Marv Grissom
Marvin Edward Grissom
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 31, 1918 in Los Molinos, CA
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946
Final Game: June 11, 1959
Died: September 18, 2005 in Red Bluff, CA
Relatives: Brother of Lee Grissom and Uncle of Jim Davis
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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
1946 NYG NL 28 P 4 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.75 .957 1.00
1949 DET AL 31 P 27 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.33 .960 1.01
1952 CHW AL 34 P 28 28 4 23 1 0 .964 0.96 .964 1.03
1953 TOT MLB 35 P 34 33 9 23 1 3 .970 0.94 .955 0.87
1953 BOS AL 35 P 13 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.62 .950 0.88
1953 NYG NL 35 P 21 25 6 18 1 2 .960 1.14 .956 0.87
1954 NYG NL 36 P 56 3 122.1 27 7 18 2 3 .926 1.84 0.45 .963 2.07 0.87 AS,MVP-24
1955 NYG NL 37 P 55 0 89.1 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.91 0.35 .947 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 38 P 43 2 79.2 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.30 .962 2.06 0.83
1957 NYG NL 39 P 55 0 82.2 21 1 20 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.38 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 SFG NL 40 P 51 0 65.1 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.25 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 STL NL 41 P 3 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 1.000 1.80 0.83
10 Seasons P 356 5 441.1 172 28 139 5 9 .971 3.41 0.47 .959 2.04 0.86
10 Seasons TOT 356 5 441.1 172 28 139 5 9 .971 3.41 0.47 .930 2.04 0.86

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
1946 NYG NL 28 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 DET AL 31 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 34 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 35 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 35 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 36 56 3 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 37 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 38 43 2 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 39 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 40 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 41 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 356 5 356 356 356 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 NYG NL 36 471 76% 25% 19 95% 0 6 2 4 17 11 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 100%
1955 NYG NL 37 280 77% 23% 14 100% 0 3 2 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1956 NYG NL 38 285 80% 25% 12 92% 0 1 0 1 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1957 NYG NL 39 294 79% 31% 15 100% 0 1 0 0 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1958 SFG NL 40 299 75% 25% 14 93% 1 1 0 1 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1959 STL NL 41 12 100% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1641 77% 26% 75 96% 1 12 4 7 74 59 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 4 1 18 94%
MLB Averages 79% 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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