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 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
1956 29 PHI NL 0 1 .000 4.32 3 1 2 0 0 0 8.1 10 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 36 86 1.440 10.8 0.0 2.2 4.3 2.00
1957 30 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 MVP-23
1962 35 KCA AL 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 27 47 4.000 22.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons 0 2 .000 5.40 7 1 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 10 8 0 8 1 5 0 0 1 67 72 2.175 14.2 0.0 5.4 3.4 0.63
162 Game Avg. 0 17 .000 5.40 60 9 43 0 0 0 113 179 85 68 0 68 9 43 0 0 9 570 72 2.175 14.2 0.0 5.4 3.4 0.63
PHI (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50
KCA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 27 47 4.000 22.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 27 47 4.000 22.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

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
1956 29 PHI NL 3 36 34 4 10 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 .294 .333 .324 .657 .333 11 0 0 0 0 0
1957 30 PHI NL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 35 KCA AL 3 27 21 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 .476 .593 .524 1.116 .476 11 1 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 7 67 59 10 21 2 0 0 0 1 8 5 .356 .433 .390 .823 .389 23 1 0 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 60 570 502 85 179 17 0 0 0 9 68 43 .356 .433 .390 .823 .389 196 9 0 0 0 9
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
1956 29 PHI NL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.603 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 8.3
1957 30 PHI NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1962 35 KCA AL 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 6 1.126 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4.0
3 Seasons 7 6 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 0.778 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 6 4 1 4 1 5.7

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%
1956 29 PHI NL 36 28% 0.0% 11.1% 5.6% 2.8% 10% 0.43 83% 8 0 0%
1957 30 PHI NL 4 50% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 75% 0 0
1962 35 KCA AL 27 41% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 3.7% 10% 1.75 78% 10 1 10%
3 Seasons 67 34% 0.0% 7.5% 11.9% 3.0% 10% 0.65 81% 18 1 6%
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
1956 29 PHI NL 36 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 30 PHI NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 35 KCA AL 27 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 67 21 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 83% 1 1 0 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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+
1956 29 0 1 .000 4.32 3 1 2 0 0 0 8.1 10 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 36 86 1.440 10.8 0.0 2.2 4.3 2.00 86
1957 30 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 97
1958 31 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 97
1959 32 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 97
1960 33 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 97
1961 34 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 40 97 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 97
1962 35 0 2 .000 5.40 7 1 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 10 8 0 8 1 5 0 0 1 67 72 2.175 14.2 0.0 5.4 3.4 0.63 72

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1956 29 0 0 5.62 8.0 11 6 5 0 2 4 0 1.625 12.4 2.3 4.5 2.00 0.0 3
1957 30 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1962 35 0 0 9.00 4.0 10 4 4 0 6 0 0 4.000 22.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
3 Seasons 0 0 6.23 13.0 21 10 9 0 8 5 0 2.231 14.5 3.5 0.63 0.0 7

* 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
1952 (SS)
1953 *
1954 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-17-3%
1950-NL-6-24%
1952-NL-31-1%
1953-NL-22-1%
1954-NL-19-1%
1957-NL-23-1%
0.31 Career Shares (577th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL--born 1927-04-26--4th
1945 NL--born 1927-04-26--4th
1946 NL--born 1927-04-26--1st
1947 NL--born 1927-04-26--5th

             

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