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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 28 NYG NL 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 79 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69
1949 31 DET AL 2 4 .333 6.41 27 2 3 0 0 0 39.1 56 32 28 6 34 17 1 0 2 206 65 2.288 12.8 1.4 7.8 3.9 0.50
1952 34 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.74 28 24 1 7 1 0 166.0 156 79 69 6 79 97 3 0 5 715 97 1.416 8.5 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.23
1953 35 TOT MLB 6 8 .429 4.26 34 18 8 4 1 0 143.2 144 74 68 11 61 77 2 0 5 626 100 1.427 9.0 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.26
1953 35 BOS AL 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 1 1 1 0 59.1 61 34 31 5 30 31 1 0 2 263 89 1.534 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.03
1953 35 NYG NL 4 2 .667 3.95 21 7 7 3 0 0 84.1 83 40 37 6 31 46 1 0 3 363 110 1.352 8.9 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.48
1954 36 NYG NL 10 7 .588 2.35 56 3 36 1 1 19 122.1 100 37 32 13 50 64 7 1 1 512 173 1.226 7.4 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.28 AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 5 4 .556 2.92 55 0 32 0 0 8 89.1 76 35 29 6 41 5 49 6 0 1 383 140 1.310 7.7 0.6 4.1 4.9 1.20
1956 38 NYG NL 1 1 .500 1.56 43 2 20 0 0 7 80.2 71 15 14 3 16 3 49 1 0 2 323 241 1.079 7.9 0.3 1.8 5.5 3.06
1957 39 NYG NL 4 4 .500 2.61 55 0 38 0 0 14 82.2 74 36 24 6 23 6 51 2 0 1 338 151 1.173 8.1 0.7 2.5 5.6 2.22
1958 40 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.99 51 0 35 0 0 10 65.1 71 34 29 11 26 7 46 5 0 3 285 95 1.485 9.8 1.5 3.6 6.3 1.77
1959 41 STL NL 0 0 22.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 19 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
10 Seasons 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 176 12 3 58 810.0 771 358 307 65 343 21 459 28 1 23 3484 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .511 3.41 59 9 29 2 1 10 135 129 60 51 11 57 77 5 0 4 581 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34
SFG (7 yrs) 31 25 .554 2.88 285 15 169 4 1 58 543.1 492 208 174 46 200 21 314 23 1 14 2288 139 1.274 8.1 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
STL (1 yr) 0 0 22.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 19 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
BOS (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 1 1 1 0 59.1 61 34 31 5 30 31 1 0 2 263 89 1.534 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.03
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 6.41 27 2 3 0 0 0 39.1 56 32 28 6 34 17 1 0 2 206 65 2.288 12.8 1.4 7.8 3.9 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 12 10 .545 3.74 28 24 1 7 1 0 166.0 156 79 69 6 79 97 3 0 5 715 97 1.416 8.5 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.23
NL (8 yrs) 31 25 .554 2.95 288 15 171 4 1 58 545.1 498 213 179 48 200 21 314 23 1 14 2300 135 1.280 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
AL (3 yrs) 16 20 .444 4.35 68 37 5 8 2 0 264.2 273 145 128 17 143 145 5 0 9 1184 88 1.572 9.3 0.6 4.9 4.9 1.01

