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Charlie Grimm

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 173lb (180cm, 78kg)

Born: August 28, 1898 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: November 15, 1983 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Cremated

Debut: July 30, 1916 (Age 17-337d, 4,513th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1936 (Age 38-026d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: Charles John Grimm

Nicknames: Jolly Cholly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

7917

2299

.290

908

RBI

1077

OBP

.341

SLG

.397

OPS

.738

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1916	17	PHA	AL	12	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	-20	2		0	0			/H798

1918	19	STL	NL	50	157	141	11	31	7	0	0	12	2		6	15	.220	.262	.270	.531	65	38		2	6			3/H95
1919	20	PIT	NL	14	47	44	6	14	1	3	0	6	1		2	4	.318	.348	.477	.825	143	21		0	1			3/H
1920	21	PIT	NL	148	581	533	38	121	13	7	2	54	7	8	30	40	.227	.273	.289	.562	60	154		4	14			*3
1921	22	PIT	NL	151	611	562	62	154	21	17	7	71	6	8	31	38	.274	.314	.409	.724	88	230		2	16			*3/H
1922	23	PIT	NL	154	649	593	64	173	28	13	0	76	6	10	43	15	.292	.343	.383	.726	86	227		3	10			*3
1923	24	PIT	NL	152	614	563	78	194	29	13	7	99	6	9	41	43	.345	.389	.480	.869	126	270		0	10			*3
1924	25	PIT	NL	151	600	542	53	156	25	12	2	63	3	6	37	22	.288	.336	.389	.725	92	211		2	18			*3
1925	26	CHC	NL	141	567	519	73	159	29	5	10	76	4	3	38	25	.306	.354	.439	.793	100	228		0	10			*3/H	MVP-13
1926	27	CHC	NL	147	603	524	58	145	30	6	8	82	3		49	25	.277	.342	.403	.745	99	211		3	26			*3/H
1927	28	CHC	NL	147	617	543	68	169	29	6	2	74	3		45	21	.311	.367	.398	.765	103	216		3	26			*3
1928	29	CHC	NL	147	615	547	67	161	25	5	5	62	7	7	39	20	.294	.342	.386	.728	91	211		1	28		2	*3
1929	30	CHC	NL	120	517	463	66	138	28	3	10	91	3	2	42	25	.298	.358	.436	.794	96	202		1	10		4	*3	MVP-14
1930	31	CHC	NL	114	490	429	58	124	27	2	6	65	1	4	41	26	.289	.359	.403	.763	83	173		6	14		1	*3/H
1931	32	CHC	NL	146	596	531	65	176	33	11	4	66	1	1	53	29	.331	.393	.458	.851	126	243		1	11		4	*3/H	MVP-8
1932	33	CHC	NL	149	616	570	66	175	42	2	7	80	2	1	35	22	.307	.349	.425	.774	107	242		2	9		2	*3
1933	34	CHC	NL	107	413	384	38	95	15	2	3	37	1	2	23	15	.247	.290	.320	.610	74	123	16	0	6		5	*3/H
1934	35	CHC	NL	75	286	267	24	79	8	1	5	47	1	1	16	12	.296	.338	.390	.728	96	104	9	1	2		2	3/H
1935	36	CHC	NL	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0	/3
1936	37	CHC	NL	39	139	132	13	33	4	0	1	16	0	0	5	8	.250	.277	.303	.580	55	40	5	0	2		0	3/H
1941	42	CHC-min	AA	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1							MLW · AA
20 Yrs				2166	8750	7917	908	2299	394	108	79	1077	57	62	578	410	.290	.341	.397	.738	95	3146	30	31	219		20
162 Game Avg.				162	654	592	68	172	29	8	6	81	4		43	31	.290	.341	.397	.738	95	235		2	16
				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
CHC (12 yrs)				1334	5467	4917	596	1454	270	43	61	696	26	21	386	229	.296	.349	.405	.755	97	1993		18	144		20
PIT (6 yrs)				770	3102	2837	301	812	117	65	18	369	29	41	184	162	.286	.332	.392	.724	92	1113		11	69
STL (1 yr)				50	157	141	11	31	7	0	0	12	2		6	15	.220	.262	.270	.531	65	38		2	6
PHA (1 yr)				12	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	-20	2		0	0

NL (19 yrs)				2154	8726	7895	908	2297	394	108	79	1077	57	62	576	406	.291	.342	.398	.740	95	3144		31	219		20
AL (1 yr)				12	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	-20	2		0	0