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Charlie Grimm

Charles John Grimm (Jolly Cholly)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: August 28, 1898 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1916
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Cardinals/Athletics 1916-1936

Final Game: September 23, 1936
Died: November 15, 1983 in Scottsdale, AZ
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #955. Matty McIntyre… #956. Walt Weiss… #957. Milton Bradley… #958. CHARLIE GRIMM… #959. Jerry Mumphrey… #960. Shawon Dunston… #961. Johnny Bates… 

Standard Batting

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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
1916 17 PHA AL 12 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -21 2 0 0 /O
1918 19 STL NL 50 155 141 11 31 7 0 0 12 2 6 15 .220 .262 .270 .531 64 38 2 6 3/O5
1919 20 PIT NL 14 47 44 6 14 1 3 0 6 1 2 4 .318 .348 .477 .825 143 21 0 1 3
1920 21 PIT NL 148 581 533 38 121 13 7 2 54 7 8 30 40 .227 .273 .289 .562 59 154 4 14 *3
1921 22 PIT NL 151 611 562 62 154 21 17 7 71 6 8 31 38 .274 .314 .409 .724 88 230 2 16 *3
1922 23 PIT NL 154 649 593 64 173 28 13 0 76 6 10 43 15 .292 .343 .383 .726 85 227 3 10 *3
1923 24 PIT NL 152 614 563 78 194 29 13 7 99 6 9 41 43 .345 .389 .480 .869 126 270 0 10 *3
1924 25 PIT NL 151 599 542 53 156 25 12 2 63 3 6 37 22 .288 .336 .389 .725 92 211 2 18 *3
1925 26 CHC NL 141 567 519 73 159 29 5 10 76 4 3 38 25 .306 .354 .439 .793 100 228 0 10 *3 MVP-13
1926 27 CHC NL 147 602 524 58 145 30 6 8 82 3 49 25 .277 .342 .403 .745 98 211 3 26 *3
1927 28 CHC NL 147 617 543 68 169 29 6 2 74 3 45 21 .311 .367 .398 .765 104 216 3 26 *3
1928 29 CHC NL 147 615 547 67 161 25 5 5 62 7 39 20 .294 .342 .386 .728 91 211 1 28 *3
1929 30 CHC NL 120 516 463 66 138 28 3 10 91 3 42 25 .298 .358 .436 .794 96 202 1 10 *3 MVP-14
1930 31 CHC NL 114 490 429 58 124 27 2 6 65 1 41 26 .289 .359 .403 .763 83 173 6 14 *3
1931 32 CHC NL 146 596 531 65 176 33 11 4 66 1 53 29 .331 .393 .458 .851 126 243 1 11 *3 MVP-8
1932 33 CHC NL 149 616 570 66 175 42 2 7 80 2 35 22 .307 .349 .425 .774 107 242 2 9 *3
1933 34 CHC NL 107 413 384 38 95 15 2 3 37 1 23 15 .247 .290 .320 .610 74 123 16 0 6 *3
1934 35 CHC NL 75 286 267 24 79 8 1 5 47 1 16 12 .296 .338 .390 .728 95 104 9 1 2 3
1935 36 CHC NL 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /3
1936 37 CHC NL 39 139 132 13 33 4 0 1 16 0 5 8 .250 .277 .303 .580 54 40 5 0 2 3
20 Seasons 2166 8745 7917 908 2299 394 108 79 1077 57 44 578 410 .290 .341 .397 .738 94 3146 30 31 219
162 Game Avg. 162 654 592 68 172 29 8 6 81 4 43 31 .290 .341 .397 .738 94 235 2 16
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
CHC (12 yrs) 1334 5465 4917 596 1454 270 43 61 696 26 3 386 229 .296 .349 .405 .755 97 1993 30 18 144
PIT (6 yrs) 770 3101 2837 301 812 117 65 18 369 29 41 184 162 .286 .332 .392 .724 92 1113 11 69
STL (1 yr) 50 155 141 11 31 7 0 0 12 2 6 15 .220 .262 .270 .531 64 38 2 6
PHA (1 yr) 12 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -21 2 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 2154 8721 7895 908 2297 394 108 79 1077 57 44 576 406 .291 .342 .398 .740 95 3144 30 31 219
AL (1 yr) 12 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -21 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 17 PHA AL 24 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /O
1918 19 STL NL 155 -6 -1 0 0 -4 -1 4 -8 -0.9 -4 -0.5 -0.4 $ 3/O5
1919 20 PIT NL 47 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 3
1920 21 PIT NL 581 -28 -2 0 0 10 -7 17 -10 -1.4 -20 -2.2 0.8 $ *3
1921 22 PIT NL 611 -12 0 0 0 4 -7 18 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ *3
1922 23 PIT NL 649 -12 -3 0 0 -5 -7 19 -8 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $ *3
1923 24 PIT NL 614 20 -2 0 0 -2 -7 18 27 2.7 29 2.9 -0.2 $ *3
1924 25 PIT NL 599 -6 -2 0 0 1 -7 18 4 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ *3
1925 26 CHC NL 567 1 0 0 0 -4 -6 17 8 0.8 12 1.2 -0.4 $ *3 MVP-13
1926 27 CHC NL 602 -2 -3 0 0 -9 -7 18 -3 -0.4 6 0.6 -1.0 $ *3
1927 28 CHC NL 617 6 -2 0 0 -1 -7 18 14 1.4 15 1.5 -0.1 $ *3
1928 29 CHC NL 615 -9 -1 0 0 1 -7 18 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ *3
