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Oscar Grimes

Oscar Ray Grimes Jr.

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 13, 1915 in Minerva, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1938
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Athletics 1938-1946

Final Game: September 25, 1946
Died: May 19, 1993 in Westlake, OH
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH
Relatives: Son of Ray Grimes and Nephew of Roy Grimes
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All-Star

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
1938 23 CLE AL 4 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 84 4 0 0 /43
1939 24 CLE AL 119 431 364 51 98 20 5 4 56 8 3 56 61 .269 .368 .385 .753 95 140 7 1 11 436/5
1940 25 CLE AL 11 13 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /35
1941 26 CLE AL 77 291 244 28 58 9 3 4 24 4 0 39 47 .238 .345 .348 .693 88 85 1 1 7 34/5
1942 27 CLE AL 51 100 84 10 15 2 0 0 2 3 2 13 17 .179 .289 .202 .491 43 17 1 0 3 4/536
1943 28 NYY AL 9 24 20 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .150 .261 .150 .411 21 3 0 0 0 /63
1944 29 NYY AL 116 456 387 44 108 17 8 5 46 6 0 59 57 .279 .377 .403 .780 120 156 2 2 8 56
1945 30 NYY AL 142 595 480 64 127 19 7 4 45 7 6 97 73 .265 .395 .358 .753 115 172 10 6 12 *5/3
1946 31 TOT AL 73 271 230 29 58 6 0 1 24 2 1 28 36 .252 .336 .291 .627 77 67 7 1 12 46/5
1946 31 NYY AL 14 41 39 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 7 .205 .225 .231 .456 27 9 0 0 1 /64
1946 31 PHA AL 59 230 191 28 50 5 0 1 20 2 0 27 29 .262 .356 .304 .660 87 58 7 1 11 4/56
9 Yrs 602 2193 1832 235 469 73 24 18 200 30 12 297 303 .256 .363 .352 .715 98 644 28 11 53
162 Game Avg. 162 590 493 63 126 20 6 5 54 8 3 80 82 .256 .363 .352 .715 98 173 3 14
CLE (5 yrs) 262 847 715 94 173 31 9 8 84 15 5 110 130 .242 .345 .344 .689 84 246 9 2 21
NYY (4 yrs) 281 1116 926 113 246 37 15 9 96 13 7 160 144 .266 .378 .367 .746 112 340 12 8 21
PHA (1 yr) 59 230 191 28 50 5 0 1 20 2 0 27 29 .262 .356 .304 .660 87 58 7 1 11

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 Awards
1938 23 CLE AL 4 12 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /43
1939 24 CLE AL 119 431 -2 1 0 -6 2 -5 -0.4 14 9 0.9 .496 .497 1.5 -0.3 15 $ 436/5
1940 25 CLE AL 11 13 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 0 -4 -0.4 .464 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ /35
1941 26 CLE AL 77 291 -4 1 0 -2 -2 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .491 .496 0.2 -0.4 2 $ 34/5
1942 27 CLE AL 51 100 -6 -0 0 -3 1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .483 .495 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ 4/536
1943 28 NYY AL 9 24 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .476 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /63
1944 29 NYY AL 116 456 10 1 0 -3 1 10 1.1 9 20 2.1 .510 .507 2.4 -0.2 23 $ 56
1945 30 NYY AL 142 595 12 -0 0 4 0 16 1.8 13 29 3.0 .513 .511 2.6 0.4 25 $ *5/3
1946 31 NYY AL 14 41 -4 -0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .457 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /64
1946 31 PHA AL 59 230 -2 1 0 -6 2 -5 -0.6 6 0 0.0 .490 .496 0.6 -0.4 7 $ 4/56
9 Seasons 602 2193 -1 3 0 -18 6 -10 -1.0 53 43 4.3 .499 .499 6.1 -1.2 61 $
CLE (5 yrs) 262 847 -16 2 0 -11 1 -24 -2.4 24 -0 -0.1 .491 .497 1.0 -0.9 11 $
NYY (4 yrs) 281 1116 17 1 0 -1 2 19 2.0 24 43 4.4 .508 .503 4.5 0.1 44 $
PHA (1 yr) 59 230 -2 1 0 -6 2 -5 -0.6 6 0 0.0 .490 .496 0.6 -0.4 7 $

