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Granny Hamner

Granville Wilbur Hamner

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: April 26, 1927 in Richmond, VA
High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1944
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians/Athletics 1944-1962

Final Game: August 1, 1962
Died: September 12, 1993 in Philadelphia, PA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Garvin Hamner
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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 90 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 51 4.000 22.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs 0 2 .000 5.40 7 1 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 10 8 0 8 1 5 0 0 1 67 78 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 78 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 40 105 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 51 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 40 105 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 51 4.000 22.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1956 29 PHI NL 8.1 3 1 4 4.32 4.37 -0.19 0.00 99.9 4.56 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.1 1 .515 .500 $
1957 30 PHI NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.11 -0.07 0.00 96.0 4.01 0 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .550 .500 $ MVP-23
1962 35 KCA AL 4.0 3 0 6 13.50 4.75 0.01 -0.20 99.3 4.52 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .377 .498 $
3 Seasons 13.1 7 1 10 6.75 4.47 -0.12 -0.06 99.4 4.51 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .461 .499 $
PHI (2 yrs) 9.1 4 1 4 3.86 4.35 -0.18 0.00 99.5 4.50 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.1 2 .524 .500 $
KCA (1 yr) 4.0 3 0 6 13.50 4.75 0.01 -0.20 99.3 4.52 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .377 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 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 1
3 Yrs 7 67 59 10 21 2 0 0 0 1 8 5 .356 .433 .390 .823 .389 23 1 0 0 0 1 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 9
MLB Averages .259 .331 .372 .703 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1956 29 PHI NL -0.1 -0.0 37 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .60 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.60 0.1 0 0 1
1957 30 PHI NL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.5 0.1 0.00 0.5 0 0 0
1962 35 KCA AL -2.5 -0.2 28 -0.9 0.0 -1.0 1.08 -0.5 -0.4 -6.4 -0.6 1.08 -4.0 1 0 2
3 Yrs -2.0 -0.2 69 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 .76 -0.5 -0.9 -6.3 -0.6 0.76 -3.4 1 0 3

Starting Pitching*

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
1956 29 PHI NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 1 0 0 0 0.0 4.3
1 Yr 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 1 0 0 0 0.0 4.3
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.4 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .602 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1957 30 PHI NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .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 1.076 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4.0
3 Yrs 7 6 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% .757 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 5 3 1 3 1 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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 72% 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 59% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 3.7% 10% 1.75 78% 10 1 10%
3 Yrs 67 66% 0.0% 7.5% 11.9% 3.0% 10% 0.65 81% 18 1 6%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.1% 10.0% 5.9% 24% 0.98 82% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 52% 58%

Cumulative Pitching

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 90 1.440 10.8 0.0 2.2 4.3 2.00 90
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 40 105 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 105
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 40 105 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 105
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 40 105 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 105
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 40 105 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 105
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 40 105 1.393 10.6 0.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 105
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 78 2.175 14.2 0.0 5.4 3.4 0.63 78

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 4.00 9.0 10 4 4 0 2 4 0 1.333 10.0 2.0 4.0 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 Yrs 0 0 5.14 14.0 20 8 8 0 8 5 0 2.000 12.9 3.2 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (598th)

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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