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George Grantham
George Farley Grantham (Boots)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School Northern Arizona University

Debut September 20, 1922
Final Game July 26, 1934
Born May 20, 1900 in Galena, KS
Died March 16, 1954 in Kingman, AZ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 22 CHC NL   7   23    3    4   1  1   0    3   2  0   1   3  .174  .208  .304   30    7   0           0    
 1923 23 CHC NL 152  570   81  160  36  8   8   70  43 28  71  92  .281  .360  .414  104  236  24           0    
 1924 24 CHC NL 127  469   85  148  19  6  12   60  21 21  55  63  .316  .390  .458  125  215  13           2    
 1925 25 PIT NL 114  359   74  117  24  6   8   52  14  4  50  29  .326  .413  .493  124  177  11           3    
 1926 26 PIT NL 141  449   66  143  27 13   8   70   6     60  42  .318  .400  .490  134  220  12           1    
 1927 27 PIT NL 151  531   96  162  33 11   8   66   9     74  39  .305  .396  .454  121  241  23           6    
 1928 28 PIT NL 124  440   93  142  24  9  10   85   9     59  37  .323  .408  .486  129  214  19           4    
 1929 29 PIT NL 110  349   85  107  23 10  12   90  10     93  38  .307  .454  .533  141  186  14           1    
 1930 30 PIT NL 146  552  120  179  34 14  18   99   5     81  66  .324  .413  .534  127  295  17           2    
 1931 31 PIT NL 127  465   91  142  26  6  10   46   5     71  50  .305  .400  .452  129  210  17           2    
 1932 32 CIN NL 126  493   81  144  29  6   6   39   4     56  40  .292  .364  .412  111  203  11           0    
 1933 33 CIN NL  87  260   32   53  14  3   4   28   4     38  21  .204  .310  .327   83   85   7           2   5
 1934 34 NYG NL  32   29    5    7   2  0   1    4   0      8   6  .241  .405  .414  122   12   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1444 4989  912 1508 292 93 105  712 132 53 717 526  .302  .392  .461  121 2301 168   0   0  23   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        560  102  169  33 10  12   80  15  6  80  59  .302  .392  .461  121  258  19   0   0   3   1
 Career High    152  570  120  179  36 14  18   99  43 28  93  92  .326  .454  .534  141  295  24   0   0   6   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 22 CHC NL   24   19    2   2.8   114| .174  .304| .208  .362| .304  .423| .512  .784|  30  .264  -2.6  -0.3 100%
 1923 23 CHC NL  665  462   82   4.8   107| .281  .293| .360  .352| .414  .408| .774  .760| 104  .503   4.8   0.5  60%
 1924 24 CHC NL  539  355   79   6.0   105| .316  .291| .390  .347| .458  .406| .848  .752| 125  .622  18.2   1.8  50%
 1925 25 PIT NL  423  257   74   7.7   120| .326  .309| .413  .368| .493  .441| .906  .809| 124  .679  14.9   1.4  77%
 1926 26 PIT NL  522  318   88   7.4   107| .318  .293| .400  .354| .490  .406| .890  .760| 134  .709  22.5   2.2     
 1927 27 PIT NL  634  392   94   6.4   110| .305  .299| .396  .358| .454  .412| .850  .770| 121  .650  18.2   1.8     
 1928 28 PIT NL  522  317   86   7.3   112| .323  .295| .408  .361| .486  .420| .894  .780| 129  .681  20.1   1.9     
 1929 29 PIT NL  457  256   84   8.7   123| .307  .307| .454  .371| .533  .447| .987  .818| 141  .701  28.1   2.5     
 1930 30 PIT NL  652  390  121   8.2   126| .324  .312| .413  .370| .534  .464| .947  .834| 127  .650  25.7   2.2     
 1931 31 PIT NL  555  340   83   6.5   102| .305  .284| .400  .343| .452  .401| .852  .743| 129  .652  22.3   2.2     
 1932 32 CIN NL  560  360   74   5.6   101| .292  .281| .364  .333| .412  .406| .776  .739| 111  .575   9.6   0.9     
 1933 33 CIN NL  307  219   26   3.2    90| .204  .272| .310  .324| .327  .372| .637  .696|  83  .389  -4.3  -0.5     
 1934 34 NYG NL   37   22    5   6.1   103| .241  .285| .405  .340| .414  .405| .819  .744| 122  .611   1.4   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5897 3707  898   6.5   110| .302  .295| .392  .353| .461  .418| .853  .771| 121  .630 179.0  16.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 22 CHC NL 3B 5 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 1.80 2.92 1923 23 CHC NL 2B 150 374 518 55 90 .942 .959 5.95 5.57 1924 24 CHC NL 2B 118 273 426 44 78 .941 .961 5.92 5.60 3B 6 4 16 4 0 .833 .957 3.33 2.82 1925 25 PIT NL 1B 102 925 44 11 96 .989 .989 9.50 9.73 1926 26 PIT NL 1B 132 1203 66 13 106 .990 .989 9.61 7.58 1927 27 PIT NL 2B 124 279 363 32 65 .953 .966 5.18 5.63 1B 29 247 12 3 22 .989 .989 8.93 10.16 1928 28 PIT NL 1B 119 1117 71 17 83 .986 .989 9.98 8.40 3B 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1929 29 PIT NL 2B 76 205 239 15 54 .967 .968 5.84 5.46 OF 19 25 4 1 1 .967 .973 1.53 2.38 19 0 0 1B 12 71 1 1 5 .986 .989 6.00 10.26 1930 30 PIT NL 2B 141 324 488 36 84 .958 .963 5.76 5.59 1B 4 33 4 0 4 1.000 .989 9.25 9.90 1931 31 PIT NL 1B 78 742 27 12 67 .985 .990 9.86 9.63 2B 51 114 142 23 34 .918 .964 5.02 5.22 1932 32 CIN NL 2B 115 258 347 26 45 .959 .969 5.26 5.44 1B 10 115 5 2 7 .984 .990 12.00 9.91 1933 33 CIN NL 2B 72 160 189 19 33 .948 .968 4.85 5.41 1B 12 114 7 0 9 1.000 .990 10.08 10.20 1934 34 NYG NL 1B 4 21 1 0 1 1.000 .991 5.50 9.72 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 25 PIT NL 1B 102 925 44 11 96 .989 .989 9.50 9.73 1926 26 PIT NL 1B 132 1203 66 13 106 .990 .989 9.61 7.58 1927 27 PIT NL 1B 29 247 12 3 22 .989 .989 8.93 10.16 1928 28 PIT NL 1B 119 1117 71 17 83 .986 .989 9.98 8.40 1929 29 PIT NL 1B 12 71 1 1 5 .986 .989 6.00 10.26 1930 30 PIT NL 1B 4 33 4 0 4 1.000 .989 9.25 9.90 1931 31 PIT NL 1B 78 742 27 12 67 .985 .990 9.86 9.63 1932 32 CIN NL 1B 10 115 5 2 7 .984 .990 12.00 9.91 1933 33 CIN NL 1B 12 114 7 0 9 1.000 .990 10.08 10.20 1934 34 NYG NL 1B 4 21 1 0 1 1.000 .991 5.50 9.72 1923 23 CHC NL 2B 150 374 518 55 90 .942 .959 5.95 5.57 1924 24 CHC NL 2B 118 273 426 44 78 .941 .961 5.92 5.60 1927 27 PIT NL 2B 124 279 363 32 65 .953 .966 5.18 5.63 1928 28 PIT NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1929 29 PIT NL 2B 76 205 239 15 54 .967 .968 5.84 5.46 1930 30 PIT NL 2B 141 324 488 36 84 .958 .963 5.76 5.59 1931 31 PIT NL 2B 51 114 142 23 34 .918 .964 5.02 5.22 1932 32 CIN NL 2B 115 258 347 26 45 .959 .969 5.26 5.44 1933 33 CIN NL 2B 72 160 189 19 33 .948 .968 4.85 5.41 1922 22 CHC NL 3B 5 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 1.80 2.92 1924 24 CHC NL 3B 6 4 16 4 0 .833 .957 3.33 2.82 1928 28 PIT NL 3B 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 1934 34 NYG NL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.75 1929 29 PIT NL OF 19 25 4 1 1 .967 .973 1.53 2.38 19 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 848 1987 2712 250 483 .949 .964 5.54 5.52 1B 502 4588 238 59 400 .988 .989 9.61 8.89 OF 19 25 4 1 1 .967 .973 1.53 2.38 19 0 0 3B 14 11 23 4 2 .895 .952 2.43 2.86 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1383 6611 2977 314 886 .968 .977 6.93 6.67
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   5  15   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   3  .133  .133  .133   1  0   0   0   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   3  11   0   4  1  0  0   0   1   1  .364  .417  .455   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   8  26   0   6  1  0  0   0   1   4  .231  .259  .269   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1924 NL-.390-8
1925 NL-.413-8
1926 NL-.400-8
1927 NL-.396-8
1928 NL-.408-3
1929 NL-.454-3
1931 NL-.400-6
Car-.392-88

