Marv Grissom

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Full Name: Marvin Edward Grissom	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: September 10, 1946
Birthdate: March 31, 1918	Final Game: June 11, 1959
Birthplace: Los Molinas, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: September 19, 2005
Deathplace: Red Bluff, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 31, 1918 in Los Molinas, California, Marv Grissom (Marvin Edward Grissom) played for the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career. Grissom broke into the bigs on September 10, 1946 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.74 ERA in 166 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Marv Grissom's best season was 1954, when he posted a 2.35 ERA, won 10 games, notched 19 saves and struck out 64 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1946	NY	N	4	3	0	2	4.34	9	11	9	0	0	0	18.2	17	1	13	0	3	1
1949	DET	A	27	2	2	4	6.41	17	32	28	0	0	0	39.1	56	6	34	0	2	1
1952	CHI	A	28	24	12	10	3.74	97	79	69	7	1	0	166	156	6	79	0	5	3
1953	NY	N	21	7	4	2	3.95	46	40	37	3	0	0	84.1	83	6	31	0	3	1
1953	BOS	A	13	11	2	6	4.70	31	34	31	1	1	0	59.1	61	5	30	0	2	1
1953	Total		34	18	6	8	4.26	77	74	68	4	1	0	143.2	144	11	61	0	5	2
1954	NY	N	56	3	10	7	2.35	64	37	32	1	1	19	122.1	100	13	50	11	1	7
1955	NY	N	55	0	5	4	2.92	49	35	29	0	0	8	89.1	76	6	41	5	1	6
1956	NY	N	43	2	1	1	1.56	49	15	14	0	0	7	80.2	71	3	16	3	2	1
1957	NY	N	55	0	4	4	2.61	51	36	24	0	0	14	82.2	74	6	23	6	1	2
1958	SF	N	51	0	7	5	3.99	46	34	29	0	0	10	65.1	71	11	26	7	3	5
1959	STL	N	3	0	0	0	22.50	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		288	15	31	25	2.95	314	213	179	4	1	58	545.1	498	48	200	32	14	23
Total	AL		68	37	16	20	4.35	145	145	128	8	2	0	264.2	273	17	143	0	9	5
Total			356	52	47	45	3.41	459	358	307	12	3	58	810	771	65	343	32	23	28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	NY	N	P	4	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	DET	A	P	27	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1952	CHI	A	P	28	0	0	4	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1953	NY	N	P	21	0	0	6	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1953	BOS	A	P	13	0	0	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	Total		P	34	0	0	9	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1954	NY	N	P	56	3	122.1	7	18	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	.926
1955	NY	N	P	55	0	0	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	NY	N	P	43	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	P	55	0	82.2	1	20	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
1958	SF	N	P	51	0	65.1	1	12	0	1	0	1	5	2	1	1.000
1959	STL	N	P	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	356	3	272.1	28	139	5	9	0	1	9	8	1	.971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	NY	N	4	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	DET	A	27	9	2	2	0	0	.222	.364	.222	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	28	53	1	8	0	4	.151	.167	.226	4	0	1	19	0	8	0	0	1
1953	NY	N	21	27	2	2	0	1	.074	.138	.111	1	0	2	7	0	1	0	0	1
1953	BOS	A	13	18	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
1953	Total		34	45	2	2	0	1	.044	.085	.067	1	0	2	11	0	3	0	0	1
1954	NY	N	56	32	3	5	0	1	.156	.206	.156	0	0	2	11	0	2	0	0	0
1955	NY	N	55	13	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1
1956	NY	N	43	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	55	12	1	2	0	0	.167	.231	.250	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
1958	SF	N	51	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	1
1959	STL	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		288	109	6	13	0	2	.119	.165	.147	3	0	6	41	0	5	0	0	3
Total	AL		68	80	3	10	0	4	.125	.157	.175	4	0	2	26	1	10	0	0	1
Total			356	189	9	23	0	6	.122	.162	.159	7	0	8	67	1	15	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1941).
Selected by Detroit Tigers from Sacramento (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1948).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Sam Vico to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Wayne McLeland (January 20, 1951).
Traded by Seattle (PCL) with Hal Brown to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Dick Duffy and Bill Fischer (October 10, 1951).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Vern Stephens (February 9, 1953).
Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Boston Red Sox (July 1, 1953).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Ernie Broglio to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Billy Muffett, Hobie Landrith and Benny Valenzuela (October 8, 1958).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 29, 1960).

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