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Tom Grieve
Thomas Alan Grieve

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 4, 1948 in Pittsfield, MA
High School: Pittsfield (Pittsfield, MA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1970
Final Game: May 1, 1979
Relatives: Father of Ben Grieve
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Tom Grieve
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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
1970	22	WSA	AL	47	131	116	12	23	5	1	3	10	0	0	14	38	.198	.290	.336	.626	77	39	1	1	0	0	0	97/8

1972	24	TEX	AL	64	158	142	12	29	2	1	3	11	1	3	11	39	.204	.271	.296	.567	72	42	1	2	3	0	1	7/98
1973	25	TEX	AL	66	136	123	22	38	6	0	7	21	1	0	7	25	.309	.348	.528	.877	150	65	4	1	4	1	0	798/D
1974	26	TEX	AL	84	288	259	30	66	10	4	9	32	0	0	20	48	.255	.311	.429	.740	114	111	9	2	5	2	1	D7/93
1975	27	TEX	AL	118	396	369	46	102	17	1	14	61	0	2	22	74	.276	.316	.442	.758	114	163	11	0	4	1	0	7D9/8
1976	28	TEX	AL	149	600	546	57	139	23	3	20	81	4	1	35	119	.255	.301	.418	.718	108	228	18	4	8	7	5	D7/9
1977	29	TEX	AL	79	255	236	24	53	9	0	7	30	1	0	13	57	.225	.273	.352	.624	69	83	4	3	2	1	1	97D
1978	30	NYM	NL	54	110	101	5	21	3	0	2	8	0	1	9	23	.208	.273	.297	.570	63	30	3	0	0	0	0	9/37
1979	31	STL	NL	9	19	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.200	.368	.267	.635	76	4	0	0	0	0	1	/7
9 Seasons				670	2093	1907	209	474	76	10	65	254	7	7	135	424	.249	.301	.401	.702	100	765	51	13	26	12	9
162 Game Avg.				162	506	461	51	115	18	2	16	61	2	2	33	103	.249	.301	.401	.702	100	185	12	3	6	3	2

TEX (7 yrs)				607	1964	1791	203	450	72	10	63	246	7	6	122	400	.251	.302	.408	.710	103	731	48	13	26	12	8
NYM (1 yr)				54	110	101	5	21	3	0	2	8	0	1	9	23	.208	.273	.297	.570	63	30	3	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				9	19	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.200	.368	.267	.635	76	4	0	0	0	0	1

AL (7 yrs)				607	1964	1791	203	450	72	10	63	246	7	6	122	400	.251	.302	.408	.710	103	731	48	13	26	12	8
NL (2 yrs)				63	129	116	6	24	4	0	2	8	0	1	13	24	.207	.287	.293	.580	65	34	3	0	0	0	1

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	131	94	12	3.4	93	.267	.198	.252	.290	.325	.336	.385	.626	.710	77	.398	-3.7	-0.4	.574	.259	.138	.0

1972	24	TEX	AL	158	120	11	2.5	80	.260	.204	.242	.271	.310	.296	.349	.567	.659	72	.329	-5.2	-0.6	.453	.155	.092	1.5
1973	25	TEX	AL	136	94	22	6.3	89	.337	.309	.254	.348	.322	.528	.373	.877	.695	150	.663	7.5	0.8	.831	.285	.220	1.8
1974	26	TEX	AL	288	209	33	4.2	87	.279	.255	.255	.311	.319	.429	.367	.740	.685	114	.513	3.8	0.4	.658	.251	.174	.0
1975	27	TEX	AL	396	285	48	4.5	92	.312	.276	.257	.316	.326	.442	.377	.758	.704	114	.523	4.8	0.5	.654	.220	.165	.0
1976	28	TEX	AL	600	441	65	4.0	87	.287	.255	.258	.301	.323	.418	.364	.718	.687	108	.499	3.2	0.3	.634	.233	.163	6.7
1977	29	TEX	AL	255	190	23	3.2	101	.266	.225	.267	.273	.332	.352	.407	.624	.738	69	.343	-11.0	-1.1	.535	.186	.127	1.8
1978	30	NYM	NL	110	84	8	2.6	91	.250	.208	.257	.273	.324	.297	.378	.570	.703	63	.288	-5.2	-0.5	.452	.168	.089	.0
1979	31	STL	NL	19	12	2	4.5	101	.214	.200	.271	.368	.337	.267	.403	.635	.740	76	.508	-0.3	0.0	.667	.333	.067
9 Seasons				2093	1529	224	4.0	90	.286	.249	.257	.301	.323	.401	.374	.702	.697	100	.474	-6.1	-0.6	.612	.223	.153	12.6
162 Game Avg.				506	370	54	4.0	90	.286	.249	.257	.301	.323	.401	.374	.702	.697	100	.474	-6.1	-0.6	.612	.223	.153	3

