Ray Grimes

Oscar Ray Grimes Sr. (Bummer)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: September 11, 1893 in Bergholz, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1920
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/RedSox 1920-1926

Final Game: August 12, 1926
Died: May 25, 1953 in Minerva, OH
Buried: East Lawn Cemetery, Minerva, OH
Relatives: Brother of Roy Grimes and Father of Oscar Grimes
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1916	22	DHM	D	114	432	432		107									.248	.248								DHM · NCSL
1917	23	BPT	B	61	222	222		63									.284	.284								BPT · EL
1918	24	BPT	B	55	189	189		61									.323	.323								BPT · EL
1919	25	BPT	A	106	386	386		106	20	9	1						.275	.275	.381	.655		147				BPT · EL
1920	26	BPT	A	119	429	429		156	24	15	2						.364	.364	.503	.867		216				BPT · EL
1920	26	BOS	AL	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	78	1	0	0	/3
1921	27	CHC	NL	147	621	530	91	170	38	6	6	79	5	8	70	55	.321	.406	.449	.855	126	238	6	16	*3
1922	28	CHC	NL	138	596	509	99	180	45	12	14	99	7	7	75	33	.354	.442	.572	1.014	159	291	6	6	*3
1923	29	CHC	NL	64	245	216	32	71	7	2	2	36	5	0	24	17	.329	.401	.407	.808	114	88	2	3	3
1924	30	LOS	AA	65	247	247		79	20	2	4						.320	.320	.466	.785		115				LOS · PCL
1924	30	CHC	NL	51	211	177	33	53	6	5	5	34	4	2	28	15	.299	.401	.475	.876	133	84	2	4	3

1925	31	LOS	AA	167	623	623		183	35	8	6						.294	.294	.404	.698		252				LOS · PCL
1926	32	TOL,CLB	AA	61	158	158		45	5	0	1						.285	.285	.335	.620		53				TOL,CLB · AA
1926	32	PHI	NL	32	109	101	13	30	5	0	0	15	0		6	13	.297	.343	.347	.689	80	35	1	1	3
1927	33	LRK	A	135	486	486		174	26	6	6						.358	.358	.473	.831		230				LRK · SOUA
1928	34	SAN	A	139	484	484		163	26	2	12						.337	.337	.473	.810		229				SAN · TL
1929	35	DET-min	A	124	441	441		145	28	4	2						.329	.329	.424	.753		187				SAN,FTW · TL
1930	36	ATA	A	68	259	259		80	18	8	5						.309	.309	.498	.807		129				ATA · SOUA
6 Yrs				433	1787	1537	269	505	101	25	27	263	21	17	204	133	.329	.413	.480	.892	133	737	17	30
162 Game Avg.				162	669	575	101	189	38	9	10	98	8		76	50	.329	.413	.480	.892	133	276	6	11

CHC (4 yrs)				400	1673	1432	255	474	96	25	27	248	21	17	197	120	.331	.418	.490	.907	137	701	16	29
PHI (1 yr)				32	109	101	13	30	5	0	0	15	0		6	13	.297	.343	.347	.689	80	35	1	1
BOS (1 yr)				1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	78	1	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				432	1782	1533	268	504	101	25	27	263	21	17	203	133	.329	.413	.480	.893	133	736	17	30
AL (1 yr)				1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	78	1	0	0

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
1920	26	BOS	AL	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/3
1921	27	CHC	NL	147	621	22	-0	0	-3	-6	12	1.1	18	31	2.9	.509	.508	3.4	-1.0	34	$	*3
1922	28	CHC	NL	138	596	47	-0	0	-1	-6	40	3.8	17	57	5.5	.527	.523	5.5	-0.6	58	$	*3
1923	29	CHC	NL	64	245	6	2	0	0	-3	4	0.4	7	11	1.1	.507	.503	1.1	-0.3	11	$	3
1924	30	CHC	NL	51	211	9	0	0	-6	-2	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.502	.501	1.3	-0.9	13	$	3

1926	32	PHI	NL	32	109	-3	0	0	-3	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.4	.477	.495	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	3
6 Seasons				433	1787	81	2	0	-13	-19	51	4.7	51	102	9.8	.511	.505	11.2	-3.3	115	$

CHC (4 yrs)				400	1673	84	2	0	-10	-18	58	5.4	48	106	10.2	.514	.509	11.3	-2.8	116	$
PHI (1 yr)				32	109	-3	0	0	-3	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.4	.477	.495	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1920	26	BOS	AL	5	3	0	0.0	103	.250	.250	.286	.400	.350	.250	.393	.650	.743	78	.000	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1921	27	CHC	NL	621	384	93	6.5	107	.350	.321	.298	.406	.348	.449	.410	.855	.759	126	.652	24.5	2.4	.845	.255	.128	5.5
1922	28	CHC	NL	596	342	125	9.8	113	.359	.354	.302	.442	.360	.572	.421	1.014	.781	159	.778	48.4	4.5	1.107	.365	.218	9.3
1923	29	CHC	NL	245	148	36	6.6	107	.350	.329	.293	.401	.352	.407	.408	.808	.760	114	.642	5.4	0.5	.821	.213	.079	2.9
1924	30	CHC	NL	211	130	33	6.8	105	.306	.299	.291	.401	.347	.475	.406	.876	.752	133	.676	9.0	0.9	.921	.345	.175	4.4

