 21 3 12 50 13 6 53 96 .278 .358 .415 .773 127 191 8 7 3 5 3 643/5 AS,MVP-14
1973 24 BAL AL 162 700 581 82 146 29 7 12 50 17 9 107 91 .251 .373 .387 .760 116 225 7 7 3 2 3 *4 MVP-19,GG
1974 25 BAL AL 160 707 582 92 153 29 6 19 82 17 11 90 117 .263 .376 .431 .807 135 251 15 20 7 8 6 *4 AS,MVP-9,GG
1975 26 BAL AL 150 655 524 81 136 26 4 13 57 14 10 107 88 .260 .389 .399 .787 130 209 9 8 9 7 4 *4 GG
1976 27 BAL AL 144 615 518 93 138 31 4 13 54 14 6 86 99 .266 .373 .417 .790 138 216 8 3 7 1 1 *4/5D AS,GG
1977 28 CAL AL 52 225 181 24 44 6 0 7 23 6 6 37 40 .243 .369 .392 .762 112 71 5 1 3 3 4 6
1978 29 CAL AL 144 591 487 68 122 16 2 6 42 4 3 75 83 .251 .357 .329 .685 98 160 6 7 19 3 1 *4
1979 30 CAL AL 153 609 534 78 157 30 5 30 101 1 0 59 84 .294 .365 .537 .903 145 287 14 2 12 2 10 *4 AS,MVP-8
1980 31 CAL AL 150 596 498 60 135 22 2 14 62 3 7 84 108 .271 .377 .408 .785 119 203 16 4 5 5 2 *4/3 AS
1981 32 CAL AL 100 404 352 56 107 14 2 22 61 2 4 40 71 .304 .378 .543 .921 164 191 5 4 5 3 4 *4 MVP-14,SS
1982 33 CAL AL 145 605 506 74 132 28 5 19 65 3 3 82 109 .261 .371 .449 .819 125 227 13 8 6 3 3 *4/D AS
1983 34 CAL AL 120 477 387 65 113 17 0 16 62 2 4 76 62 .292 .414 .460 .874 142 178 11 7 4 3 2 *4/6
1984 35 CAL AL 116 432 363 60 93 15 1 18 58 2 5 57 70 .256 .357 .452 .809 123 164 11 2 6 4 3 435
1985 36 CAL AL 144 571 479 74 116 17 3 13 53 3 5 81 77 .242 .355 .372 .727 100 178 18 3 8 0 3 *435/D
1986 37 CAL AL 98 366 313 42 84 18 0 9 30 1 3 39 54 .268 .354 .412 .766 109 129 9 3 10 1 1 43/5
17 Seasons 2008 8220 6890 1033 1833 320 47 224 864 104 83 1087 1278 .266 .371 .424 .794 125 2919 157 86 107 50 50
162 Game Avg. 162 663 556 83 148 26 4 18 70 8 7 88 103 .266 .371 .424 .794 125 235 13 7 9 4 4
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
CAL (10 yrs) 1222 4876 4100 601 1103 183 20 154 557 27 40 630 758 .269 .370 .436 .806 124 1788 108 41 78 27 33
BAL (7 yrs) 786 3344 2790 432 730 137 27 70 307 77 43 457 520 .262 .372 .405 .777 127 1131 49 45 29 23 17

Postseason Batting

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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
1973 24 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 5 22 20 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .100 .182 .250 .432 5 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 16 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 8 1 0 0 0 0
1979 30 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .154 .200 .231 .431 3 0 0 0 1 0
1982 33 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 5 19 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .200 .333 .267 .600 4 0 1 1 0 0
1986 37 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 6 26 24 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 8 .208 .269 .333 .603 8 0 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 24 98 88 5 16 3 0 3 9 0 0 5 22 .182 .247 .318 .566 28 1 3 1 1 0
5 ALCS 24 98 88 5 16 3 0 3 9 0 0 5 22 .182 .247 .318 .566 28 1 3 1 1 0
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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 0.0 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 0.0 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 0.0
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 0.0
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972 (SS)
1974 *
1976 (2B)
1979 *
1980 *
1982 (2B)

Gold Gloves
1973-AL-2B
1974-AL-2B
1975-AL-2B
1976-AL-2B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1981-AL-2B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-AL-14-5%
1973-AL-19-3%
1974-AL-9-15%
1979-AL-8-15%
1981-AL-14-5%
0.43 Career Shares (471st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 AL--.373--9th
1974 AL--.376--6th
1975 AL--.389--9th
1976 AL--.373--9th
1983 AL--.414--4th**

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 AL--.537--8th
1981 AL--.543--1st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 AL--.903--9th
1981 AL--.921--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL--162--1st
1974 AL--160--3rd
Career--2008--211th

At Bats s c a p y
1974 AL--582--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1973 AL--700--2nd
1974 AL--707--2nd
Career--8220--212th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1974 AL--92--2nd
1976 AL--93--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1981 AL--191--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1973 AL--29--6th
1976 AL--31--9th

Triples s c a p y
1973 AL--7--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--30--6th
1981 AL--22--1st
Career--224--236th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--107--2nd
1974 AL--90--4th
1975 AL--107--3rd
1976 AL--86--3rd
1980 AL--84--7th
1983 AL--76--8th
Career--1087--78th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 AL--96--9th
1974 AL--117--2nd
1980 AL--108--5th
1981 AL--71--9th
1982 AL--109--9th
Career--1278--105th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1976 AL--138--7th
1979 AL--145--9th
1981 AL--164--1st
Career--125--234th

Runs Created s c a p y
1974 AL--99--6th
1981 AL--73--4th
Career--1127--231st

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1974 AL--32--6th
1976 AL--29--8th
1981 AL--29--3rd
Career--272--144th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1974 AL--3.3--6th
1976 AL--3.0--7th
1981 AL--2.9--3rd
Career--27.3--142nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1974 AL--54--9th
1979 AL--65--7th
1981 AL--38--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1973 AL--260--4th
1974 AL--263--2nd
1975 AL--251--5th
Career--3006--183rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1976 AL--.668--10th
1981 AL--.751--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 AL--7--10th
1973 AL--7--9th
1974 AL--20--1st
1975 AL--8--5th
1978 AL--7--6th
1981 AL--4--9th
1982 AL--8--5th
1983 AL--7--6th
Career--86--111th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 AL--19--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1974 AL--8--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL--10--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career--157--213th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career--83--182nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1973 AL--14.1--8th
1974 AL--17.9--3rd
Career--142.0--190th

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 AL--17.800--10th
1981 AL--16.000--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 AL--456--9th
1974 AL--470--5th
Career--5454--229th

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (604), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Sal Bando (889)
  6. Travis Fryman (881)
  7. Ray Durham (869)
  8. Vern Stephens (866)
  9. Chet Lemon (863)
  10. Jim Fregosi (861)
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  2. Jeff Blauser (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmie Dykes (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Felipe Lopez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Felipe Lopez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Felipe Lopez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Bolling (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roy Smalley (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roy Smalley (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roy Smalley (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roy Smalley (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick McAuliffe (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dick McAuliffe (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Toby Harrah (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jay Bell (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

December 19, 1986: Released by the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$700,000
1986California Angels$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,200,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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