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Oscar Grimes
Oscar Ray Grimes Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 13, 1915 in Minerva, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1938
Final Game: September 25, 1946
Died: May 19, 1993 in Westlake, OH
Relatives: Son of Ray Grimes and Nephew of Roy Grimes
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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
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 119 432 364 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 23 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 86 58 7 1 11 4/56
9 Seasons 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) 262 848 715 94 173 31 9 8 84 15 5 110 130 .242 .345 .344 .689 84 246 9 2 21
NYY (4 yrs) 281 1115 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 86 58 7 1 11

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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
1938 CLE AL 23 2B 2 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 5.30
1938 CLE AL 23 1B 1 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.00 .986 9.60
1939 CLE AL 24 2B 48 218 102 109 7 21 .968 4.40 .965 5.14
1939 CLE AL 24 1B 43 362 341 17 4 36 .989 8.33 .990 9.43
1939 CLE AL 24 SS 37 135 58 66 11 18 .919 3.35 .952 4.68
1939 CLE AL 24 3B 3 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 3.03
1940 CLE AL 25 1B 4 24 21 2 1 2 .958 5.75 .987 9.60
1940 CLE AL 25 3B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .925 3.10
1941 CLE AL 26 1B 62 578 544 31 3 53 .995 9.27 .990 9.64
1941 CLE AL 26 2B 13 61 28 31 2 7 .967 4.54 .967 5.18
1941 CLE AL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1942 CLE AL 27 2B 24 90 46 39 5 10 .944 3.54 .970 5.39
1942 CLE AL 27 3B 8 18 5 12 1 1 .944 2.13 .939 3.02
1942 CLE AL 27 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 1.000 9.80
1942 CLE AL 27 SS 1 3 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 .967 4.80
1943 NYY AL 28 SS 3 9 2 7 0 3 1.000 3.00 .956 4.93
1943 NYY AL 28 1B 1 9 8 1 0 3 1.000 9.00 .989 9.80
1944 NYY AL 29 3B 97 311 105 189 17 14 .945 3.03 .954 3.23
1944 NYY AL 29 SS 20 99 35 57 7 10 .929 4.60 .948 5.05
1945 NYY AL 30 3B 141 489 162 296 31 35 .937 3.25 .949 2.97
1945 NYY AL 30 1B 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 9.80
1946 TOT AL 31 2B 48 235 109 116 10 32 .957 4.69 .970 5.23
1946 TOT AL 31 SS 11 55 27 20 8 4 .855 4.27 .958 4.65
1946 NYY AL 31 SS 7 38 20 14 4 3 .895 4.86 .958 4.66
1946 NYY AL 31 2B 5 23 11 11 1 2 .957 4.40 .970 5.24
1946 PHA AL 31 2B 43 212 98 105 9 30 .958 4.72 .970 5.23
1946 PHA AL 31 3B 6 27 6 19 2 0 .926 4.17 .948 2.88
1946 PHA AL 31 SS 4 17 7 6 4 1 .765 3.25 .965 4.65
7 Seasons 3B 257 853 281 521 51 50 .940 3.12 .950 3.07
5 Seasons 2B 135 609 288 297 24 71 .961 4.33 .968 5.22
7 Seasons 1B 113 989 929 52 8 95 .992 8.68 .990 9.56
5 Seasons SS 72 301 122 151 28 35 .907 3.79 .952 4.79
9 Seasons TOT 577 2752 1620 1021 111 251 .960 4.58 .928 5.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945

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 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 17, 1942: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roy Weatherly to the New York Yankees for Roy Cullenbine and Buddy Rosar.

July 11, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.

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