TEX (7 yrs)				1964	1433	214	4.0	90	.289	.251	.257	.302	.323	.408	.374	.710	.697	103	.483	-0.6	-0.1	.622	.226	.157	12.6
NYM (1 yr)				110	84	8	2.5	91	.250	.208	.257	.273	.324	.297	.378	.570	.703	63	.288	-5.2	-0.5	.452	.168	.089	.0
STL (1 yr)				19	12	2	4.5	101	.214	.200	.271	.368	.337	.267	.403	.635	.740	76	.508	-0.3	0.0	.667	.333	.067

AL (7 yrs)				1964	1433	214	4.0	90	.289	.251	.257	.302	.323	.408	.374	.710	.697	103	.483	-0.6	-0.1	.622	.226	.157	12.6
NL (2 yrs)				129	96	10	2.8	93	.244	.207	.259	.287	.326	.293	.382	.580	.708	65	.320	-5.5	-0.5	.479	.190	.086	.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	GO/AO	IP%
1970	22	WSA	AL	131	2.3%	29.0%	10.7%	6.9%	39%	2.71	3.1	38.7	11.6	1.00	57%

1972	24	TEX	AL	158	1.9%	24.7%	7.0%	3.8%	21%	3.55	3.6	47.3	12.9	1.05	63%
1973	25	TEX	AL	136	5.2%	18.4%	5.2%	9.6%	34%	3.57	4.9	17.6	5.9	1.28	68%
1974	26	TEX	AL	288	3.1%	16.7%	6.9%	8.0%	35%	2.40	5.4	28.8	8.1	1.04	71%
1975	27	TEX	AL	396	3.5%	18.7%	5.6%	8.1%	31%	3.36	5.0	26.4	6.0	1.18	71%
1976	28	TEX	AL	600	3.3%	19.8%	5.8%	7.7%	33%	3.40	4.6	27.3	6.7	1.20	69%
1977	29	TEX	AL	255	2.8%	22.4%	5.1%	6.3%	30%	4.38	4.1	33.7	7.9	0.93	68%
1978	30	NYM	NL	110	1.8%	20.9%	8.2%	4.6%	24%	2.56	4.4	50.5	12.6	0.79	69%
1979	31	STL	NL	19	0.0%	5.3%	21.1%	5.3%	33%	0.25	15.0			1.00	74%
9 Seasons				2093	3.1%	20.3%	6.5%	7.2%	32%	3.14	4.5	29.3	7.5	1.09	68%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	22	WSA	AL	1	0	26%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	38%	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	2

1972	24	TEX	AL	2	0	23%	49	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29%	11	8	3	1	0	1	5	4	1
1973	25	TEX	AL	3	0	39%	45	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	62%	5	2	3	3	2	0	5	0	5
1974	26	TEX	AL	4	0	27%	105	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	26%	19	16	3	2	2	0	6	2	4
1975	27	TEX	AL	4	0	29%	120	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	11	63%	17	8	9	2	1	1	5	0	5
1976	28	TEX	AL	8	0	23%	200	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	13	35%	31	22	8	2	0	2	15	7	7
1977	29	TEX	AL	2	0	27%	64	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	36%	12	8	2	3	2	1	7	2	5
1978	30	NYM	NL	1	0	11%	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1979	31	STL	NL	1	0	14%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				26	0	26%	654	7	7	50%	6	6	1	0	0	1	5	1	16	39	39%	102	68	30	14	8	5	49	17	30
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
1970	22	WSA	AL	131	84%	23			11	2	0	2	1.20	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0		25	1	4%	12	1	8%	65	7	11%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0