1926	32	PHI	NL	109	72	12	4.4	110	.341	.297	.297	.343	.358	.347	.411	.689	.769	80	.492	-2.8	-0.3	.592	.109	.050
6 Yrs				1787	1079	299	7.4	109	.347	.329	.298	.413	.353	.480	.413	.892	.766	133	.696	84.5	8.0	.917	.286	.151	23.6
162 Game Avg.				669	404	112	7.4	109	.347	.329	.298	.413	.353	.480	.413	.892	.766	133	.696	32	3	.917	.286	.151	9

CHC (4 yrs)				1673	1004	287	7.7	109	.348	.331	.298	.418	.353	.490	.413	.907	.766	137	.707	87.3	8.3	.942	.299	.159	23.6
PHI (1 yr)				109	72	12	4.4	110	.341	.297	.297	.343	.358	.347	.411	.689	.769	80	.491	-2.8	-0.3	.592	.109	.050
BOS (1 yr)				5	3	0	0.0	103	.250	.250	.286	.400	.350	.250	.393	.650	.743	78	.000	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000

NL (5 yrs)				1782	1076	299	7.4	109	.347	.329	.298	.413	.353	.480	.413	.893	.766	133	.697	84.5	8.0	.918	.286	.151	23.6
AL (1 yr)				5	3	0	0.0	103	.250	.250	.286	.400	.350	.250	.393	.650	.743	78	.000	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1920	26	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				80%
1921	27	CHC	NL	621	1.0%	8.9%	11.3%	8.1%	29%	0.79	9.6	88.3	6.7	76%
1922	28	CHC	NL	596	2.4%	5.5%	12.6%	11.9%	39%	0.44	15.4	36.4	5.1	78%
1923	29	CHC	NL	245	0.8%	6.9%	9.8%	4.5%	16%	0.71	12.7	108.0	6.0	80%
1924	30	CHC	NL	211	2.4%	7.1%	13.3%	7.6%	30%	0.54	11.8	35.4	5.2	74%

1926	32	PHI	NL	109	0.0%	11.9%	5.5%	4.6%	17%	2.17	7.8		6.7	81%
6 Yrs				1787	1.5%	7.4%	11.4%	8.6%	30%	0.65	11.6	56.9	5.8	77%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.7%	6.4%	25%	0.94	12.3	90.9	8.0	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1920	26	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	78	1	0	0
1921	27	148	626	534	92	171	38	6	6	79	5	8	71	55	.320	.406	.448	.853	126	239	6	16
1922	28	286	1222	1043	191	351	83	18	20	178	12	15	146	88	.337	.424	.508	.932	142	530	12	22
1923	29	350	1467	1259	223	422	90	20	22	214	17	15	170	105	.335	.420	.491	.911	137	618	14	25
1924	30	401	1678	1436	256	475	96	25	27	248	21	17	198	120	.331	.418	.489	.906	137	702	16	29
1925	31	401	1678	1436	256	475	96	25	27	248	21	17	198	120	.331	.418	.489	.906	137	702	16	29
1926	32	433	1787	1537	269	505	101	25	27	263	21	17	204	133	.329	.413	.480	.892	133	737	17	30

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
1920	26	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	1
1921	27	156	652	557	93	176	39	6	6	81	5	72	58	.316	.400	.440	.840	97	147
1922	28	144	601	517	90	173	43	12	13	90	7	72	34	.335	.422	.540	.962	116	138
1923	29	67	253	224	31	71	7	2	2	35	5	24	18	.317	.388	.393	.781	34	64
1924	30	54	220	185	33	55	6	5	5	34	4	29	16	.297	.398	.465	.863	34	51

1926	32	33	112	104	13	30	5	0	0	15	0	6	14	.288	.333	.337	.670	11	32
6 Yrs		455	1843	1591	260	505	100	25	26	255	21	204	140	.317	.401	.461	.861	292	433
162 Game Avg.		162	656	566	93	180	36	9	9	91	7	73	50	.317	.401	.461	.861	104	433

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1922 NL 5.5 (4th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1922 NL 5.5 (3rd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1922 NL 5.5 (2nd)	Batting Average s c a p y 1922 NL .354 (2nd)
On-Base% s c a p y 1921 NL .406 (5th) 1922 NL .442 (2nd)	Slugging % s c a p y 1922 NL .572 (2nd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1922 NL 1.014 (2nd)	Total Bases s c a p y 1922 NL 291 (7th)
Doubles s c a p y 1921 NL 38 (4th) 1922 NL 45 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 1922 NL 12 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1922 NL 14 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1922 NL 99 (5th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1921 NL 70 (3rd) 1922 NL 75 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1921 NL 55 (4th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1921 NL 126 (10th) 1922 NL 158 (2nd)	Runs Created s c a p y 1922 NL 125 (3rd)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1921 NL 24 (6th) 1922 NL 48 (2nd)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1921 NL 2.4 (6th) 1922 NL 4.5 (2nd)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1922 NL 71 (2nd)	Times On Base s c a p y 1921 NL 246 (8th) 1922 NL 261 (7th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1921 NL .652 (10th) 1922 NL .778 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1921 NL 6 (3rd) 1922 NL 6 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1922 NL 36.4 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 24 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 26 (668), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 30 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Tom Parrott (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank McCormick (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Del Bissonette (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Harris (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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