Eli Grba

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL us

Died: January 14, 2019 in Florence, AL

Buried: New Salem Cemetery, Salem, AL

High School: James H. Bowen HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: July 10, 1959 (Age 24-335d, 11,652nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 4, 1963 (Age 28-360d)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Eli Grba

Pronunciation: \GERB-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

ERA

4.48

135

536.1

255

WHIP

1.486

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
3	9 (4)	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS	28	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (4)	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	GS	21	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	18 (3)	May 6	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
6	21 (2)	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	23 (1)	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	27	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	27 (3)	May 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS	28	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	30 (2)	May 19 (2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	33 (2)	May 22	LAA		WSA	W,6-4	GS	25	6.2	0	3	0	3	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (8)	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	48 (5)	Jun 6 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS	32	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	54 (5)	Jun 9 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	GF	8	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	57 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	63 (5)	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	67 (3)	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	72 (4)	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	GS	19	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	74 (1)	Jun 27	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	77 (2)	Jul 1	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	82 (4)	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
21	86 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
22	89 (2)	Jul 15	LAA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	91 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-4		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	93 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	LAA		MIN	L,0-6	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	96 (2)	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6		19	4.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
26	101 (4)	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	108 (6)	Aug 4 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	111 (2)	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
29	116 (4)	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	23	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
30	121 (4)	Aug 18	LAA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	125 (3)	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8		14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	129 (3)	Aug 27	LAA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
33	132 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	136 (3)	Sep 1	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	GS	25	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	141 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,12-13	GS	17	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	143 (1)	Sep 9	LAA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
37	148 (4)	Sep 15	LAA	@	CHW	W,9-5	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
38	151 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	154 (2)	Sep 22	LAA		DET	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
40	159 (4)	Sep 28	LAA		WSA	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							40gm		211.2	11	31	2	44	2