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George
Grantham		  
Nickname: Boots
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 20, 1900 in Usa, KS, GALENA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 22 SLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 8 9 8 6 7 6 5 6 5
1923 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
1924 24 SLN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 6
1925 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7 5 6 6
1926 26 SLN NL $ 2,642,857   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8 6 7 6
1927 27 SLN NL $ 3,785,714   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6
1928 28 SLN NL $ 3,785,714   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 10 9 5 6 6
1929 29 SLN NL $ 12,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9 9 10 9 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 8 9 8 6 7 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 9 10 9 9 10 9 6 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 22 SLN NL 126 419 70 121 31 5 6 61 11 9 59 51 .289 .377 .430 .806 67.4 12.0
1923 23 SLN NL 136 509 86 155 27 6 11 86 9 9 72 68 .305 .388 .446 .834 85.9 16.3
1924 24 SLN NL 148 530 84 166 31 8 6 85 16 6 60 43 .313 .380 .436 .816 84.2 14.6
1925 25 SLN NL 143 521 91 153 29 13 4 81 14 6 77 39 .294 .382 .422 .804 84.1 14.1
1926 26 SLN NL 149 545 86 183 31 15 7 83 20 7 65 46 .336 .404 .486 .890 100.3 20.5
1927 27 SLN NL 144 536 82 161 33 12 6 81 7 6 74 47 .300 .382 .440 .823 86.2 15.6
1928 28 SLN NL 145 502 73 152 33 7 7 64 9 5 81 37 .303 .394 .438 .832 88.7 17.6
1929 29 SLN NL 145 491 72 130 25 11 11 68 8 5 85 25 .265 .373 .428 .801 79.4 12.3
8 Years Sim 1136 4053 644 1221 240 77 58 609 94 53 573 356 .301 .385 .441 .827 676.1 122.9
162 Game Average 577 91 174 34 10 8 86 13 7 81 50 .301 .385 .441 .827 96.4  
Career Highs 149 545 91 183 33 15 11 86 20 9 85 68 .336 .404 .486 .890 100.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2958 488 902 191 57 49 478 68 38 459 238 .305 .395 .458 .853 528.6
vs LH   1095 156 319 49 20 9 131 26 15 114 118 .291 .357 .397 .754 153.7
Home 557 1949 281 577 109 41 29 290 47 28 255 175 .296 .375 .439 .814 316.4
Away 579 2104 363 644 131 36 29 319 47 25 318 181 .306 .395 .444 .838 365.9
RISP   1194 0 353 74 24 11 510 0 0 187 110 .296 .379 .425 .805 198.9
Pinch Hitting   47 8 14 3 1 0 9 0 0 8 2 .298 .400 .404 .804 7.8
Close/Late   424 67 144 25 12 12 86 0 0 68 31 .340 .425 .540 .965 91.5
Mar/Apr 126 454 57 133 31 4 7 68 5 7 48 44 .293 .358 .425 .783 66.2
May 220 810 122 248 55 27 7 123 27 14 99 66 .306 .381 .467 .847 137.3
June 182 617 101 186 39 13 6 85 13 7 97 67 .301 .394 .436 .830 105.9
July 210 769 125 236 44 15 15 116 19 10 114 68 .307 .394 .462 .856 137.7
August 205 720 130 211 36 9 9 102 14 5 99 57 .293 .374 .406 .779 112.5
Sep/Oct 193 683 109 207 35 9 14 115 16 10 116 54 .303 .401 .442 .843 122.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1922 22 SLN NL 3B 116 115 985.7 68 222 31 22 .903 2.65   5.6
    1B 9 2 33.0 35 3 0 5 1.000 10.36   0.0
    2B 3 0 6.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.0
1923 23 SLN NL 3B 132 130 1140.7 90 255 31 22 .918 2.72   6.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1924 24 SLN NL 3B 121 118 1038.3 77 259 29 20 .921 2.91   6.2
    LF 9 8 61.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.2
    1B 9 5 50.3 55 5 0 6 1.000 10.73   0.1
    2B 5 1 16.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 6.19   0.0
1925 25 SLN NL 3B 137 137 1214.7 92 293 30 23 .928 2.85   4.2
    2B 3 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 1 2 .750 13.50   0.0
1926 26 SLN NL 3B 128 125 1098.0 100 285 38 25 .910 3.16   3.8
    LF 9 7 65.0 19 1 1 0 .952 2.77   0.1
    1B 6 6 50.3 57 4 1 2 .984 10.91   0.1
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1927 27 SLN NL 3B 107 103 919.0 80 206 38 16 .883 2.80   1.5
    LF 20 20 171.0 51 1 5 0 .912 2.74   0.4
    2B 16 15 130.0 44 61 2 16 .981 7.27   0.5
    SS 2 2 16.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 5.06   0.1
1928 28 SLN NL 3B 132 131 1153.0 95 320 48 27 .896 3.24   2.0
    2B 10 9 78.0 12 39 1 4 .981 5.88   0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1929 29 SLN NL 3B 117 116 1008.7 87 287 45 29 .893 3.34   2.9
    1B 22 18 153.7 209 19 0 23 1.000 13.35   0.5
    2B 5 0 11.0 3 7 0 2 1.000 8.18   0.1
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 990 975 8558.0 689 2127 290 184 .907 2.96   32.2
  LF 41 35 302.3 89 2 6 0 .938 2.71   0.7
  1B 49 31 291.3 363 31 2 39 .995 12.17   0.6
  2B 46 25 249.7 66 120 3 22 .984 6.71   0.9
  SS 2 2 16.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 5.06   0.1
Career Totals   1128 1068 9417.3 1212 2284 301 246 .921 3.34   34.6
Career Highs   147 140 1236.0 299 359 49 54 .936 4.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1922 22 SLN NL 6 18 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 .222 .263 .389 .652
Career Post-Season Batting 6 18 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 .222 .263 .389 .652
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1926-4-.336
1928-10-.303
 On-Base Pct
1926-4-.404
1927-8-.382
1928-4-.394
CAR-22-.385
 Slugging Pct
1926-6-.486
CAR-33-.441
 OPS
1926-4-.890
1928-10-.832
CAR-21-.827
 XR
1926-4-100.3
1928-9-88.7
 Games
1924-9-148
1926-3-149
Hits
1926-4-183
 Total Bases
1926-6-265
 Singles
1926-7-130
 Doubles
1927-5-33
1928-4-33
 Triples
1926-4-15
 Walks
1923-9-72
1925-3-77
1928-6-81
1929-4-85
Strikeouts
1923-3-68
1924-9-43
1926-8-46
1927-8-47
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Bing Miller (921)
  7. Jimmy Hudgens (913)
  8. Al Wingo (909)
  9. Bill Terry (900)
  10. Buck Freeman (900)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1922
Had first career hit (double) on 4/12/1922, off Syl Johnson (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1922, off Harry Kirsch (CHN)
Injured on 6/8/1923 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1923, hitting .467 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1923, hitting .583 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1924, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1924, hitting .583 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/18/1926
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1926, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 16 RBI
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
6/16/1928: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $12,000,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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