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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

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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 13 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 57 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 1
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 1
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 57 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 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 (1469th)

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

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

Before 1948 Season: Sent from the New York Giants to Sacramento (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from Sacramento (PCL) in the 1948 rule 5 draft.

January 20, 1951: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with George Vico to Seattle (PCL) for Wayne McLeland.

October 10, 1951: Traded by Seattle (PCL) with Hal Brown to the Chicago White Sox for Dick Duffy (minors), Jerry Dahlke, Bill Fischer and Marv Rotblatt.

February 9, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens.

July 1, 1953: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.

October 8, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Ernie Broglio to the St. Louis Cardinals for Hobie Landrith, Billy Muffett and Benny Valenzuela.

December 29, 1960: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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