Granny Hamner
Granville Wilbur Hamner
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 163 lb.

Born: April 26, 1927 in Richmond, VA
High School: Richmond (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1944
Final Game: August 1, 1962
Died: September 12, 1993 in Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Brother of Garvin Hamner
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 PHI NL 17 SS 21 134 27 98 9 17 .933 5.95 .955 4.85
1945 PHI NL 18 SS 13 79 31 37 11 7 .861 5.23 .952 4.75
1946 PHI NL 19 SS 2 7 1 5 1 1 .857 3.00 .957 4.65
1947 PHI NL 20 SS 2 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.50 .964 4.65
1948 PHI NL 21 2B 87 449 210 224 15 46 .967 4.99 .971 4.83
1948 PHI NL 21 SS 37 166 60 94 12 20 .928 4.16 .960 4.59
1948 PHI NL 21 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1949 PHI NL 22 SS 154 818 280 506 32 101 .961 5.10 .961 4.70 MVP-17
1950 PHI NL 23 SS 157 854 293 513 48 100 .944 5.13 .962 4.74 MVP-6
1951 PHI NL 24 SS 150 744 255 458 31 93 .958 4.75 .955 4.47
1952 PHI NL 25 SS 151 775 267 470 38 102 .951 4.88 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-31
1953 PHI NL 26 2B 93 499 194 290 15 65 .970 5.20 .972 4.83 AS,MVP-22
1953 PHI NL 26 SS 71 282 91 169 22 40 .922 3.66 .960 4.63 AS,MVP-22
1954 PHI NL 27 2B 152 151 1336.1 790 361 412 17 97 .978 7.1 6.4 7.1 5.8 1.3 0 5.21 5.09 .976 5.57 5.31 AS,MVP-19
1954 PHI NL 27 SS 1 0 6.2 6 1 4 1 1 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 5.00 .967 5.13 4.60 AS,MVP-19
1955 PHI NL 28 2B 82 71 622.1 349 152 183 14 39 .960 -2.3 -4.4 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 -1 4.84 4.09 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 PHI NL 28 SS 32 31 262.1 134 49 78 7 12 .948 1.1 5.0 1.1 5.5 -4.4 0 4.36 3.97 .965 5.02 4.57
1956 PHI NL 29 SS 110 101 904.1 511 177 302 32 69 .937 -4.7 -6.2 -6.7 -2.1 -4.6 2 4.77 4.35 .963 4.94 4.53
1956 PHI NL 29 2B 11 2 33.2 10 6 4 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -14.3 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 2.67 0.91 .980 5.35 4.66
1956 PHI NL 29 P 3 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.33 1.000 2.05 0.83
1957 PHI NL 30 2B 125 119 1054.0 563 260 282 21 54 .963 -9.8 -11.2 -7.8 -5.2 -2.7 -2 4.63 4.34 .977 5.37 4.97 MVP-23
1957 PHI NL 30 SS 5 5 37.0 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -16.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 3.16 2.60 .954 4.82 4.34 MVP-23
1957 PHI NL 30 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80 MVP-23
1958 PHI NL 31 3B 22 22 202.2 63 17 45 1 7 .984 -0.4 -2.4 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.75 2.82 .951 3.18 2.86
1958 PHI NL 31 2B 11 10 83.0 48 20 26 2 4 .958 -1.2 -17.3 -0.2 -0.7 0.5 -1 4.99 4.18 .975 5.33 4.76
1958 PHI NL 31 SS 3 2 19.1 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.2 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 6.98 5.00 .960 5.12 4.57
1959 TOT MLB 32 SS 25 19 168.2 82 24 54 4 6 .951 1.0 7.1 2.0 1.4 0.5 -1 4.16 3.12 .965 5.04 4.31
1959 TOT MLB 32 3B 6 4 37.0 14 7 6 1 0 .929 -0.7 -22.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.16 2.17 .950 3.19 2.72
1959 PHI NL 32 SS 15 14 117.0 57 13 41 3 4 .947 0.2 2.1 1.2 1.3 -0.1 -1 4.15 3.60 .967 5.11 4.53
1959 PHI NL 32 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1959 CLE AL 32 SS 10 5 51.2 25 11 13 1 2 .960 0.8 18.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 0 4.18 2.40 .960 4.88 3.97
1959 CLE AL 32 2B 7 4 41.1 31 12 19 0 4 1.000 1.7 49.4 1.7 0.2 1.6 0 6.75 4.43 .974 5.29 4.73
1959 CLE AL 32 3B 5 4 36.0 14 7 6 1 0 .929 -0.4 -13.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 3.25 2.60 .950 3.20 2.72
1962 KCA AL 35 P 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 1.000 2.02 0.80
16 Seasons SS 934 158 1398.1 4631 1572 2811 248 571 .946 -3.0 -2.6 -4.0 4.8 -9.0 1 28.21 4.69 .960 4.97 4.63
8 Seasons 2B 568 357 3170.2 2739 1215 1440 84 310 .969 -4.9 -1.9 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 -4 7.54 4.67 .975 5.47 5.01
3 Seasons 3B 31 26 239.2 77 24 51 2 7 .974 -1.1 -5.5 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0 2.82 2.42 .951 3.18 2.83