Slugging %
1926 NL-.490-10

OPS
1926 NL-.890-6
1929 NL-.987-9

Games
1923 NL-152-7
1927 NL-151-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1923 NL-665-10

Runs
1927 NL-96-10

Doubles
1923 NL-36-2
1927 NL-33-6

Triples
1926 NL-13-10
1927 NL-11-6
1930 NL-14-6

Home Runs
1924 NL-12-9

Bases on Balls
1923 NL-71-5
1924 NL-55-9
1926 NL-60-8
1927 NL-74-3
1929 NL-93-2
1930 NL-81-4
1931 NL-71-4
1932 NL-56-7

Strikeouts
1923 NL-92-1
1924 NL-63-1
1930 NL-66-5
1931 NL-50-10

Stolen Bases
1923 NL-43-2
1924 NL-21-8

Adjusted OPS+
1926 NL-134-8
1929 NL-141-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1926 NL-22-8

Batting Wins
1926 NL-2.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
1923 NL-52-9
1927 NL-52-7

Times on Base
1927 NL-242-9

Offensive Win%
1925 NL-.679-10
1926 NL-.709-5

Hit By Pitch
1927 NL-6-5
1928 NL-4-10

Sac. Hits
1923 NL-24-3
1931 NL-17-5

Caught Stealing
1923 NL-28-1
1924 NL-21-3

Power/Speed Number
1923 NL-13.5-7
1924 NL-15.3-1
1925 NL-10.2-6
1927 NL-8.5-10
1928 NL-9.5-9

At Bats per Home Run
1924 NL-39.1-9

Outs
1923 NL-462-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (616) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.2 (245) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 36.0 (497) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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  7. Pinky Higgins (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Baker (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lyons (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pinky Higgins (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 27, 1924: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Vic Aldridge and Al Niehaus to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Charlie Grimm, Rabbit Maranville, and Wilbur Cooper.

February 4, 1932: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 15, 1933: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Glenn Spencer.

July 28, 1934: Released by the New York Giants.


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