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 36 NYG NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 13 1.500 3.4 0.0 10.1 6.8 0.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 13 1.500 3.4 0.0 10.1 6.8 0.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 NYG NL 36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 36 NYG NL 56 512 442 37 100 10 2 13 2 3 50 64 .226 .312 .346 .658 .236 153 7 7 9 4
1955 37 NYG NL 55 382 320 35 76 7 5 6 2 5 41 49 .238 .333 .347 .680 .262 111 2 6 13 2 5
1956 38 NYG NL 43 323 295 15 71 9 3 3 0 3 16 49 .241 .279 .322 .601 .276 95 2 1 8 3 3
1957 39 NYG NL 55 339 307 36 74 8 1 6 2 3 23 51 .241 .297 .332 .630 .271 102 7 2 6 1 6
1958 40 SFG NL 51 286 246 34 71 8 5 11 5 2 26 46 .289 .367 .496 .863 .316 122 11 5 8 1 7
1959 41 STL NL 3 12 12 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.083 1.583 .400 13 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 263 1854 1622 162 398 43 16 41 11 16 156 259 .245 .318 .367 .685 .268 596 29 21 44 11 21
162 Game Avg. 67 470 412 41 101 11 4 10 3 4 40 66 .245 .318 .367 .685 .268 151 7 5 11 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 36 NYG NL 56 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 2 67% 60 78 48 7 1 0 2 3.6 2.1 7.1
1956 38 NYG NL 43 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 53 59 47 6 1 0 2 3.0 3.3 5.8
2 Seasons 99 5 1 0 4 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 1 1 3 60% 57 78 47 13 2 0 4 3.3 2.6 6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 36 NYG NL 56 53 36 9 7 20 19 4 95% 20 0 49 16 33% 8 1.548 26 11 14 20 12 19 27 24 35 10 33 12 5.7
1955 37 NYG NL 55 55 32 5 4 6 8 4 133% 6 0 25 6 24% 1.538 13 10 13 7 8 21 12 24 30 9 24 18 4.9
1956 38 NYG NL 43 41 20 1 1 9 7 3 78% 10 1 26 15 58% 7 1.095 14 4 16 10 5 19 13 21 26 9 24 4 5.0
1957 39 NYG NL 55 55 38 4 4 13 14 2 108% 14 1 34 13 38% 8 1.182 15 12 21 15 7 26 19 29 27 13 25 19 4.5
1958 40 SFG NL 51 51 35 7 5 16 10 5 63% 18 1 45 13 29% 8 1.647 21 13 17 19 6 26 28 23 20 17 21 13 3.8
1959 41 STL NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.246 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2.0
6 Seasons 263 258 163 26 21 64 58 18 91% 68 3 179 63 35% 1.409 89 50 84 71 38 114 99 124 138 59 127 66 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1946 28 NYG NL
1949 31 DET AL
1952 34 CHW AL
1953 35 TOT MLB
1953 35 BOS AL
1953 35 NYG NL
1954 36 NYG NL 512 39% 2.5% 12.5% 9.8% 4.9% 25% 0.91 72% 96 7 7%
1955 37 NYG NL 382 35% 1.6% 12.8% 10.7% 4.7% 24% 0.89 70% 38 2 5%
1956 38 NYG NL 323 38% 0.9% 15.2% 5.0% 4.6% 21% 0.92 76% 48 2 4%
1957 39 NYG NL 339 36% 1.8% 15.0% 6.8% 4.4% 20% 1.49 74% 56 7 13%
1958 40 SFG NL 285 40% 3.9% 16.1% 9.1% 8.4% 34% 1.58 66% 73 11 15%
1959 41 STL NL 12 50% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50% 1.00 83% 3 0 0%
10 Seasons 1853 38% 3.5% 24.8% 18.5% 5.4% 13% 1.09 72% 314 29 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1946 28 NYG NL 17 1 3
1949 31 DET AL 56 6 2
1952 34 CHW AL 156 6 5
1953 35 TOT MLB 144 11 5
1953 35 BOS AL 61 5 2
1953 35 NYG NL 83 6 3
1954 36 NYG NL 461 100 13 0 22 7 4 5 6 31 7 3 23% 6 1 0 197 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 51
1955 37 NYG NL 271 76 6 0 14 3 2 5 0 14 4 3 29% 5 1 2 100 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 111
1956 38 NYG NL 280 71 3 0 11 1 1 2 0 20 14 4 70% 3 2 0 103 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 43
1957 39 NYG NL 289 74 6 0 12 3 3 5 1 14 9 0 64% 5 1 0 112 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50
1958 40 SFG NL 285 71 11 0 17 8 3 7 4 21 9 5 43% 5 3 1 133 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1959 41 STL NL 12 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1598 771 65 0 76 23 14 25 12 100 43 15 43% 24 23 3 649 11 16 41% 11 15 0 0 0 1 2 0 39 255
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1946 28 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 79 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 79
1947 29 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 79 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 79
1948 30 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 79 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 79
1949 31 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 68 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 68
1950 32 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 68 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 68
1951 33 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 68 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 68
1952 34 14 16 .467 4.26 59 29 5 7 1 0 224.0 229 122 106 13 126 123 5 0 10 1005 87 1.585 9.2 0.5 5.1 4.9 0.98 87
1953 35 20 24 .455 4.26 93 47 13 11 2 0 367.2 373 196 174 24 187 200 7 0 15 1631 92 1.523 9.1 0.6 4.6 4.9 1.07 92
1954 36 30 31 .492 3.78 149 50 49 12 3 19 490.0 473 233 206 37 237 264 14 1 16 2143 105 1.449 8.7 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.11 105
1955 37 35 35 .500 3.65 204 50 81 12 3 27 579.1 549 268 235 43 278 5 313 20 1 17 2526 109 1.428 8.5 0.7 4.3 4.9 1.13 109
1956 38 36 36 .500 3.40 247 52 101 12 3 34 660.0 620 283 249 46 294 8 362 21 1 19 2849 117 1.385 8.5 0.6 4.0 4.9 1.23 117
1957 39 40 40 .500 3.31 302 52 139 12 3 48 742.2 694 319 273 52 317 14 413 23 1 20 3187 120 1.361 8.4 0.6 3.8 5.0 1.30 120
1958 40 47 45 .511 3.36 353 52 174 12 3 58 808.0 765 353 302 63 343 21 459 28 1 23 3472 117 1.371 8.5 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34 117
1959 41 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 176 12 3 58 810.0 771 358 307 65 343 21 459 28 1 23 3484 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34 116

