Bob Grim

Robert Anton Grim

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
• High School Franklin K. Lane High School
• Debut April 18, 1954
• Final Game May 24, 1962
• Born March 8, 1930 in New York, NY USA
• Died October 23, 1996 in Shawnee, KS USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Bob Grim missed the 1952 and 1953 seasons due to military service during the Korean War. He returned to become the last American League rookie to win 20 games. In 1954, he went 20-6 with a 3.26 ERA for the New York Yankees en route to winning the AL Rookie of the Year Award. While no one has repeated his feat in the AL, Tom Browning won 20 games as a rookie in the National League in 1985.

Born in New York, NY, Grim graduated from high school in Brooklyn, NY and toiled against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1955 World Series - the only one of the showdowns between baseball's two most dominating clubs of the 1950s that the Dodgers won. He was also a member of the Yankees' World Series-winning team in 1956, but wasn't used in the Fall Classic. Ironically, his big rookie season came in the only year in which the Yankees did not win the pennant between 1949 and 1958.

Notable Achievements

• 1954 AL Rookie of the Year Award
• AL All-Star (1957)
• AL Saves Leader (1957)
• 15 Wins Seasons: 1 (1954)
• 20 Wins Seasons: 1 (1954)
• Won a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1956 (he did not play in the World Series)

AL Rookie of the Year
1953	1954	1955
Harvey Kuenn	Bob Grim	Herb Score

Related Sites

• Bob Grim at the SABR Bio Project