Eli Grba

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL us

Died: January 14, 2019 in Florence, AL

Buried: New Salem Cemetery, Salem, AL

High School: James H. Bowen HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: July 10, 1959 (Age 24-335d, 11,652nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 4, 1963 (Age 28-360d)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Eli Grba

Pronunciation: \GERB-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

ERA

4.48

135

536.1

255

WHIP

1.486

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-21 / in Starts: 13-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	59 (31-16-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (26-15-8)

Most Driven In
B Moran	2
Self	2
K Aspromonte	1
R Bridges	1
J Koppe	1
S Bilko	1
E Yost	1
D Rice	1

Most Driven In By
L Thomas	2
Self	2
L Wagner	2
A Pearson	1
B Moran	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	47	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.031	.74	-0.04%	-1.06	P
2	48	4 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.80	-0.041	1.63	-0.05%	-0.33	P
3	49	9 (4)	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.032	.77	-0.03%	-0.38	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	50	14 (4)	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.022	.87	-0.02%	-0.25	P
5	51	18 (3)	May 6	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.058	.75	-0.04%	-0.70	P
6	52	21 (2)	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	53	23 (1)	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.308	.385	9	.94	0.115	1.14	0.08%	0.75	P
8	54	27 (3)	May 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.267	.333	9	2.06	-0.105	1.43	-0.04%	-1.02	P
9	55	30 (2)	May 19 (2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3	6-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.267	.333	9	.67	-0.007	.34	0.00%	-0.23	P
10	56	33 (2)	May 22	LAA		WSA	W,6-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.235	.294	9	.93	-0.067	.39	-0.02%	-1.01	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	57	42 (8)	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.316	.421	9	.96	-0.023	.42	-0.01%	0.00	P
12	58	48 (5)	Jun 6 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.087	.261	.348	9	.24	-0.055	.03	-0.01%	-1.55	P
13	59	54 (5)	Jun 9 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.250	.333	9	.07	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.24	P
14	60	57 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.120	.250	.370	9	1.46	0.031	.14	0.00%	0.33	P
15	61	63 (5)	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.269	.417	9	1.47	0.152	.02	0.00%	1.36	P
16	62	67 (3)	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.148	.269	.417	9						P
17	63	71 (3)	Jun 24	LAA		BAL	W,4-1	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.148	.269	.417	4						PR
18	64	72	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.259	.402	9	.75	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
19	65	74 (1)	Jun 27	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.250	.388	9	.32	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	66	77 (2)	Jul 1	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.226	.351	9	.96	-0.076	.01	0.00%	-0.77	P
21	67	82 (4)	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.118	.212	.330	9	1.33	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
22	68	86 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.139	.206	.345	9	1.09	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.04	P
23	69	89 (2)	Jul 15	LAA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.135	.200	.335	9	1.33	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
24	70	91 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.135	.200	.335	9						P
25	71	93 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	LAA		MIN	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.132	.194	.326	9	1.05	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
26	72	96 (2)	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6	2-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.171	.308	.478	9	.84	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.42	P
27	73	101 (4)	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.171	.308	.478	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	74	108 (6)	Aug 4 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.186	.317	.503	9	1.21	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
29	75	111 (2)	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.196	.318	.514	9	1.66	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
30	76	116 (4)	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.326	.534	9	1.51	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.53	P
31	77	121 (4)	Aug 18	LAA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.216	.313	.528	9	.77	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
32	78	122	Aug 19	LAA		MIN	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.216	.313	.528	9						PR
33	79	125 (2)	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.212	.306	.518	9	.87	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
34	80	129 (3)	Aug 27	LAA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.255	.333	.588	9	.30	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.05	P
35	81	132 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.327	.577	9	1.90	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	82	136 (3)	Sep 1	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.189	.241	.321	.562	9	.88	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
37	83	141 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,12-13	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.254	.321	.575	9	1.20	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
38	84	143 (1)	Sep 9	LAA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.258	.321	.579	9	.86	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
39	85	148 (4)	Sep 15	LAA	@	CHW	W,9-5	GS-8	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.273	.367	.639	9	.69	-0.060	.00	0.00%	0.80	P
40	86	151 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.273	.367	.639	8						P
41	87	154 (2)	Sep 22	LAA		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.279	.371	.650	9	.72	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
42	88	159 (4)	Sep 28	LAA		WSA	W,13-4	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.306	.375	.681	9	.58	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.92	P
							21-21		80	64	8	15	3	0	2	11	6	0	17	1	8	1	0	1	0	0	.234	.306	.375	.681		.87	-0.307	.24	-0.16%	-4.14

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