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1946 28 0 1 .000 5.50 18.0 19 12 11 1 15 9 1 1.889 9.5 7.5 4.5 0.60 0.5 4
1949 31 1 3 .250 6.30 40.0 58 31 28 6 35 17 1 2.325 13.1 7.9 3.8 0.49 1.4 27
1952 34 8 10 .444 4.23 164.0 167 86 77 6 85 96 3 1.537 9.2 4.7 5.3 1.13 0.3 28
1953 35 8 8 .500 4.01 148.0 145 73 66 11 61 79 2 1.392 8.8 3.7 4.8 1.30 0.7 34
1954 36 10 3 .769 2.30 125.0 104 36 32 14 52 65 7 1.248 7.5 3.7 4.7 1.25 1.0 56
1955 37 7 3 .700 2.84 92.0 79 32 29 6 43 50 6 1.326 7.7 4.2 4.9 1.16 0.6 55
1956 38 8 1 .889 1.65 82.0 75 17 15 3 17 50 1 1.122 8.2 1.9 5.5 2.94 0.3 43
1957 39 6 3 .667 2.71 83.0 77 28 25 6 24 51 2 1.217 8.3 2.6 5.5 2.13 0.7 55
1958 40 3 4 .429 4.57 63.0 77 36 32 12 28 44 5 1.667 11.0 4.0 6.3 1.57 1.7 51
1959 41 0 0 11.25 4.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3
10 Seasons 51 36 .586 3.52 819.0 801 357 320 65 360 461 28 1.418 8.8 5.1 1.28 0.7 356

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-NL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--5.259--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL--56--5th
1955 NL--55--4th
1957 NL--55--4th
1958 NL--51--8th

Saves s c a p y
1954 NL--19--3rd
1955 NL--8--5th
1956 NL--7--7th
1957 NL--14--2nd
1958 NL--10--4th
Career--58--220th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--.325--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 AL--5--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--7--2nd
1955 NL--6--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 NL--36--4th
1955 NL--32--2nd
1956 NL--20--10th
1957 NL--38--2nd
1958 NL--35--3rd

Oldest s c a p y
1956 NL--born 1918-03-31--10th
1957 NL--born 1918-03-31--6th
1958 NL--born 1918-03-31--4th
1959 NL--born 1918-03-31--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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