3 Seasons P 7 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.29 1.000 2.02 0.81
17 Seasons TOT 1540 541 4822.0 7449 2811 4304 334 888 .955 -9.0 -2.2 -6.0 3.7 -9.9 -3 13.28 4.62 .920 5.20 4.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1944 PHI NL 17 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0
1945 PHI NL 18 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
1946 PHI NL 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1947 PHI NL 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1948 PHI NL 21 129 129 129 0 0 0 87 3 37 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 22 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 23 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 24 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 25 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 26 154 154 154 0 0 0 93 0 71 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 27 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 PHI NL 28 104 102 104 104 0 0 0 82 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 PHI NL 29 122 103 122 122 3 0 0 11 0 110 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 PHI NL 30 133 124 133 133 1 0 0 125 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 PHI NL 31 35 34 35 35 0 0 0 11 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 32 27 13 27 27 0 0 0 7 5 10 0 0 0 0 11 0
1959 PHI NL 32 21 14 21 21 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 KCA AL 35 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 1531 541 1531 1531 7 0 0 568 31 934 0 0 0 0 33 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 PHI NL 27 5132 64% 82% 25% 489 95% 4 326 155 120 52 370 297 51 2 11 16 1 13 2 8 83 28 9 28 4 73 36 37 9 6 2
1955 PHI NL 28 2538 56% 82% 26% 237 89% 1 134 62 46 26 175 152 20 0 3 12 1 10 1 11 32 6 7 11 0 28 11 17 3 2 1
1956 PHI NL 29 142 68% 77% 21% 10 90% 0 8 4 3 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 30 4525 62% 79% 25% 411 91% 0 264 122 93 49 286 252 29 1 2 22 1 17 4 15 55 16 11 15 4 47 20 27 7 2 5
1958 PHI NL 31 357 60% 81% 29% 28 96% 0 23 6 11 6 24 21 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 32 182 62% 82% 32% 20 95% 0 12 1 9 2 20 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 12876 61% 81% 26% 1195 93% 5 767 350 282 136 883 747 105 3 18 52 3 42 7 35 180 53 30 57 9 158 71 87 19 10 8
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 PHI NL 27 27 81% 93% 33% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 28 1122 63% 77% 25% 103 92% 1 43 23 16 4 79 60 15 2 2 7 0 5 2 6 13 5 1 4 0 0 13 6 5 0 0 0
1956 PHI NL 29 3927 63% 79% 22% 387 89% 4 169 98 61 10 286 223 48 1 4 31 0 29 2 22 72 27 6 19 6 3 65 33 28 6 3 2
1957 PHI NL 30 156 61% 78% 22% 11 82% 0 5 3 2 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 31 89 61% 81% 17% 10 100% 0 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 32 543 59% 80% 31% 54 89% 3 14 8 6 0 40 31 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 32 217 65% 74% 26% 19 89% 0 10 5 4 1 13 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6081 63% 79% 24% 588 90% 8 247 140 91 16 438 342 73 3 6 43 0 39 4 33 93 36 7 25 6 4 85 43 36 6 3 2
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 PHI NL 31 900 65% 79% 27% 64 91% 0 17 13 0 4 45 34 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 7 5 0 6 0 0 0 6 50%
1959 CLE AL 32 156 56% 74% 22% 13 92% 0 7 6 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 PHI NL 32 9 67% 100% 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1065 63% 78% 26% 77 91% 0 24 19 1 4 51 39 12 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 5 0 6 0 0 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

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%
1956 PHI NL 29 37 84% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 30 4 75% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 35 28 79% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 69 81% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 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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