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Granny Hamner

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 163lb (178cm, 73kg)

Born: April 26, 1927 in Richmond, VA us

Died: September 12, 1993 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, VA)

Debut: September 14, 1944 (Age 17-141d, 9,772nd in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1962 (Age 35-097d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Granville Wilbur Hamner

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Relatives: Brother of Garvin Hamner

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.1

5839

1529

104

.262

711

RBI

708

OBP

.303

SLG

.383

OPS

.686

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
1944	17	PHI	NL	21	81	77	6	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	7	.247	.275	.260	.535	54	20	1	0	1		0	6
1945	18	PHI-min	A	104	394	364	39	94	11	7	1	58	7		21	34	.258	.299	.335	.634		122		0	9				UTI · EL
1945	18	PHI	NL	14	42	41	3	7	2	0	0	6	0	1	1	3	.171	.190	.220	.410	16	9	1	0	0		0	6/H
1946	19	PHI	NL	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-17	1	0	0	0		0	/6
1947	20	PHI-min	A	138	648	609	90	177	26	6	4	79	10		25	41	.291	.320	.373	.692		227		1	13				UTI · EL
1947	20	PHI	NL	2	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	82	2	1	0	0		0	/6
1948	21	PHI	NL	129	475	446	42	116	21	5	3	48	2	0	22	39	.260	.298	.350	.648	77	156	10	2	5		2	46/H5
1949	22	PHI	NL	154	700	*662*	83	174	32	5	6	53	6	1	25	47	.263	.290	.353	.643	74	234	20	0	13		0	*6	MVP-17
1950	23	PHI	NL	*157*	685	637	78	172	27	5	11	82	2	4	39	35	.270	.314	.380	.694	83	242	14	2	7		5	*6	MVP-6
1951	24	PHI	NL	150	625	589	61	150	23	7	9	72	10	5	29	32	.255	.290	.363	.653	76	214	20	0	7		1	*6
1952	25	PHI	NL	151	640	596	74	164	30	5	17	87	7	3	27	51	.275	.307	.428	.734	102	255	18	0	17		1	*6/H	AS,MVP-31
1953	26	PHI	NL	154	646	609	90	168	30	8	21	92	2	1	32	28	.276	.313	.455	.768	97	277	17	1	4		9	46/H	AS,MVP-22
1954	27	PHI	NL	152	660	596	83	178	39	11	13	89	1	2	53	44	.299	.351	.466	.818	112	278	13	0	2	9	9	*4/H6	AS,MVP-19
1955	28	PHI	NL	104	454	405	57	104	12	4	5	43	0	1	41	30	.257	.323	.343	.666	79	139	10	1	2	5	1	46/H
1956	29	PHI	NL	122	439	401	42	90	24	3	4	42	2	0	30	42	.224	.276	.329	.605	64	132	13	0	3	4	5	*64/H1
1957	30	PHI	NL	133	549	502	59	114	19	5	10	62	3	1	34	42	.227	.274	.345	.618	67	173	23	0	7	5	3	*4/H61	MVP-23
1958	31	PHI	NL	35	144	133	18	40	7	3	2	18	0	0	8	16	.301	.340	.444	.784	107	59	8	0	3	0	0	54/6
1959	32	TOT	MLB	48	138	131	14	30	5	1	3	9	0	1	6	13	.229	.261	.351	.612	65	46	4	0	0	1	1	6H/45
1959	32	PHI	NL	21	69	64	10	19	4	0	2	6	0	1	5	5	.297	.348	.453	.801	111	29	2	0	0	0	1	6/H5
1959	32	CLE	AL	27	69	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	.164	.174	.254	.428	18	17	2	0	0	1	0	H6/45

1960	33	NYY-min	AAA	93	248	230	17	62	12	1	2	39	0	0	13	27	.270	.308	.357	.664		82		1	1	3			RMD · IL
1961	34	KCA-min	A	89	216	187	23	55	11	2	6	25	0		22	31	.294	.362	.471	.832		88		0	3	4	1		PNO · SALL
1962	35	KCA-min	A	38	94	86	7	17	1	0	1	8	0		6	8	.198	.245	.244	.489		21		0	0	2	0		BNG · EL
1962	35	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
17 Yrs				1531	6293	5839	711	1529	272	62	104	708	35	20	351	432	.262	.303	.383	.686	84	2237	173	6	71	24	37
162 Game Avg.				162	666	618	75	162	29	7	11	75	4	2	37	46	.262	.303	.383	.686	84	237	18	1	8		4
				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
PHI (16 yrs)				1501	6224	5772	707	1518	271	61	103	705	35	20	350	424	.263	.305	.385	.689	84	2220	171	6	71	23	37
CLE (1 yr)				27	69	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	.164	.174	.254	.428	18	17	2	0	0	1	0
KCA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (16 yrs)				1501	6224	5772	707	1518	271	61	103	705	35	20	350	424	.263	.305	.385	.689	84	2220	171	6	71	23	37
AL (2 yrs)				30	69	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	.164	.174	.254	.428	18	17	2	0	0	1	0

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