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Tom Grieve

Thomas Alan Grieve

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 4, 1948 in Pittsfield, MA
High School: Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1970
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mets/Senators/Cardinals 1970-1979

Final Game: May 1, 1979
Relatives: Father of Ben Grieve
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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
1967	19	TEX-min	A-,A	71	274	237	41	53	7	4	6	44	17	5	28	52	.224	.319	.363	.681		86		5	4	0			GEN,BRL · NYPL,CARL
1968	20	TEX-min	A	76	272	272		79	13	1	11						.290	.290	.467	.757		127							SBY,BRL · WCRS,CARL
1969	21	TEX-min	AAA	99	382	331	53	81	16	0	11	43	5	3	34	98	.245	.327	.393	.720		130		9	3	5			BFL · IL
1970	22	TEX-min	AAA	51	215	182	39	51	4	2	13	29	2	0	30	61	.280	.386	.538	.925		98		2	0	1			DEN · AA
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

1971	23	TEX-min	AAA	93	364	316	64	86	14	5	19	61	2	1	37	81	.272	.365	.528	.894		167		10	0	1			DEN · AA
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	TEX-min	AAA	93	364	304	46	81	20	3	14	54	2	2	52	72	.266	.376	.490	.866		149		3	2	3			TUC · PCL
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 Yrs				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

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	47	131	-3	-0	0	-5	-2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.476	.493	-0.2	-0.7	-1	$	97/8

1972	24	TEX	AL	64	158	-4	-1	0	-1	-2	-8	-1.0	5	-3	-0.5	.484	.494	-0.3	-0.5	-1	$	7/98
1973	25	TEX	AL	66	136	9	0	-0	-3	-3	3	0.4	4	7	0.8	.505	.502	1.1	-0.5	10	$	798/D
1974	26	TEX	AL	84	288	5	-0	-2	4	-6	1	0.2	9	10	1.1	.502	.501	0.6	-0.1	6	$	D7/93
1975	27	TEX	AL	118	396	5	1	-0	-4	-8	-6	-0.5	13	7	0.7	.495	.496	1.1	-1.1	11	$	7D9/8
1976	28	TEX	AL	149	600	4	0	-2	2	-12	-8	-0.8	20	11	1.0	.494	.494	0.8	-1.0	9	$	D7/9
1977	29	TEX	AL	79	255	-11	0	-0	-3	-4	-19	-1.9	8	-10	-1.1	.475	.488	-0.7	-0.7	-7	$80,000	97D
1978	30	NYM	NL	54	110	-4	0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.488	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	9/37
1979	31	STL	NL	9	19	0	0	0	-2	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	/7
9 Seasons				670	2093	-1	-0	-4	-10	-38	-54	-5.4	67	14	0.9	.491	.496	2.1	-4.9	24	$80,000

TEX (7 yrs)				607	1964	4	-0	-4	-9	-37	-47	-4.6	64	17	1.3	.491	.495	2.4	-4.7	26	$80,000
NYM (1 yr)				54	110	-4	0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.488	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$
STL (1 yr)				9	19	0	0	0	-2	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$

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
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	.350	.567	.660	72	.329	-5.3	-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 Yrs				2093	1529	224	4.0	90	.286	.249	.257	.301	.323	.401	.374	.702	.698	100	.474	-6.1	-0.7	.612	.223	.153	12.6
162 Game Avg.				506	370	54	4.0	90	.286	.249	.257	.301	.323	.401	.374	.702	.698	100	.474	-6.1	-0.7	.612	.223	.153	3

TEX (7 yrs)				1964	1433	214	4.0	90	.289	.251	.257	.302	.323	.408	.374	.710	.697	103	.483	-0.7	-0.1	.622	.226	.157	12.6
NYM (1 yr)				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
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	-0.7	-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	-0.6	.479	.190	.086	.0

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				2093	3.1%	20.3%	6.5%	7.2%	32%	3.14	4.5	29.3	7.5	1.09	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.5%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.56	6.6	45.5	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	22	WSA	AL	-3.7	-0.4	135	0.1	2.4	-2.3	.97	-0.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.91	-2.9	1.12	11