1929 30 CHC NL 516 1 -1 0 0 2 -5 15 12 1.2 10 0.9 0.3 $ *3 MVP-14
1930 31 CHC NL 490 -9 -2 0 0 3 -5 14 1 0.2 -2 -0.2 0.4 $15,000 *3
1931 32 CHC NL 596 22 -2 0 0 2 -7 18 33 3.4 31 3.2 0.2 $ *3 MVP-8
1932 33 CHC NL 616 8 -2 0 0 5 -7 18 22 2.2 17 1.7 0.5 $ *3
1933 34 CHC NL 413 -12 -1 0 0 7 -5 12 1 0.0 -6 -0.6 0.6 $ *3
1934 35 CHC NL 286 -1 -2 0 0 5 -3 9 8 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 $ 3
1935 36 CHC NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3
1936 37 CHC NL 139 -9 0 0 0 4 -2 4 -3 -0.3 -7 -0.7 0.4 $ 3
20 Seasons 8745 -51 -26 0 0 18 -97 257 101 9.5 83 8.0 1.5 $15,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (12 yrs) 5465 -6 -16 0 0 15 -61 161 93 9.3 78 7.8 1.5 $15,000
PIT (6 yrs) 3101 -36 -9 0 0 7 -35 91 18 1.4 11 0.9 0.5 $
STL (1 yr) 155 -6 -1 0 0 -4 -1 4 -8 -0.9 -4 -0.5 -0.4 $
PHA (1 yr) 24 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 30 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 20 18 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 .389 .421 .556 .977 10 0 0 1 0 0
1932 33 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 17 15 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .333 .412 .467 .878 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 37 33 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 4 .364 .417 .515 .932 17 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 9 37 33 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 4 .364 .417 .515 .932 17 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 PHA AL 17 OF 7 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.00 .962 2.11 3-1-3
1918 STL NL 19 1B 42 411 385 14 12 21 .971 9.50 .987 11.24
1918 STL NL 19 OF 2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .962 2.25 0-0-2
1918 STL NL 19 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.40
1919 PIT NL 20 1B 13 124 118 2 4 4 .968 9.23 .988 11.24
1920 PIT NL 21 1B 148 1599 1496 95 8 95 .995 10.75 .990 11.09
1921 PIT NL 22 1B 150 1593 1517 67 9 93 .994 10.56 .990 10.79
1922 PIT NL 23 1B 154 1556 1478 68 10 104 .994 10.04 .990 10.67
1923 PIT NL 24 1B 152 1542 1453 81 8 130 .995 10.09 .990 10.56
1924 PIT NL 25 1B 151 1676 1596 72 8 139 .995 11.05 .989 10.72
1925 CHC NL 26 1B 139 1405 1317 73 15 125 .989 10.00 .989 10.33 MVP-13
1926 CHC NL 27 1B 147 1502 1416 68 18 139 .988 10.10 .989 10.56
1927 CHC NL 28 1B 147 1551 1437 99 15 117 .990 10.45 .989 10.51
1928 CHC NL 29 1B 147 1538 1458 70 10 147 .993 10.39 .989 10.48
1929 CHC NL 30 1B 120 1312 1228 74 10 114 .992 10.85 .989 10.47 MVP-14
1930 CHC NL 31 1B 113 1114 1040 68 6 103 .995 9.81 .990 10.22
1931 CHC NL 32 1B 144 1446 1357 79 10 107 .993 9.97 .990 10.11 MVP-8
1932 CHC NL 33 1B 149 1563 1429 123 11 127 .993 10.42 .990 10.19
1933 CHC NL 34 1B 104 1067 979 84 4 94 .996 10.22 .990 10.42
1934 CHC NL 35 1B 74 730 683 43 4 39 .995 9.81 .991 10.02
1935 CHC NL 36 1B 2 28 27 1 0 4 1.000 14.00 .989 9.95
1936 CHC NL 37 1B 35 330 297 33 0 31 1.000 9.43 .990 10.15
19 Seasons 1B 2131 22087 20711 1214 162 1733 .993 10.29 .990 10.51
2 Seasons OF 9 14 11 2 1 0 .929 1.44 .962 2.14 3-1-5
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.40
20 Seasons TOT 2141 22102 20722 1217 163 1733 .993 10.25 .990 10.48 3-1-5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1948 BBWAA ( 5.0%)
1949 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
1950 BBWAA ( 7.7%)
1951 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1952 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 9.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.8%)
1962 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 NL (13, 6%)
1929 NL (14, 16%)
1931 NL (8, 26%)
0.48 Career Shares (461st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1920 NL  0.8 (7th)
1932 NL  0.5 (8th)
1933 NL  0.6 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1923 NL  .345 (6th)
1931 NL  .331 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1931 NL  .393 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1923 NL  .869 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 NL  151 (10th)
1922 NL  154 (7th)
1923 NL  152 (7th)
1924 NL  151 (4th)
Career  2,166 (143rd)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,917 (148th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,745 (164th)

Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  194 (7th)
Career  2,299 (143rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
Career  3,146 (234th)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 NL  42 (5th)
Career  394 (178th)

Triples s c a p y
1921 NL  17 (3rd)
1922 NL  13 (7th)
1923 NL  13 (7th)
1931 NL  11 (9th)
Career  108 (130th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1923 NL  99 (7th)
1926 NL  82 (10th)
Career  1,077 (212th)

Singles s c a p y
1923 NL  145 (7th)
Career  1,718 (107th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1923 NL  235 (10th)
Career  2,908 (225th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1923 NL  .674 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  6 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 NL  18 (6th)
1926 NL  26 (7th)
1927 NL  26 (5th)
1928 NL  28 (4th)
Career  219 (63rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1922 NL  39.5 (5th)
1932 NL  25.9 (7th)
1933 NL  25.6 (9th)
Career  19.3 (132nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,911 (150th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1920 NL  1,496 (3rd)
1921 NL  1,517 (3rd)
1922 NL  1,478 (4th)
1923 NL  1,453 (3rd)
1924 NL  1,596 (1st)
1925 NL  1,317 (3rd)
1926 NL  1,416 (3rd)
1927 NL  1,437 (3rd)
1928 NL  1,458 (3rd)
1930 NL  1,040 (5th)
1931 NL  1,357 (4th)
1932 NL  1,429 (2nd)
Career  20,722 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1920 NL  148 (2nd)
1921 NL  150 (1st)
1922 NL  154 (2nd)
1923 NL  152 (2nd)
1924 NL  151 (2nd)
1925 NL  139 (4th)
1926 NL  147 (3rd)
1927 NL  147 (3rd)
1928 NL  147 (4th)
1930 NL  113 (5th)
1931 NL  144 (3rd)
1932 NL  149 (4th)
Career  2,131 (9th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1920 NL  1,496 (3rd)
1921 NL  1,517 (3rd)
1922 NL  1,478 (4th)
1923 NL  1,453 (3rd)
1924 NL  1,596 (1st)
1925 NL  1,317 (3rd)
1926 NL  1,416 (3rd)
1927 NL  1,437 (3rd)
1928 NL  1,458 (3rd)
1930 NL  1,040 (5th)
1931 NL  1,357 (4th)
1932 NL  1,429 (2nd)
Career  20,711 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1920 NL  95 (3rd)
1922 NL  68 (3rd)
1923 NL  81 (3rd)
1924 NL  72 (5th)
1925 NL  73 (5th)
1926 NL  68 (4th)
1927 NL  99 (2nd)
1928 NL  70 (5th)
1930 NL  68 (5th)
1931 NL  79 (3rd)
1932 NL  123 (2nd)
1933 NL  84 (4th)
Career  1,214 (27th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  15 (2nd)
1926 NL  18 (2nd)
1927 NL  15 (4th)
1932 NL  11 (4th)
Career  162 (49th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1921 NL  10.56 (5th)
1924 NL  11.05 (2nd)
1925 NL  10.00 (3rd)
1926 NL  10.10 (4th)
1927 NL  10.45 (4th)
1928 NL  10.39 (3rd)
1929 NL  10.85 (3rd)
1930 NL  9.81 (5th)
1931 NL  9.97 (5th)
1932 NL  10.42 (3rd)
1933 NL  10.22 (5th)
Career  10.29 (53rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1920 NL  .995 (1st)
1921 NL  .994 (2nd)
1922 NL  .994 (2nd)
1923 NL  .995 (1st)
1924 NL  .995 (1st)
1925 NL  .989 (5th)
1927 NL  .990 (4th)
1928 NL  .994 (1st)
1929 NL  .992 (4th)
1930 NL  .995 (2nd)
1931 NL  .993 (1st)
1932 NL  .993 (3rd)
1933 NL  .996 (1st)
Career  .993 (83rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1936 NL  born 1898-08-28 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1916 AL  born 1898-08-28 (1st)
1918 NL  born 1898-08-28 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (893), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (782), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Stuffy McInnis (891)
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  5. Joe Kuhel (883)
  6. Wally Pipp (881)
  7. Willie McGee (877)
  8. Chris Chambliss (874)
  9. Phil Cavarretta (873)
  10. George Burns (863)
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  2. Elbie Fletcher (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elbie Fletcher (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Konetchy (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Konetchy (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Hoblitzell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Hoblitzell (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Hoblitzell (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fred Merkle (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Merkle (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fred Merkle (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Phil Cavarretta (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ed Konetchy (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ed Konetchy (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ed Konetchy (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Stuffy McInnis (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Mickey Vernon (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
193031Chicago Cubs$15,000Undated HOF clip
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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