Ben Grieve

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: May 4, 1976 in Arlington, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX).

High School: James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)

Debut: September 3, 1997 (Age 21-122d, 17,150th in major league history)
vs. SFG 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 29-151d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Benjamin Grieve

Pronunciation: \GREEV\

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Relatives: Son of Tom Grieve

Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.4

3215

864

118

.269

471

RBI

492

OBP

.368

SLG

.442

OPS

.809

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	OAK		NYY	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 6	OAK		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	4 (1)	Apr 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	6 (1)	Apr 11	OAK	@	SEA	L,8-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
5	7	Apr 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	8	Apr 13	OAK		ANA	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	9	Apr 14	OAK		ANA	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	10	Apr 15	OAK		ANA	L,1-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	12 (1)	Apr 17	OAK		TEX	W,11-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	13	Apr 18	OAK		TEX	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	15 (1)	Apr 21	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	16	Apr 22	OAK	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	17	Apr 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	19 (1)	Apr 25	OAK	@	BAL	W,11-10	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	20	Apr 26	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	21	Apr 27	OAK		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
17	22	Apr 28	OAK		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
18	24 (1)	Apr 30	OAK		BOS	W,13-9	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	25	May 1	OAK		BOS	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
20	26	May 2	OAK		BOS	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
21	27	May 3	OAK		BOS	W,12-11	GS	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
22	28	May 4	OAK	@	TOR	W,13-4	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	29	May 5	OAK	@	TOR	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	32 (2)	May 8	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	34 (1)	May 11	OAK	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	36 (1)	May 14	OAK		MIN	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	37	May 15	OAK		MIN	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	38	May 16	OAK		MIN	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	39	May 18	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	41 (1)	May 20	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
31	42	May 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	43	May 22	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	47 (3)	May 27	OAK		KCR	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	48	May 28	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	49	May 29	OAK		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	50	May 30	OAK		BAL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
37	51	May 31	OAK		TBD	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	52	Jun 1	OAK		TBD	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	54 (1)	Jun 4	OAK	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	56 (1)	Jun 6	OAK	@	SFG	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	58 (1)	Jun 9	OAK	@	SDP	W,3-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	59	Jun 10	OAK	@	SDP	L,1-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	60	Jun 11	OAK		LAD	W,12-6	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	61	Jun 12	OAK		LAD	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	62	Jun 13	OAK		LAD	W,9-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
46	63	Jun 15	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
47	64	Jun 16	OAK	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	65	Jun 17	OAK	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
49	66	Jun 18	OAK	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	67	Jun 19	OAK	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	68	Jun 20	OAK	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	69	Jun 21	OAK	@	DET	L,11-13	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	70	Jun 22	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
54	71	Jun 23	OAK	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	72	Jun 24	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	LF
56	73	Jun 25	OAK	@	ANA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	74	Jun 26	OAK	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	75	Jun 27	OAK	@	ANA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	78 (2)	Jul 1	OAK		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	79	Jul 2	OAK		ANA	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	LF
61	81 (1)	Jul 4	OAK		ANA	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	82	Jul 5	OAK		TEX	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	83	Jul 6	OAK		TEX	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	84	Jul 7	OAK		TEX	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	85	Jul 9	OAK	@	ARI	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	88 (2)	Jul 15	OAK		SFG	W,11-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
67	89	Jul 16	OAK		SFG	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	91 (1)	Jul 18	OAK		COL	W,3-2		18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	92	Jul 19	OAK		COL	W,10-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
70	93	Jul 20	OAK		COL	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	94	Jul 21	OAK	@	SEA	W,13-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	95	Jul 22	OAK	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	96	Jul 23	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-12	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	97	Jul 24	OAK	@	KCR	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	98	Jul 25	OAK	@	KCR	L,11-13	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	99	Jul 26	OAK	@	MIN	W,14-7	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
77	100	Jul 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	101	Jul 28	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	102	Jul 30	OAK		TBD	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	103	Jul 31	OAK		TBD	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	104	Aug 1	OAK		TBD	W,10-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	105	Aug 2	OAK		BAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	106	Aug 3	OAK		BAL	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	107	Aug 4	OAK		BAL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	108	Aug 5	OAK		CHW	W,7-6	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	109	Aug 6	OAK		CHW	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	110	Aug 7	OAK		CHW	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	111	Aug 8	OAK		CHW	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	112	Aug 9	OAK		NYY	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
90	113	Aug 10	OAK		NYY	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	114	Aug 11	OAK		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	115	Aug 13	OAK	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
93	116	Aug 14	OAK	@	TOR	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	117	Aug 15	OAK	@	TOR	W,9-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	118	Aug 16	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	119	Aug 17	OAK	@	BOS	W,12-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	120	Aug 18	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	121	Aug 19	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
99	122	Aug 20	OAK		TOR	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	123	Aug 21	OAK		TOR	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	124	Aug 22	OAK		TOR	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	125	Aug 23	OAK		TOR	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	126	Aug 24	OAK		CLE	W,11-10	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	127	Aug 25	OAK		CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	128	Aug 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	129	Aug 28	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	130	Aug 29	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
108	131	Aug 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	132	Aug 31	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	133	Sep 1	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
111	134	Sep 2	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	135	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	136	Sep 4	OAK		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	137	Sep 5	OAK		DET	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	138	Sep 6	OAK		DET	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	139	Sep 7	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	140	Sep 8	OAK		BOS	W,6-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	141	Sep 10	OAK	@	TBD	W,7-2	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	142	Sep 11	OAK	@	TBD	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	143	Sep 12	OAK	@	TBD	W,4-3	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	144	Sep 13	OAK	@	TBD	W,8-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	145	Sep 14	OAK	@	BAL	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
123	146	Sep 17	OAK		KCR	L,3-9	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	148 (1)	Sep 19	OAK		KCR	W,12-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	149	Sep 20	OAK		MIN	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
126	150	Sep 21	OAK		MIN	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	151	Sep 22	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	152	Sep 23 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
129	153	Sep 23 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	154	Sep 24	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
131	155	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
132	156	Sep 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	157	Sep 28	OAK	@	ANA	W,9-3	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	158	Sep 29	OAK	@	ANA	L,4-7	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	160 (1)	Oct 1	OAK		SEA	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	161	Oct 2	OAK		SEA	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	162	Oct 3	OAK		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							139gm		1038.2	232	6	3	241	2