1972	24	TEX	AL	-5.3	-0.6	163	-0.1	2.9	-3.0	1.05	-0.6	0.4	-5.6	-0.6	1.02	-2.2	1.76	17
1973	25	TEX	AL	7.5	0.8	137	0.3	2.4	-2.1	.89	0.6	-0.2	8.5	0.9	0.99	7.5	1.72	6
1974	26	TEX	AL	3.8	0.4	290	-0.9	4.6	-5.5	1.04	0.3	-1.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.99	2.2	3.63	11
1975	27	TEX	AL	4.8	0.5	402	2.4	9.8	-7.5	1.14	0.6	1.5	3.4	0.3	1.04	3.9	2.09	18
1976	28	TEX	AL	3.2	0.3	612	-0.7	10.9	-11.6	1.08	1.0	-1.7	9.0	0.9	0.97	11.8	1.20	4
1977	29	TEX	AL	-11.0	-1.1	259	-1.3	3.8	-5.2	1.04	-1.0	-0.3	-8.2	-0.8	0.95	-11.5	1.21	12
1978	30	NYM	NL	-5.2	-0.5	112	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	1.20	-0.5	0.2	-6.4	-0.7	0.94	-4.3	1.35	25
1979	31	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	19	0.0	0.4	-0.3	1.31	0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	0.1	2.34	1
9 Yrs				-6.1	-0.7	2129	-0.5	39.4	-40.0	1.07	0.3	-0.8	-4.5	-0.5	0.99	4.6	1.77	105

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%	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 Yrs				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

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	131	84%	23			11	2	0	2	1.12	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0		25	1	4%	12	1	8%	65	7	11%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0

1972	24	TEX	AL	158	57%	29			17	4	0	1	1.76	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	5	3	60%	30	1	3%	12	2	17%	110	8	7%	5	1	20%	6	3	50%	0
1973	25	TEX	AL	136	64%	38			6	2	0	1	1.72	7	0	3	1	6	5	2	0	5	4	80%	38	4	11%	18	6	33%	96	15	16%	9	4	44%	4	2	50%	0
1974	26	TEX	AL	288	56%	66			11	2	0	2	3.63	9	0	8	4	5	1	8	0	5	5	100%	62	9	15%	24	8	33%	197	23	12%	10	4	40%	10	4	40%	0
1975	27	TEX	AL	396	44%	102			18	1	0	0	2.09	14	0	12	5	9	5	9	0	5	4	80%	102	11	11%	39	11	28%	307	49	16%	22	13	59%	19	12	63%	0
1976	28	TEX	AL	600	30%	139			4	2	0	0	1.20	20	0	17	15	5	11	9	0	8	8	100%	128	18	14%	59	21	36%	388	65	17%	30	16	53%	23	14	61%	0
1977	29	TEX	AL	255	38%	53			12	4	0	2	1.21	7	1	7	4	3	4	3	0	2	2	100%	46	4	9%	24	8	33%	168	24	14%	13	6	46%	10	3	30%	0
1978	30	NYM	NL	110	75%	21			25	2	0	1	1.35	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		17	3	18%	8	2	25%	74	6	8%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1979	31	STL	NL	19	100%	3			1	0	0	0	2.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Yrs				2093	48%	474			105	19	0	9	1.77	65	1	50	32	33	31	34	0	30	26	87%	451	51	11%	198	59	30%	1416	197	14%	100	47	47%	75	39	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

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
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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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
1970	22	47	133	117	13	24	5	1	3	11	0	15	38	.205	.301	.342	.643	12	47

1972	24	67	173	154	17	36	2	1	4	16	1	14	41	.234	.306	.338	.644	16	64
1973	25	66	140	126	25	41	6	0	8	24	1	8	25	.325	.368	.563	.931	26	66
1974	26	84	298	267	36	74	11	4	10	38	0	22	48	.277	.334	.461	.795	41	84
1975	27	119	407	378	51	109	18	1	15	68	0	24	74	.288	.330	.460	.790	57	118
1976	28	150	619	562	66	152	25	3	22	94	4	38	120	.270	.318	.443	.761	79	149
1977	29	79	256	237	25	54	9	0	7	31	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 Yrs		675	2158	1959	240	516	80	10	71	291	7	148	427	.263	.318	.423	.741	265	670
162 Game Avg.		162	518	470	58	124	19	2	17	70	2	36	102	.263	.318	.423	.741	64	670

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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)

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 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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