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Marv Grissom

Marvin Edward Grissom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox/Tigers/RedSox/Cardinals 1946-1959

Final Game: June 11, 1959
Died: September 19, 2005 in Red Bluff, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Lee Grissom and Uncle of Jim Davis
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #865. Vern Ruhle… #866. Dustin Hermanson… #867. Jason Marquis… #868. MARV GRISSOM… #869. Don Aase… #870. Kyle Lohse… #871. Scott Garrelts… 

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 81 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 5 626 101 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 90 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 1 512 174 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 2 323 243 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 1 338 152 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 96 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 22 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 22 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 90 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) NL 31 25 .554 2.95 288 15 171 4 1 58 545.1 498 213 179 48 200 21 314 23 1 14 2300 136 1.280 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
AL (3 yrs) AL 16 20 .444 4.35 68 37 5 8 2 0 264.2 273 145 128 17 143 145 5 0 9 1184 89 1.572 9.3 0.6 4.9 4.9 1.01

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1946 28 NYG NL 18.2 3 11 10 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
1949 31 DET AL 39.1 2 32 24 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
1952 34 CHW AL 166.0 24 79 91 1 1.0 12 1.1 $
1953 35 BOS AL 59.1 11 34 35 1 1.0 1 0.2 $
1953 35 NYG NL 84.1 7 40 55 0 .9 15 1.3 $
1954 36 NYG NL 122.1 3 37 73 4 1.5 36 3.7 $ AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 89.1 0 35 57 0 1.5 22 1.9 $
1956 38 NYG NL 80.2 2 15 47 2 1.1 32 2.9 $
1957 39 NYG NL 82.2 0 36 52 -1 1.1 16 1.0 $
1958 40 SFG NL 65.1 0 34 37 0 1.6 3 -0.2 $
1959 41 STL NL 2.0 0 5 1 0 .2 -4 -0.3 $
10 Seasons 810.0 52 358 482 7 1.2 124 10.6 $
SFG (7 yrs) 543.1 15 208 331 5 1.3 123 10.4 $
STL (1 yr) 2.0 0 5 1 0 .2 -4 -0.3 $
BOS (1 yr) 59.1 11 34 35 1 1.0 1 0.2 $
DET (1 yr) 39.1 2 32 24 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
CHW (1 yr) 166.0 24 79 91 1 1.0 12 1.1 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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
1946 28 NYG NL 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 1 0 0 0 /1
1949 31 DET AL 27 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 .364 .222 .586 56 2 0 1 0 1
1952 34 CHW AL 28 62 53 1 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .151 .167 .226 .393 8 12 1 0 8 1
1953 35 TOT MLB 34 50 45 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .044 .085 .067 .152 -60 3 1 0 3 1
1953 35 BOS AL 13 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 11
1953 35 NYG NL 21 30 27 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .074 .138 .111 .249 -35 3 1 0 1 11
1954 36 NYG NL 56 36 32 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .156 .206 .156 .362 -4 5 0 0 2 0 1 AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 55 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1956 38 NYG NL 43 11 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .182 .273 -29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 39 NYG NL 55 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .167 .231 .250 .481 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 40 SFG NL 51 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1959 41 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 356 213 189 9 23 7 0 0 6 0 0 8 67 .122 .162 .159 .320 -14 30 4 1 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 97 86 4 10 3 0 0 3 0 4 30 .122 .162 .159 .320 -14 14 2 0 7
SFG (7 yrs) 285 120 109 6 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 41 .119 .165 .147 .312 -17 16 3 0 5 0 0
STL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 13 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
DET (1 yr) 27 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 .364 .222 .586 56 2 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 28 62 53 1 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .151 .167 .226 .393 8 12 1 0 8
NL (8 yrs) 288 120 109 6 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 41 .119 .165 .147 .312 -17 16 3 0 5 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 68 93 80 3 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .125 .157 .175 .332 -10 14 1 1 10

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
1946 28 NYG NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1949 31 DET AL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1952 34 CHW AL 62 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1953 35 BOS AL 20 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 11
1953 35 NYG NL 30 -5 0 1 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 11
1954 36 NYG NL 36 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $12,000 1 AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $15,000 1
1956 38 NYG NL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1957 39 NYG NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1958 40 SFG NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 212 -31 0 1 0 0 15 5 -10 -1.2 -10 -1.0 -0.2 $27,000
SFG (7 yrs) 119 -18 0 1 0 0 9 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $27,000
BOS (1 yr) 20 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
DET (1 yr) 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 62 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -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
1954 36 NYG NL WS CLE W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 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 SB CS CS% PO Awards
1946 NYG NL 28 P 4 18.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.38 1.75 .960 2.27 2.22
1949 DET AL 31 P 27 39.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.06 0.33 .962 2.13 2.09
1952 CHW AL 34 P 28 166.0 28 4 23 1 0 .964 1.46 0.96 .966 2.10 2.10
1953 TOT MLB 35 P 34 143.2 33 9 23 1 3 .970 2.00 0.94 .956 2.01 1.99
1953 NYG NL 35 P 21 84.1 25 6 18 1 2 .960 2.56 1.14 .956 2.06 2.02
1953 BOS AL 35 P 13 59.1 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.21 0.62 .958 1.94 1.93
1954 NYG NL 36 P 56 122.1 27 7 18 2 3 .926 1.84 0.45 .960 2.07 2.06 AS,MVP-24
1955 NYG NL 37 P 55 89.1 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.91 0.35 .950 2.04 2.02
1956 NYG NL 38 P 43 80.2 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.30 .966 2.05 2.03
1957 NYG NL 39 P 55 82.2 21 1 20 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.38 .962 2.06 2.08
1958 SFG NL 40 P 51 65.1 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.25 .955 1.97 1.96
1959 STL NL 41 P 3 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 .950 1.80 1.97
10 Seasons P 356 810.0 172 28 139 5 9 .971 1.86 0.47 .960 2.06 2.04
10 Seasons TOT 356 810.0 172 28 139 5 9 .971 1.86 0.47 .960 2.06 2.04
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
1966 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1956 NL  2.9 (10th)

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 (234th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  0.325 (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)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  23 (7th)
1956 NL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  2.3 (8th)
1956 NL  2.2 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 NL  32.52 (4th)
1956 NL  15.52 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.3 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.3 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1954 NL  56 (5th)
1955 NL  55 (4th)
1957 NL  55 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1955 NL  1.000 (1st)
1958 NL  1.000 (1st)

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)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1104), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Vicente Romo (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vicente Romo (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Art Fowler (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Art Fowler (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
195436New York Giants$12,0002/23/55 TSN
195537New York Giants$15,0002/23/55 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$27,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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