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
1938 23 CLE AL 12 8 1 3.3 116 .200 .200 .288 .333 .366 .400 .429 .733 .795 84 .297 -0.4 -0.0 .750 .400 .200
1939 24 CLE AL 431 287 52 4.8 111 .314 .269 .283 .368 .357 .385 .418 .753 .775 95 .476 -0.8 -0.1 .732 .283 .115 5.3
1940 25 CLE AL 13 13 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .277 .000 .350 .000 .420 .000 .769 -100 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1941 26 CLE AL 291 194 30 4.1 102 .280 .238 .270 .345 .345 .348 .397 .693 .742 88 .438 -3.2 -0.3 .690 .287 .111 4.0
1942 27 CLE AL 100 75 5 1.8 89 .224 .179 .258 .289 .332 .202 .362 .491 .693 43 .179 -5.8 -0.6 .431 .190 .024 .0
1943 28 NYY AL 24 17 1 1.6 88 .231 .150 .257 .261 .332 .150 .355 .411 .687 21 .172 -2.0 -0.2 .353 .150 .000
1944 29 NYY AL 456 289 60 5.6 94 .317 .279 .271 .377 .339 .403 .371 .780 .710 120 .647 11.8 1.2 .794 .292 .124 5.5
1945 30 NYY AL 595 381 66 4.6 92 .305 .265 .266 .395 .339 .358 .362 .753 .701 115 .583 15.3 1.6 .748 .298 .094 5.1
1946 31 TOT AL 271 192 23 3.2 94 .295 .252 .262 .336 .336 .291 .377 .627 .713 77 .382 -6.0 -0.6 .539 .165 .039 1.3
1946 31 NYY AL 41 33 2 1.6 97 .250 .205 .265 .225 .339 .231 .381 .456 .720 27 .151 -4.0 -0.4 .281 .026 .026
1946 31 PHA AL 230 159 21 3.5 94 .304 .262 .261 .356 .335 .304 .376 .660 .711 87 .425 -2.1 -0.2 .595 .194 .042 1.3
9 Yrs 2193 1456 238 4.4 98 .298 .256 .270 .363 .343 .352 .382 .715 .725 98 .506 5.1 0.6 .691 .267 .096 22.5
162 Game Avg. 590 392 64 4.4 98 .298 .256 .270 .363 .343 .352 .382 .715 .725 98 .506 1 0 .691 .267 .096 6
CLE (5 yrs) 847 577 88 4.1 106 .286 .242 .275 .345 .350 .344 .404 .689 .755 84 .420 -14.0 -1.4 .662 .270 .102 10.4
NYY (4 yrs) 1116 720 129 4.8 93 .307 .266 .268 .378 .339 .367 .366 .746 .705 112 .591 21.2 2.2 .735 .281 .102 10.6
PHA (1 yr) 230 159 21 3.5 94 .304 .262 .261 .356 .335 .304 .376 .660 .711 87 .425 -2.1 -0.2 .595 .194 .042 1.3

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 NYY AL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 23 CLE AL 12 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 50% 0.00 5.0 83%
1939 24 CLE AL 431 0.9% 14.2% 13.0% 6.7% 30% 1.09 6.0 91.0 6.5 69%
1940 25 CLE AL 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6 62%
1941 26 CLE AL 291 1.4% 16.2% 13.4% 5.5% 28% 1.21 5.2 61.0 10.2 66%
1942 27 CLE AL 100 0.0% 17.0% 13.0% 2.0% 13% 1.31 4.9 42.0 67%
1943 28 NYY AL 24 0.0% 29.2% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.9 20.0 54%
1944 29 NYY AL 456 1.1% 12.5% 12.9% 6.6% 28% 0.97 6.8 77.4 8.4 71%
1945 30 NYY AL 595 0.7% 12.3% 16.3% 5.0% 24% 0.75 6.6 120.0 10.7 68%
1946 31 TOT AL 271 0.4% 13.3% 10.3% 2.6% 12% 1.29 6.4 230.0 9.6 71%
1946 31 NYY AL 41 0.0% 17.1% 2.4% 2.4% 13% 7.00 5.6 9.8 78%
1946 31 PHA AL 230 0.4% 12.6% 11.7% 2.6% 12% 1.07 6.6 191.0 9.6 70%
9 Yrs 2193 0.8% 13.8% 13.5% 5.2% 25% 1.02 6.0 101.8 9.2 69%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.0% 8.9% 6.1% 26% 1.02 9.9 69.2 8.5 79%

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
1938 23 4 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 84 4 0 0
1939 24 123 443 374 53 100 20 6 4 58 8 3 58 61 .267 .367 .385 .752 95 144 7 1 11
1940 25 134 456 387 56 100 20 6 4 58 8 3 58 66 .258 .357 .372 .729 89 144 7 1 11
1941 26 211 747 631 84 158 29 9 8 82 12 3 97 113 .250 .352 .363 .715 88 229 8 2 18
1942 27 262 847 715 94 173 31 9 8 84 15 5 110 130 .242 .345 .344 .689 84 246 9 2 21
1943 28 271 871 735 98 176 31 9 8 85 15 5 113 137 .239 .342 .339 .681 82 249 9 2 21
1944 29 387 1327 1122 142 284 48 17 13 131 21 5 172 194 .253 .354 .361 .715 95 405 11 4 29
1945 30 529 1922 1602 206 411 67 24 17 176 28 11 269 267 .257 .367 .360 .727 101 577 21 10 41
1946 31 602 2193 1832 235 469 73 24 18 200 30 12 297 303 .256 .363 .352 .715 98 644 28 11 53

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1938 23 4 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 1 4
1939 24 125 442 375 47 95 19 5 4 52 8 54 64 .253 .349 .363 .712 47 119
1940 25 11 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1941 26 80 301 253 29 60 9 3 4 25 4 40 49 .237 .344 .344 .687 30 77
1942 27 54 106 89 11 16 2 0 0 2 3 14 18 .180 .291 .202 .494 5 51
1943 28 9 26 22 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 .182 .308 .182 .490 1 9
1944 29 121 481 408 48 116 18 9 5 50 6 63 60 .284 .383 .409 .792 64 116
1945 30 150 644 516 74 142 21 8 4 52 8 108 77 .275 .407 .370 .777 77 142
1946 31 76 290 245 34 65 7 0 1 28 2 31 38 .265 .350 .306 .656 26 73
9 Yrs 630 2316 1932 253 500 76 26 18 212 31 316 318 .259 .366 .353 .719 251 602
162 Game Avg. 162 596 497 65 129 20 7 5 55 8 81 82 .259 .366 .353 .719 65 602

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1945--not played

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 AL  .395 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1944 AL  8 (10th)
1945 AL  7 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL  97 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 AL  61 (9th)
1944 AL  57 (10th)
1945 AL  73 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1945 AL  230 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 AL  6 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1946 AL  12 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1945 AL  5.1 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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