Bob Grim
Robert Anton Grim
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1930 in New York, NY
High School: Lane (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: May 24, 1962
Died: October 23, 1996 in Shawnee, KS
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYY AL 24 P 37 20 199.0 38 11 26 1 4 .974 1.67 1.00 .958 2.01 0.93 MVP-11,RoY-1
1955 NYY AL 25 P 26 11 92.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 1.85 0.73 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 26 P 26 6 74.2 13 4 8 1 2 .923 1.45 0.46 .954 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 27 P 46 0 72.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.37 .959 1.99 0.86 AS,MVP-16
1958 TOT AL 28 P 37 14 130.0 24 3 19 2 0 .917 1.52 0.59 .962 1.95 0.82
1958 NYY AL 28 P 11 0 16.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.18 .950 1.93 0.82
1958 KCA AL 28 P 26 14 113.2 22 3 17 2 0 .909 1.58 0.77 .964 1.95 0.82
1959 KCA AL 29 P 40 9 125.1 21 7 13 1 1 .952 1.44 0.50 .957 2.05 0.85
1960 TOT MLB 30 P 44 0 53.1 11 1 9 1 1 .909 1.69 0.23 .964 2.08 0.86
1960 TOT NL 30 P 41 0 51.0 10 1 8 1 1 .900 1.59 0.22 .960 2.08 0.87
1960 CLE AL 30 P 3 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.33 1.000 1.93 0.77
1960 CIN NL 30 P 26 0 30.1 5 1 3 1 1 .800 1.19 0.15 .960 2.08 0.87
1960 STL NL 30 P 15 0 20.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.18 0.33 .960 2.09 0.87
1962 KCA AL 32 P 12 0 13.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.50 .950 2.08 0.79
8 Seasons P 268 60 759.2 150 39 104 7 10 .953 1.69 0.53 .958 2.00 0.85
8 Seasons TOT 268 60 759.2 150 39 104 7 10 .953 1.69 0.53 .911 2.00 0.85

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
1954 NYY AL 24 37 20 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 25 26 11 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 26 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYY AL 27 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 28 26 14 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 28 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 29 40 9 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 30 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 STL NL 30 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 30 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 32 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 268 60 268 268 268 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 24 737 78% 26% 26 92% 0 11 1 9 23 18 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 3 100%
1955 NYY AL 25 404 73% 25% 16 88% 1 5 0 4 13 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1956 NYY AL 26 314 75% 24% 11 82% 1 3 0 3 9 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1957 NYY AL 27 303 71% 26% 14 86% 1 7 0 6 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1958 KCA AL 28 501 80% 26% 22 86% 0 3 1 1 18 17 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 NYY AL 28 70 69% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 29 563 78% 23% 15 93% 0 6 2 3 13 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1960 CIN NL 30 135 76% 24% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1960 STL NL 30 92 74% 33% 7 100% 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 30 14 79% 7% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 KCA AL 32 59 81% 36% 7 100% 0 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 3192 76% 26% 125 90% 3 37 5 27 107 88 10 7 1 5 1 5 10 7 9 1 19 95%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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