1972	24	TEX	AL	158	57%	29			17	4	0	1	1.83	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	5	3	60%	30	1	3%	12	2	17%	110	8	7%	5	1	20%	6	2	33%	0
1973	25	TEX	AL	136	64%	38			6	2	0	1	1.71	7	0	3	1	6	5	2	0	5	4	80%	38	4	11%	18	6	33%	96	15	16%	9	4	44%	6	2	33%	0
1974	26	TEX	AL	288	56%	66			7	2	0	2	3.59	9	0	8	4	5	1	8	0	5	5	100%	62	9	15%	24	8	33%	197	23	12%	10	4	40%	11	1	9%	0
1975	27	TEX	AL	396	44%	102			14	1	0	0	2.07	14	0	12	5	9	5	9	0	5	4	80%	102	11	11%	39	11	28%	307	49	16%	22	13	59%	21	8	38%	0
1976	28	TEX	AL	600	30%	139			3	1	0	0	1.32	20	0	17	15	5	11	9	0	8	8	100%	128	18	14%	59	21	36%	388	65	17%	30	16	53%	35	18	51%	0
1977	29	TEX	AL	255	38%	53			9	2	0	1	1.27	7	1	7	4	3	4	3	0	2	2	100%	46	4	9%	24	8	33%	168	24	14%	13	6	46%	16	6	38%	0
1978	30	NYM	NL	110	75%	21			25	2	0	1	1.45	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		17	3	18%	8	2	25%	74	6	8%	5	2	40%	7	5	71%	0
1979	31	STL	NL	19	100%	3			1	0	0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
9 Seasons				2093	48%	474			93	16	0	8	1.75	65	1	50	32	33	31	34	0	30	26	87%	451	51	11%	198	59	30%	1416	197	14%	100	47	47%	107	42	39%	0
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
1970	22	47	131	116	12	23	5	1	3	10	0	0	14	38	.198	.290	.336	.626	77	39	1	1	0	0	0
1971	23	47	131	116	12	23	5	1	3	10	0	0	14	38	.198	.290	.336	.626	77	39	1	1	0	0	0
1972	24	111	289	258	24	52	7	2	6	21	1	3	25	77	.202	.280	.314	.594	74	81	2	3	3	0	1
1973	25	177	425	381	46	90	13	2	13	42	2	3	32	102	.236	.301	.383	.685	99	146	6	4	7	1	1
1974	26	261	713	640	76	156	23	6	22	74	2	3	52	150	.244	.305	.402	.707	105	257	15	6	12	3	2
1975	27	379	1109	1009	122	258	40	7	36	135	2	5	74	224	.256	.309	.416	.725	108	420	26	6	16	4	2
1976	28	528	1709	1555	179	397	63	10	56	216	6	6	109	343	.255	.306	.417	.723	108	648	44	10	24	11	7
1977	29	607	1964	1791	203	450	72	10	63	246	7	6	122	400	.251	.302	.408	.710	103	731	48	13	26	12	8
1978	30	661	2074	1892	208	471	75	10	65	254	7	7	131	423	.249	.300	.402	.703	100	761	51	13	26	12	8
1979	31	670	2093	1907	209	474	76	10	65	254	7	7	135	424	.249	.301	.401	.702	100	765	51	13	26	12	9

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
1970	22	47	136	119	14	26	6	1	3	12	0	16	38	.218	.316	.361	.678	14	47

1972	24	67	170	154	17	36	2	1	4	15	1	14	41	.234	.306	.338	.644	16	64
1973	25	66	136	126	25	41	6	0	8	24	1	8	25	.325	.368	.563	.931	25	66
1974	26	84	290	264	36	71	11	4	10	38	0	22	48	.269	.328	.455	.782	39	84
1975	27	119	396	373	51	104	17	1	14	68	0	22	74	.279	.318	.442	.761	53	118
1976	28	150	606	558	66	148	24	3	21	93	4	37	120	.265	.312	.432	.744	75	149
1977	29	79	254	237	24	54	9	0	7	30	1	13	57	.228	.276	.354	.630	23	79
1978	30	54	111	102	6	22	3	0	2	9	0	9	23	.216	.279	.304	.583	9	54
1979	31	9	21	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	.250	.429	.313	.741	2	9
9 Seasons		675	2120	1949	240	506	79	10	69	289	7	146	427	.260	.314	.417	.730	256	670
162 Game Avg.		162	509	468	58	121	19	2	17	69	2	35	102	.260	.314	.417	.730	61	670

* 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
1976 AL--20--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 AL--119--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1976 AL--18--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Henry Rodriguez (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Oliver (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Shamsky (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Oliver (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Shamsky (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Kosco (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
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